Charles Alverson was born on October 13, 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Jabberwocky (1977) and The Ninja Mission (1984). He was married to Zivana. He died on January 19, 2020 in Parage, Vojvodina, Serbia.
Was an editor & contributor to Harvey Kurtzman's ("Mad", "Little Annie Fanny")
legendary magazine "HELP!", which also employed such future
luminaries as Terry Gilliam, John Cleese (as a photographic model for
fumetti features) and Gloria Steinem. It is in tribute to his and
Gilliam's old boss and mentor Kurtzman that Sam Lowry's boss in
Brazil (1985), played by Ian Holm, is named "Kurtzmann".