Aldyn Jones, Bill Wright, and Todd Bartlett met through Chuck, and made a promise to him to tell his story to the world. They felt the only way to do that was to combine their resources, consisting of his life rights, novel, documentary footage, and an extensive criminal database to tell the extraordinary life of their friend.
We are currently seeking funding for a documentary and feature film/televison project. We are also looking to publish the story of Chuck's life.
Aldyn & Chuck circa 1993
ALDYN JONES
Aldyn Jones has a Business and Law degree from the University of Missouri, and studied International Law at University College, London. As an accomplished writer, he is the author of nine novels, one play, and over one thousand poems. Chuck O’Connor selected Aldyn out of 50 applicants to write his biography in the form of a novel, and the two worked together to complete the rough draft of Chuck’s life story, Thief on the Cross. Aldyn still considers Chuck to be the most interesting person he has ever met.
Chuck & Bill, San Francisco, 1997
BILL WRIGHT
Bill Wright is a Bay Area native from Lafayette, California, who has worked tirelessly for two decades to bring the screen version of Chuck’s story to life. After attending the American Conservatory Theater and the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop, he and his brothers shot extensive interview footage of Chuck. His feature film screenplay of Chuck’s life, O’Connor, placed in the semi-finals of the Coppola/Zoetrope Screenplay Competition.
Chuck & Todd, Mill Valley, California, 1998
TODD BARTLETT
Born and raised in Marin County, California, Todd Bartlett has fond memories of his teenage years - this is when he first met a sharp, eighty-year-old Chuck O’Connor. Todd holds a degree from UCLA’s Department of Theater, Film, and Television. He has spent the past several years documenting this incredible life story, in addition to hundreds of Chuck’s underworld associates. As part of this exhaustive research effort, he pieced together and verified Chuck’s criminal past via prison records, FBI files, newspaper articles, and in conversations with various crime historians.