For the Scottish confectioner and engineer, see Charles Spalding.Charles F. Spalding (a.k.a. Chuck Spalding) (1918-1999) was an American heir, political advisor, television screenwriter and investment banker. He was a political campaigner during the presidential campaigns of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, a best-selling co-author of Love At First Flight, a screenwriter for Charlie Chaplin, and later Vice President of the New York City-based investment bank Lazard.