Chuck Finley: The Character
In an interview, Bruce Campbell has stated that Sam Axe uses Chuck Finley to convince people without dragging the Sam Axe character, who has a past career in U.S. Navy SEAL, into the matter.
Bruce Campbell has mentioned that, coincidentally, it is also the name of a former co-worker of his real-life father.
In an interview about Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe to Darryl Morden of Buzzine, Bruce Campbell has mentioned the following:
- Morden: "What about Sam's con-artist persona Chuck Finley? Will we see more of him on the show or in the prequel movie?"
- Campbell: "Oh yeah, Chuck is all over the place. Chuck Finley is forever."
The real life Chuck Finley was a pitcher with the (L.A.) Angels in the late 1980s and through the 1990s. Apart from his on field activities, he was in news for being a victim of domestic violence. He had alleged that his wife, Tawny Kitaen had once attacked him with a stiletto heel.
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