The Family

The Family is a 2014 Horror Dramatization Film and the new movie based on the cult leader, Charlie Manson and his family. It will focus on the forming of The Manson Family, and unlike other films on the subject, The Family also spends time getting to know the victims. The film stars Christian Bale, Jordan Pressler, America Olivo, Scout Taylor-Compton, Emma Roberts, Amanda Righetti, Julianna Guill, Mike Vogel, Matt Bomer, Lindsay Lohan, Alyson Hannigan, Bob King, James Marsden, Edwin Neal, Rory Culkin, Ellen Wroe, Alexandra Daddario, Sarah Butler, Emma Stone, Maitland McConnell, Rodney Eastman, Sean Faris, Kyle Gallner, Megan Fox, Toby Stephens, Jessica Biel, James Franco, Connor Price, David Born, Kelly Rutherford, Chris Hemsworth and Ian Somerhalder.

Plot
Charlie Manson is a troubled, rebellious convict who is moving into the suburb of Los Angeles, where he encounters the "Love Generation". After smuggling prostitutes across the border and spending half of his life in prison for petty crimes, Charlie has learned how to play the guitar and takes a career as a musician, singing aside with The Beach Boys. However, the Summer of Love comes to a bloody end when Charlie begins using his prison smarts and charisma to attract a group of young, deprived teenagers and transforms them into Devilish monsters to carry out his deadly vendetta against society. While Charlie and his "family" live life together on a movie set called Spahn Ranch, with nothing but love and acceptance, Charlie begins to listen to songs from singing groups such as The Beatles and begins constructing an apocalyptic race war between the whites and the blacks that he refers to as "Helter Skelter". Soon, these wayward teenagers fall completely under Charlie's spell and become the most notorious American family of the 20th century.

Cast
Christian Bale as Charlie Manson - He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to a 16 year old prostitute named Kathleen Maddox and a man named Colonel Scott. Charlie took his surname from William Manson, a man his mother briefly married to. After Kathleen was arrested and put in jail for strong armed robbery, Charlie was sent to live with different relatives. His grandparents were strictly religious and one of his uncles would abuse Charlie psychologically by calling him a sissy and dressing him in girl clothes for the first day of school. Another one of his uncles brought Charlie up rebelliously and blew himself up in a moonshine still because the law was going to take his land. Charlie briefly lived with his mother after she was released from prison, but was given up to the state because Kathleen's boyfriend didn't like having him around. Charlie was sent to a school for boys where he ran away and got arrested on a stolen bike. He was then sent to another boys' school where he ran away after 4 days, stole a car and committed several armed robberies. When caught, Charlie was sent to a boys' home in Indiana, where he was repeatedly raped. Charlie once again escaped, stole a car and headed to California. Charlie was arrested in Utah and because he stole a car across state lines, he violated the Dyer Act, a federal law. He spent the next 3 years in 4 different facilities. In 1955, Charlie married a 17 year old girl and they drove away in a stolen car to California, thus violating the Dyer Act again. Because his wife was pregnant, a sympathetic judge gave Charlie probation, which he soon broke. Charlie spent the next 3 years in jail and his wife ran away with a truck driver, taking their son with her. Charlie was released from prison in 1958 and began pimping prostitutes into Hollywood. In 1959, Charlie was arrested for attempting to cash a stolen $37.50 check, once again violating a federal law. He was given a 10 year suspended sentence and married once again. In 1960, Charlie was arrested for violating the Mann Act and given a 10 year sentence. While in jail, Charlie learned from a cellmate how to play the guitar and became interested in Scientology. Meanwhile, Charlie's wife served him with divorce papers and gave birth to his second son. He was transferred to another facility in 1966, where he sodomized a cellmate while holding a razor blade up to his throat. Charlie was finally paroled in 1967. He requested the prison to let him stay, as it was now his home, but he was forced by the warden to leave. Charlie heads up state to the Haight-Ashbury district of San Fransisco with his guitar and philosophies, where he now finally fits in.

