Charlie Burton

Charlie Burton is the deuteragonist of the 1999 movie Little Heroes and the owner of Samson and Hercules. He appears in the 2000 sequel Little Heroes 2 and was played by Camryn Walling.

Biography
Charlie is the son of Shelly and Harry Burton and owner of dogs Samson and Hercules. When out cycling and walking his dogs he witnesses a mugging of a woman, but the two dogs go to stop the mugger and retrieve her bag.

When his father and mother leave for Washington to testify against a tobacco company Charlie remains at home with their maid Maria and the two dogs. However bunglers Carny and Slick who work for the tobacco company break into the house and kidnap Charlie in order to use him to stop Harry Burton testifying. They tie him up and leave him in the truck to chase down the dogs who stole the keys to the truck. Hercules arrives at the truck and attempts to untie Charlie but to no avail, as Carny and Slick arrive back and leave with him.

Charlie is taken to a barn near a stables which was given to Carny and Slick as a hangout. They leave him in the barn until they get the word to return him. Luckily Samson and Hercules tracked them down and Charlie is untied with the help of Samson. They make a run for it and when Charlie witnesses Slick trying to attack Samson, he grabs a giant paddle and hits Slick who falls into the water. Charlie and the dogs are retrieved by police whilst Carny and Slick are taken away in a police car. Back home, a pleased Charlie witnesses his father become a national hero after testifying in the end, and gives the two dogs a high five.

In Little Heroes 2 Charlie and the dogs head to Universal Studios for a holiday and end up in conflict with Carny and Slick for a second time.

Trivia

 * Charlie is absent in the third installment Top Dogs: Little Heroes 3.