Charles R. Rondeau

{{short description|American television director}}

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|name = Charles R. Rondeau

|birth_date = {{birth date|1917|07|14}}

|birth_place = Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1996|08|27|1917|07|14}}

|death_place = Carson City, Nevada, U.S.

|occupation = Television director

|years_active = 1958–1980

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Charles R. Rondeau (July 14, 1917 – August 27, 1996) was an American television director.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xe1ZBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA170|title=The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen: A History with Cast and Crew Profiles and an Episode Guide|page=170|first=Bob|last=Leszczak|publisher=McFarland|date=August 23, 2014|isbn=9781476615394|via=Google Books}}

Rondeau was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, the son of Mable Robertson and Charles D. Rondeau. Rondeau served in the United States Army. He made his debut as a director in the 1958 film The Littlest Hobo.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/charles-r-rondeau/credits/3000390825/|title=Charles R. Rondeau List of Movies and TV Shows|work=TV Guide|access-date=April 17, 2022}} Rondeau's directing includes, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., F Troop, 77 Sunset Strip, Mission: Impossible, Perry Mason, Baretta,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_TSoAgAAQBAJ|title=Roy Huggins: Creator of Maverick, 77 Sunset Strip, The Fugitive and The Rockford Files|page=159|first=Paul|last=Green|publisher=McFarland|date=January 23, 2014|isbn=9781476613499|via=Google Books}} The Wild Wild West, Get Smart,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8uUyBwAAQBAJ|title=Sid and Marty Krofft: A Critical Study of Saturday Morning Children's Television, 1969-1993|first=Hal|last=Erickson|publisher=McFarland|page=113|date=March 13, 2015|isbn=9781476607849|via=Google Books}} Rawhide, The Virginian, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Mannix, The Odd Couple (2 episodes) and Hawaiian Eye.

Rondeau directed 44 episodes of the anthology comedy television series Love, American Style. He also directed 15 episodes of the comedy drama television series Room 222 and six episodes of the sitcom television series The Partridge Family. Rondeau directed three films. He also directed episodes of the action comedy B. J. and the Bear, and its spin-off The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo.

Rondeau died in August 1996 in Carson City, Nevada, at the age of 79.