Jordan Pressler as Young Charlie Manson

America Olivo as Leslie Van Houten - She was born in Los Angeles, California to an automotive auctioneer and a schoolteacher. Leslie and her brother grew up in a typical middle class home, where the adoption of a young Korean boy and girl are added to the family. In 1963, Leslie's parents divorced, her father moved out and the children were left with their mother. Meanwhile, Leslie was attending Monrovia High School, where she was elected homecoming queen twice and became a member of the cheerleading squad. Like many at the time, Leslie began experimenting with hallucinogenic drugs and her grades began to slip. She drifted away from her extracurricular activities and shortly after, got pregnant and had an abortion. After graduating high school in 1967, Leslie moved in with her father and began attending a business college, studying to become a legal secretary. She began gravitating toward spiritualism and planned to live in a yogic spiritual community. In the summer of 1968, Leslie was visiting friends in San Fransisco when she met Catherine Share and Bobby Beausoleil. She began traveling with them and in September, they took her to meet Charlie Manson at Spahn Ranch. She returns to the ranch 3 weeks later, this time without leaving.

Scout Taylor-Compton as Susan Atkins - She was born in California. Her mother was afflicted with cancer and died when Susan was still in her teens. Constantly fighting with her alcoholic father, Susan decided to hit the road, dropping out high school and moving to San Fransisco. She got a job as a telemarketer for a company that sold magazine subscriptions, rented a room and soon found herself poor, lonely and depressed. Susan eventually quit her job telemarketing and started waiting tables at a local coffee shop. It was there she met a couple of escaped convicts and decided to hit the road with them. The trio committed several armed robberies up the West coast, and were eventually caught in Oregon. The men were sent to prison and Susan got probation after 3 months in jail. When she was released, she came back to San Fransisco and found work as a topless dancer. It was there she danced in a show called the Witches' Sabbath organized by Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey. After quitting her job, Susan meets Charlie Manson and profoundly effects her life by moving with him.

Emma Roberts as Kathleen Maddox - She is Charlie's mother and a 16 year-old alcoholic prostitute. After Charlie's birth, Kathleen begins getting into trouble with the law by committing grand theft auto and several armed robberies. She is sent to prison and constantly rejects Charlie, as she sees him as a disappointment and would rather party with her boyfriends than care for a child.

Amanda Righetti as Patricia Krenwinkel - She was born in Los Angeles, California. Her parents divorced when she was 17 years old. At the time, Pat stayed in California with her father, an insurance agent, while her mother moved to Alabama. After high school, Pat moved to Alabama with her mother and attended a Catholic college. She had taught Sunday school in the past and had thought about becoming a nun. After one semester, Pat had enough and dropped out. She moved back to California to live with her half sister and got a job as a processing clerk. Due to an endocrine condition that causes Patricia to have an excessive growth of body hair, she feels ugly and unwanted. At one point, Pat was overweight, but was supplied with diet pills from her sister and dropped the weight completely. In September of 1967, Pat meets Charlie and his girls at Manhattan Beach. After making love with Charlie, Patricia decides to to go with them to San Fransisco, leaving behind her car and final paycheck.

Julianna Guill as Linda Kasabian - She was born in Biddeford, Maine. Her parents divorced and remarried when Linda was still young. At the age of 16, Linda dropped out of high school and got married, and soon after, divorced. Linda married again, this time to a hippie named Robert. The couple traveled the country, enjoying the hippie lifestyle from commune to commune. In March of 1968, Linda and Bob had their first child, Tanya. However, problems between the young couple led Linda and Tanya back to New Hampshire. In an effort to reconcile their marriage, Bob talked Linda into coming out to California. Bob was living with a man in Topanga Canyon who got Linda in contact with Catherine Share. When things didn't work out with Bob, Linda decides to join Catherine at Spahn Ranch.

