<P> Unable to transition into adult roles, Herbert's personal life went downhill as well . With no formal education or training to do anything else and with no career earnings saved, he led a reckless, wanderlust life and turned to drugs . </P> <P> With no family of his own, it took Herbert nearly forty years to turn his life around . Clean and sober since August 2004, his films--now reaching new generations of fans via DVD and cable TV--and his appearances at science fiction film festivals and conventions sustained him . </P> <P> He expressed deep appreciation of the work Paul Petersen's organization, A Minor Consideration, does by assisting present and former child actors both financially and emotionally . Herbert and Petersen played brothers together in the film Houseboat (1958), starring Cary Grant and Sophia Loren, and he guest - starred four times as David Barker from 1958 to 1960 on Petersen's ABC series, The Donna Reed Show . </P> <P> Charles Herbert appeared annually for six years in the celebrity lineup at the Monster Bash, held each June, at the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Airport Four Points with his The Boy and the Pirates costar Susan Gordon . He died in Las Vegas on October 31, 2015, from a heart attack . </P>

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