Chuck

Hi Everyone: I was born Febuary 21,1959 in Edmond, Oklahoma. I left home at 18 years old and moved to Dallas, Texas and went to work at The Hyatt. I left Dallas after only a few months when a couple of close friends convinced me to move with them to Aspen, CO. to become ski bums. While bartending a Christmas party in Aspen I meet a man that lived in Houston, Texas but also owned a condo in Aspen. He asked me if I would be interested in moving to Houston and work for him as his houseboy. So off to Houston I went knowing I would be back in Aspen often with him.

While I was living in Houston I decided to try modeling. So I started modeling and doing some print work for newspaper ads and magazines and also the fashion segments on the morning news. While on a modeling job I was approached to do some extra work on a new movie they were shooting in Pasadena, TX. Of course I jumped a the chance to work on a movie. The movie was Urban Cowboy with John Travolta. Later I meet a man that lived in the same building as us and we hit it off and he said he was moving back to New York City and said he would like for me to come with him to New York and work as his assistant. I had never been to New York and I was hoping that I could get signed with a modeling agency in New York so I said yes. So off to the Big Apple I went. After being in New York for a while the modeling thing didn't go as well for me. I couldn't find an agent that was interested in me. But that's all right I had really become bored with the whole modeling thing.

The man I was working for in New York introduced me to Gloria Swanson. She was an old friend of his from Hollywood. She asked me to come to work for her as her assistant. What could I say but yes? How could you turn down a chance to work for a Hollywood legend like Norma Desmond? I eventually moved back to Dallas and managed two bars there Village Station and JR's Bar & Grill. I was in Dallas for five years and then decided to go west. I moved to Los Angeles in 1990 and worked on movie sets part time. But I needed something full time so I applied with Catalina Video and was hired. I moved to Palm Springs three years ago and meet Dick Haskamp and he gave me the privilege of working at Streetbar as one of his bartenders.