Mike Vogel as Tex Watson - He is the youngest of 3 children and grew up in Dallas, Texas. Tex always looked up to his parents, who ran a gas station, and were always a church going family. In high school, Tex was an honor roll student, and very active in track, basketball and football. He even became the editor of his school newspaper. But once Tex starts going to college, he begins losing sight of what's important and his grades begin to slip and he becomes interested more in girls and booze. Through a roommate, Tex gets a job as a baggage boy for Braniff Airlines. As a perk, Tex starts traveling around the world and develops a liking for drugs such as marijuana and begins experimenting with other drugs. Eventually, he decides to move to the west side of California. Tex frequently moves location to location and ends up injuring his knee in a car accident, which keeps him out of the army. After dropping out of high school, Tex opens up a wigshop with his roommate. But after the failure, he starts dealing pot full time. Now hooked on drugs, Tex does whatever is possible to get ahold of drugs of any kind. He picks up Beach Boy Dennis Wilson hitchhiking, and is invited to stay at Wilson's mansion. There he meets Charlie and the family and decides to join them, giving them all of his belongings.

Matt Bomer as Bobby Beausoleil - He is the first of 5 children who has a strong passion for music. Bobby even taught himself how to play the guitar. After he has an affair with his cousin's wife, his cousin leaves and Bobby is forced to play the role of the father, getting a job as a trailer worker to support his cousin's wife and child. Bobby eventually joins a band and takes up a career in acting. His first band is a group called Grass Roots. Bobby also becomes friends with Frank Zappa and is assigned the job as a backup singer for his first record, Freak Out. In San Fransisco, Bobby began playing in a band called The Outfit, but eventually dropped out and started his own band called Orkustra. The group played gigs in the Bay area from 1966 to 1967, where Bobby met filmmaker Kenneth Anger. Anger and Bobby worked together on a film called Lucifer, in which Bobby played Lucifer and helped compose the score. At that time, Bobby was playing in a band called Magick Powerhouse of Oz, and living at Anger's "Russian Embassy" house. In the fall of '67, Bobby and Kenneth had a falling out, so Bobby decided to move back to Los Angeles. His next acting role was a porno called "Ramrodder" near Spahn Ranch. While living at a friend's house in Topanga Canyon, Bobby goes to a house called The Spiral Staircase and performs his musical talent, which impresses Charlie, and the two start hanging out.

Lindsay Lohan as Sandra Good - She is the youngest of 3 girls and comes from a broken home life. Her parents divorced when she was 4 and she has never had a sense of love and care. Sandra attended both the University of Oregon and San Fransico State College. As a result of her lack of purpose, Sandra dedicates herself to only love and peace, and goes to far lengths to help others find their way.

Alyson Hannigan as Lynette Fromme - She is the youngest of 3 children who grew up in Westchester, California. Lynette was a well-liked child who toured through the United States on her singing and dancing groups called the Lariats. In Junior high, Lynette was very active in after school activities such as the Athenian Honor Society and the Girls Athletic Club. However, as she gets older, Lynette begins to fight more and more with her father, who often punishes her for no reason. In high school, Lynette becomes more rebellious and starts experimenting with drugs and alcohol. She eventually begins to engage in self mutilation such as burning herself with lit cigarettes and shooting staples into her forearm with a staple gun. Though she comes off as sadistic, Lynette is actually well-natured and could never harm another being. After high school, Lynette starts bouncing around, living with different people. She eventually moves back home and enrolls in El Camino Junior College. Shortly after, Lynette begins fighting with her father again. They get into a fight over the definition of a word. Her father kicks her out and Lynette is out on the streets. Around this time, Lynette meets Charlie on Venice Beach. Impressed by Charlie, Lynette decides to leave with him and Mary to become apart of a real family.

Bob King as George Spahn - He is the owner of Spahn Ranch. George is a blind, 81 year-old man who looks after his ranch and is often looked out for by the girls. Many of the girls claim they love George because he is a beautiful man on the inside and is a good lover too.

