Chuck was a general foreman at the #2 Q-BOP shop at Gary Works for U.S.Steel.
He was considered as an actor in the film after meeting a couple of the actors
and sharing beer(s) with them at the local bar, Tobys, on Virginia
Street.
Portrayed a steel worker in the film The Deer Hunter (1978) and was a real-life steel
worker from Gary, Indiana.
Charles was accepted into the engineering program at Purdue University in August of 1958.
He had been living in a nursing home for seven months prior to his death.
Chuck was initially hired as a Technical Advisor for the Deer Hunter. After multiple interviews, the casting department liked him so much they offered him for the role of Axel.
According to his sister Karen, Chuck would call Robert De Niro "Bobby Baby" during filming.
Received his Bachelors degrees in Industrial Management and Millennium Engineering.
Chuck eventually passed away from pneumonia brought on from kidney failure.
His named is spelled Chuch Aspegren in his High School Yearbook.
Worked for Kaiser Steel in California after filming the Deer Hunter.
Graduated from Hobart High School ( Hobart, Indiana) in 1958.