Which director has a cameo role (meter reader) in the 1956 film of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"?

In the film "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956), director Sam Peckinpah makes a cameo appearance as a meter reader. Peckinpah is best known for playing roles as a loser in films (Westerns) like 'Wichita' (1955). In "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", he has a very small role where he goes by the name of Charles.

Over his career, Peckinpah directed very fine films. They include: "Ride the High Country", "The Ballad of Cable Hogue", "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid", "The Getaway", "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia", and his twin masterpieces, "Straw Dogs" and "The Wild Bunch". Most of the time professionals in the movie industry pointed to Sam Peckinpah as an innovator and rebel movie maker.

Noting facts from Encyclopedia Britannica, Sam Peckinpah, aka David Samuel Peckinpah, was born in February 1925 in Fresno, CA. He died in December 1984, Inglewood, CA. From 1957 to 1984, he made around 29 motion-pictures as either a director and/or screenwriter. He acted in less than a handful.