James Marsden as Danny DeCarlo - He was born in Toronto, Canada, but was granted citizenship for serving 4 years in the Coast Guard. After his service, Danny goes into the firearms business with his father. He becomes fascinated with guns and starts to love them more than anything. Danny is also club treasurer at the Straight Satan's motorcycle gang. He eventually gets arrested for smuggling marijuana across the U.S./Mexican border. He is very protective of the family and is in charge of the weapons at Spahn Ranch. Danny mainly stays at the ranch because of the wide variety of girls.

Edwin Neal as Bruce Davis - He was the youngest of 2 children and grew up in Mobile, Alabama. Bruce drops out of high school and moves to the west where he becomes apart of the hippie counter culture. He makes a living doing construction work and in 1967, he meets Charlie and the family. Like Charlie, Bruce is an ex-con, has an interest in Scientology and is a good musician. He moves to London, England and takes a job at the Scientology headquarters. But because of his drug use, he gets kicked out of the organization. Bruce decides to move back to the states, where he rejoins Charlie's family. In the family, Bruce is a comptroller, handling the stolen credit cards and fake ID's.

Rory Culkin as Steve Grogan - He is a high school drop out and loves roaming the communes of California. Steve is a talented musician and has a criminal record for committing small crimes, such as disturbing the peace and possession of marijuana. He is often called "scramblehead" by the family for acting slow-witted and is always too stupid and hopped up on drugs that he can't think for himself. In June of 1969, Steve was arrested for exposing his penis to a group of school children. He was sentenced to a 90-day observation period at a mental hospital, but walked out and returned to Spahn Ranch 2 days later.

Ellen Wroe as Mary Brunner - She was born in Wisconsin and earned a bachelor's degree in History. After graduating, Mary heads west and gets a job at the UC Berkely Library. She is the first member to join the family and has a child with Charlie, whom she is very protective of.

Alexandra Daddario as Ruth Ann Moorehouse - She was born in Toronto, Canada. Ruth Ann first meets Charlie when her father, Reverand Dean, invites him over to dinner and she and Charlie develop an instant connection. Charlie takes Ruth Ann to Mendocino and the two fall in love. Her father disapproves of the relationship and vows to kill Charlie, but after Charlie introduces Dean to LSD to calm him down, he lets Charlie stay at his house for a few weeks. Before leaving for Los Angeles, Charlie tells Ruth Ann that she can come with him if she is married. A few weeks later, she marries a bus driver, leaves him and joins the family in L.A. Ruth Ann goes along on garbage runs to supply the family with food and helps take care of the children.

Sarah Butler as Catherine Share - She was born in Paris, France. Her Hungarian father and German mother were both members of the French underground and committed suicide during the war. Catherine was put in an orphanage where she stayed until she was eight. She was adopted by an American couple and moved to California. When Catherine was still in high school, her adoptive mother was afflicted with cancer and took her own life. Catherine stayed and took care of her adoptive father until he remarried. After graduating from Hollywood High School, she went to college, stayed there for three years, got married, and shortly after, divorced. Like her father, Catherine is a Violin virtuoso and has a beautiful singing voice. She spends the next few years drifting around California and occasionally scoring acting roles. On the set of a soft porn entitled Ramrodder, Catherine meets a young musician named Bobby Beausoleil. She begins living with him and his group of girls, travelling with them for about 8 months before deciding to go live with Charlie and the family.

Emma Stone as Nancy Pitman - She was born in Springfield, Illinois and her father works as an aeronautical engineer designing guidance systems for missiles. Growing up in Malibu, California, Nancy is surrounded by the rich and famous, along with her brothers. But Nancy begins to get into fights with her parents, and they eventually kick her out, leaving her to feel abandoned and searching for love. Nancy is a talented surfer and surfs all over Malibu, until she is greeted by Charlie and the family, who take her in and become her new family.

Maitland McConnell as Kathryn Lutesinger - She is brought into the family by her boyfriend, Bobby and takes an instant liking into Charlie and his deadly intensions. Kathryn is pregnant with Bobby's child and has been feeling neglected by her parents. She continues to fight with them and often goes back and forth with the family and her parents. However, Charlie takes a disliking to Kathryn, and constantly beats and threatens her due to pulling Bobby away from the family.

Rodney Eastman as Paul Watkins - He grew up in Sidon, Lebanon and was one of 6 children. Paul enjoys going to church, is a talented musician and is considered "gifted" by his teachers. Paul falls under Charlie's spell after seeing his power over girls and enjoys travelling and playing music.

Sean Faris as Chuck Lovett - He is a loyal member of the family who loves to get wired on drugs and is devoted to Charlie and his "siblings". Chuck is a true hippie and is against violence, but is willing to prove his dedication. His favorite activity is spending time around the swimming hole and hanging out with the other family members.

Kyle Gallner as Larry Bailey - He is a member of the family who is often picked on for having black facial features, and loves to get wired on drugs. Larry is also against violence of any kind, but is too cowardly and secretly afraid of Charlie to break out of his spell or think for himself.

Megan Fox as Sharon Tate - She was born in Dallas, Texas to two loving parents and was the first of 3 girls. As a teenager, Sharon began modelling and competing in beauty pageants. In high school, she was a very active student, joining the Library Club, Student Council, the Cheerleading squad and became the first homecoming queen of her school. Sharon is a well-read and educated person who learns early how to speak Italian fluently. Problems didn't occur until she fell a victim to date rape, but didn't tell anyone due to feeling that she brought shame on her family's name. Sharon's beauty caught the eye of many directors and they often invited her to have lunch with them and offered her roles. She is a beautiful, caring person who is willing to befriend anyone at any time and is extremely perky when it comes to issues or problems that can or can't be solved. She falls in love with hairstylist Jay Sebring and the pair become unseperable. They do everything together, whether it was eating at the fanciest restaurants, attending various Hollywood parties and experimenting with psychedelic drugs like LSD. Sharon's first role was in a movie called Thirteen, where she played a witch with mysterious powers. Her second film was a vampire parody called The Fearless Vampires where she played Sarah, a woman kidnapped by vampires and gets rescued by a bumbling professor and his assistant. While filming the picture, Sharon developed a romantic interest in the director, Roman Polanski and the two soon married. Sharon moved back into the states and began filming her new movie, Don't Make Waves, where she played Malibu. The film was a parody of 60s Beach Movies, filled with a tangled web of love triangles. Alfred Hitchcock began filming the horror film, Rosemary's Baby, and Sharon was recommended for the lead, but lost it because Roman didn't want to be the one to consider her, and no one else knew of her. Twentieth Century eventually casted Sharon in their film version of the bestseller, Valley of The Dolls. She played the character, Jennifer North, a showgirl whose career focused on her stunning looks. Sharon was unhappy with her movie deal and got her agent to let her off the hook. She eventually got signed over to Columbia Pictures and won a role in The Wrecking Crew. Sharon played the character of Freya Carson, a clumsy agent sent to assist Matt Helm. The part called for her to perform a few fight scenes, so Bruce Lee assisted in giving her Martial Arts lessons. In early 1969, Sharon and Roman bought a house in L.A. Around this time, Sharon found out she was pregnant. She flew to Italy to film her next motion picture, The Thirteen Chairs. Sharon played the part of Pat, a scheming saleswoman working in an antique shop that gets involved in a wild goose chase, looking for a fortune hidden in an old chair. After the showbiz, Sharon and Roman decide to settle down in their cul-de-sac and await the arrival of their baby.

Toby Stephens as Wojciech Frykowski - He was born in Poland and graduated from school with a degree in chemistry, but chooses to spend his time hanging around filmmakers. Wojciech is well known for being a troublemaker and would often start fistfights. He is an exceptional swimmer and was hired to be the lifeguard on the set of Roman Polanski's first full-length motion picture, Knife in The Water. Underneath his tough exterior, Wojciech is often soft-hearted and good-natured to the point of sentimentality, and utterly loyal. Wojciech's English is poor and tends to create humor from other people. He takes an interest in writing poetry like Jerzy Kosinski. He gets a job at Paramount as a set constructor, but is unhappy with the job and quits. Though he is well-kept, Wojciech starts taking drugs with his girlfriend, but keeps a clean head. He receives tutoring in English and keeps a diary where he takes notes on American customs.

Jessica Biel as Abigail Folger - She was born in California to Peter Folger, the chairman of Folger Coffee Company, and Inez Mejia. Her parents divorced while she was still young. Growing up in the San Fransisco area, Abigail displayed an interest in art, spending most of her free time painting. Abigail is also musically inclined, being very skilled at playing the piano. She attended the Catalina School for Girls in California, moving on to Radcliffe College where she graduated with honors, finally ending up in Harvard, where she did graduate work and received in Art History. In 1967 she took a job at the University of California art museum in Berkeley, California. Abigail didn't stay in Berkeley long. She soon decided to move to New York City, where she got a job as a magazine publisher, which she eventually left for a job at the Gotham Book Mart on 47th street. It was at a bookstore party where she met a polish author who introduced her to Wojciech Frykowski. Wojciech could barely speak English, but like Abigail, he was fluent in French. The two moved in together before deciding to go to California for the summer. Like her mother, Abigail got involved in volunteer work. She registered as a volunteer social worker for the Los Angeles County Welfare Department. In 1968, Abigail attended fundraisers set up by her mother to aid the Haight-Ashbury Medical Clinic.

James Franco as Jay Sebring - He was born in Alabama and the last of 4 children. He and his siblings lived a typical middle class life growing up in the suburb outside of Detroit. After high school, Jay joined the Navy and went overseas to serve in the Korean War. Of all of his talents during his serving, hair cuttery was Jay's favorite. Jay moves to California to become a hair stylist and launches the male hair care revolution. He opens one of the first hair salons in Los Angeles and is incredibly skilled at his job. Jay developed a unique style for hair when he went to Los Angeles and it put many famous people on his list of customers. He received Martial Arts lessons from Bruce Lee for a Batman audition. Like most people, Jay would go to Hollywood parties and experiment with psychedelic drugs like LSD. Jay is always fascinated by supernatural subjects, which prompts him to buy a home in Benedict Canyon that has a dark history. He has a suave attitude towards women, but is always there to support them when needed and always gives them the royal treatment that a man of his refinement can. Jay fits in well with Hollywood, with friends, acquaintances and clients remembering him as a kind, thoughtful man with sophisticated taste. Whether it's his fancy clothes or the cars he drives, he always seems to put time and effort into his appearance. Jay is always self-conscious about his short stature, however it is those insecurities that fuel his attention for style. In the summer of 1969, Jay decides to expand his business by opening another salon and starting a corporation that releases hair-care products as well as opening a series of franchised salons.

Connor Price as Steven Parent - He grew up in the Los Angeles suburb of El, Monte and is the first of 4 children. Steven doesn't have a serious girlfriend, but often dates here and there. During his free time, he spends it listening to popular folk music and playing the guitar. Steven's main interest is electronics, which leads to trouble with the law. He has been arrested several times for petty theft and spends a lot of time in a youth correctional facility. After school, Steven has two jobs; In the day, he works full time as a delivery boy for a plumbing company and in the evening, he works as a salesman at Jonas Miller Stereo.

David Born as Leno LaBianca - He was born in Los Angeles, California and took his name from past relatives as an Italian tradition. Leno was an exceptional high school student, which led to him skipping a grade. Outside of school, Leno worked for his father at Gateway Markets. Leno is very quiet, shy and equipped with a subtle sense of humor and has a great capacity for innocently getting himself into all kinds of trouble. In 1943, Leno joined the military police Batallion after receiving army introduction papers. In the fall of 1952, Leno started working at State Wholesale as well as enrolling in Los Angeles City College, studying Business Administration. After one semester at city college, Leno transferred to the University of Southern California and went back to work at Gateway. He met and married a woman named Alice in 1943. The following month, Leno was ordered by Europe to serve in World War 2. This caused problems between the couple. His parents tried to set out his whole life for him and where he'd live, but instead Leno and Alice bought a house in Los Feliz that was previously owned by Walt Disney. While in Europe, he spent his freetime writing to his wife, gambling and watching movies before returning home, having risen up to technical sergeant. He immediately joined the army reserve where he took rank as Sergeant First Class. Leno's true dream is to breed and race thoroughbred horses, which he gets to live out in Las Vegas with his new wife, Rosemary due to feeling tired of the responsibilities of Gateway and wanting out.

Kelly Rutherford as Rosemary LaBianca - She was born in Mexico to parents who disappeared or died prematurely. Rosemary meets Frank Struthers working as a carhop and they have 2 children. After getting divorced, Rosemary gets a job as a waitress at the Los Feliz Inn. She has a sophisticated style and fashion sense, which hits it off with her new husband's children. Rosemary eventually enters the business world, going into dress shops and Gateways. She opens up her own shop, which does very well and she begins to make smart investments in stocks and commodities. Rosemary's business takes off after she converts a Gateway Markets truck into a mobile dress shop under the name Boutique Carriage. She opens a dress shop within a Gateway shopping plaza. While her business flourishes, Rosemary soon enough becomes a millionaire.

Chris Hemsworth as Donald Shea - He was born in Massachusetts and moved to California to pursue a career in acting, but becomes mostly a part time ranch hand at Spahn. When he gets called for film opportunities, Donald will leave the ranch and return when filming is complete. Donald, who is big and stocky, works long days at the ranch, spending most of his time caring for the horses and always looking after George Spahn's interests. But he still goes for his passion of Hollywood and gets a job as a part time stunt actor and winning independent roles. Donald is also very snarky, and often looks for ways to snitch Charlie and his family out to the police for their crazy schemes.

Ian Somerhalder as Gary Hinman - He was born in Colorado on Christmas Eve. He graduated school with a degree in chemistry, but decided to go to UCLA where he receives his P.H.D. in Sociology. He is a talented musician who works at a music shop teaching the bagpipes, piano, trombone and the drums. Sometime in 1968, he became interested in Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism and started planning a religious pilgrimage to Japan. Gary has a kind, gentle soul and is an intellect. He is always willing to help out those he is or isn't close with, but just wants a person to be happy. Gary is a pacifist and doesn't believe in violence of any kind. Even if it's against his judgement, he'll supply drugs for friends or just let someone in trouble crash at his house.

Deaths
Gary Hinman - Charlie sends Bobby, Susan and Mary over to Gary's house to beat him and hold him hostage inorder to give them his merchandise. Bobby hits Gary over the head with a dumbell and he and Susan tie him to a chair. Charlie then arrives and slices Gary's ear off with a sword, leaving him to bleed and scream in pain. Since Gary is a pacifist, he only pleads with Charlie and the others to leave his house, but they refuse. Charlie orders the girls to tend to Gary's wounds, so Susan and Mary stitch his ear back on his head with dental floss. While Gary chants his faith, Charlie forces him to sign over his merchandise to him and his family. Once he does so, Charlie and Bruce fear that Gary will tell the police, and they order Bobby to kill him, before driving off. Gary screams for help and Bobby goes back in and stabs him twice in the chest with his hunting knife, causing Gary to gurgle on his blood.

Steven Parent - While Steven pulls up in his car to visit the caretaker of Sharon's house, Tex confronts him at his window wearing a hood and aims a gun at Steven. Steven pleads for his life and promisses he won't say anything, but Tex shoots him once in the forearm, once in the upper chest, once in the cheek and through his mouth, and once in the lower chest with a .22 caliber revolver handgun, before Steven slumps dead over the seat of his car.

Jay Sebring - While Tex, Susan and Patricia hold the Tates hostage, Jay argues with Tex to let Sharon live due to her pregnancy, and Tex shoots him in the armpit with the .22 caliber revolver handgun. Tex later kicks Jay in the face repeatedly, breaking his nose. Jay struggles to crawl away, and Tex kneels down and stabs him 7 times in the back with his hunting knife.

Wojciech Frykowski - While Susan is tying Wojciech's hands with a towel, he manages to break free and fights her off. But Susan stabs him in the leg 4 times with a pocket knife and he tries to run, but Tex shoots him in the left arm with the handgun, knocking him down. Tex then stabs Wojciech in the back 45 times with his hunting knife, but he manages to escape. Wojciech escapes outside and runs into Linda, and the two stare at eachother in tears while Linda apologizes and cries out in sorrow. Wojciech is then chased by Tex, who tackles him on the lawn and beats Wojciech's head with the butt of the gun until his skull cracks.

Abigail Folger - Abigail unloosens her ties and makes a run for the door. She manages to escape out to the backyard, and Patricia drops her ropes and chases after Abigail with an up-raised knife and tackles her on the lawn. Patricia holds Abigail down and stabs her 28 times in the chest with the hunting knife, covering her white night gown in blood. Abigail uses her last bit of strength to plead for her life, before slowly dying.

Sharon Tate - While Sharon is tied to the couch, she pleads hysterically for her life and for the life of her unborn baby to Susan. But Susan becomes annoyed with Sharon's whining and tries to settle her down. Sharon continues to beg for mercy, but Susan ignores her pleas and stabs Sharon 16 times in the chest and stomach with her hunting knife, causing her to die slowly and fall blood-soaked on her carpet.

Leno LaBianca - Charlie breaks into the LaBianca home and wakes Leno up on the couch and ties his hands behind his back with his leather thong, along with Rosemary. Charlie leaves and orders his followers to commit the murder. Tex promises Leno that he is just going to rob him, but after Leno tries to escape, Tex pushes him back on the couch, rips open Leno's pajama shirt and stabs him 12 times in the stomach with a kitchen knife. While Leno is struggling, he falls off the couch and onto the coffee table, and Tex slashes his throat 4 times. Later, Tex carves the word "war" into Leno's stomach with his hunting knife and Patricia stabs Leno in the stomach with a carving fork and the throat with a steak knife, and leaves the utensils protruding from his body.

Rosemary LaBianca - Charlie breaks into the LaBianca home and wakes Rosemary up in her bed, walks her downstairs and ties her to the couch next to Leno. Charlie calms them both down and orders his followers to finish the job. Patricia and Leslie untie Rosemary and bring her into her bedroom and put a pillowsack over her head and wrap a lamp wire around her neck. Rosemary then swings the lamp at the duo, and Leslie holds her down, while Patricia tries to stab Rosemary with a dull kitchen knife. But the blade bends on Rosemary's collarbone, so Patricia screams for Tex's help. Tex comes in the room and stabs Rosemary 32 times in the chest with a bayonet, before she collapses on her bed. Rosemary then tries to crawl off of her bed, but dies suddenly. Leslie starts to feel remorse and goes to cry shamefully in another room, but Tex turns her around and tells her to participate because Charlie told them to all get their hands dirty. Tex hands Leslie the bloody kitchen knife and pressures her to stab as he taught them, and she reluctantly stabs Rosemary in her back. Tex tells her to keep doing it longer and deeper, and Leslie begins to feel more joy and stabs Rosemary 15 more times in the lower back.

Donald Shea - Tex, Bruce and Steve take Donald on a ride through the ranch to look for car parts. While they are driving, Tex signals Steve to start the killing, and Steve hits Donald over the head with a pipe wrench, knocking him unconsious. Tex stops the car and drags Donald out, before Charlie and Larry arrive. The 5 gather around Donald and Charlie orders Bruce to participate, and Bruce reluctantly stabs Donald in the neck with a machete. Tex then ties a rope around Donald's neck and drags him into the desert, while he awakens and screams in pain. Donald pleads for his life, but Charlie ignores him and kicks Donald in the side of the head. Steve holds Donald up and Tex begins to slowly torture him by punching and kicking him repeatedly. As Donald slowly dies, Tex stabs him 3 times in the stomach with the machete. The 5 then take Donald's body and bury him under the ground.