Charles Dingle

Acting

Born December 27, 1887, Wabash, Indiana, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Dingle (December 28, 1887, Wabash, Indiana – January 19, 1956, Worcester, Massachusetts) was an American stage and film actor. Dingle made his Broadway debut in the short-lived drama Killers in 1928. Better roles followed including Duke Theseus in the 1932 revival of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Sheriff Cole in Let Freedom Ring in 1935. He made his musical debut in Irving Berlin's Miss Liberty in 1950. A veteran of over 50 feature films, he was best noted for portraying hard edged businessmen and villains. He was best known for his role as Ben Hubbard, the crafty eldest member of the Hubbard family in The Little Foxes on both stage and screen, and for his role as Senator Brockway in the film version of Call Me Madam. Critic Bosley Crowther wrote of his performance in The Little Foxes in New York Times of August 22, 1941, "Charles Dingle as brother Ben Hubbard, the oldest and sharpest of the rattlesnake clan, is the perfect villain in respectable garb".[citation needed] His last stage appearance was in 1954's The Immoralist co-starring with Louis Jourdan, Geraldine Page, and James Dean; it was also Dean's last Broadway appearance. He was married to actress Dorothy White (1911-2008). Charles Dingle died of a sudden heart attack at age 68. He was cremated and his ashes scattered in Germany. His widow survived him by 52 years.

Filmography

• 1955The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell — Senator Fullerton
• The Elgin Hour — Miles Virdin
• The Road Of Life
• 1953Call Me Madam — Senator Brockway
• 1953Half a Hero — Mr. Bascomb
• 1953Never Wave at a WAC — Tom Reynolds
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Sen. Clay
• Lux Video Theatre — Mr. Wendell Deeves, Mr. Brown
• Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
• Robert Montgomery Presents — Anthony Pollet
• 1949Big Jack — Mathias Taylor
• Lights Out
• 1948A Southern Yankee — Col. Weatharby
• 1948If You Knew Susie — Mr. Whitley
• 1948Oysters and Muscles
• 1948State of the Union — Bill Nolard Hardy
• Studio One — Judge Swanson
• The Philco Television Playhouse — Daddy Tom
• 1947My Favorite Brunette — Major Simon Montague
• 1947The Beast with Five Fingers — Raymond Arlington
• 1947The Romance of Rosy Ridge — John Dessark
• 1947Welcome Stranger — Charles 'C.J.' Chesley
• 1946Centennial Summer — J.P. Snodgrass
• 1946Cinderella Jones — Minland
• 1946Duel in the Sun — Sheriff Hardy
• 1946Sister Kenny — Michael Kenny
• 1946The Wife of Monte Cristo — Danglars
• 1946Three Wise Fools — Paul Badger
• 1945A Medal for Benny — Zach Mibbe
• 1945Guest Wife — Arthur Truesdale Worth
• 1945Here Come the Co-Eds — Jonathan Kirkland
• 1944Home in Indiana — Godaw Boole
• 1944The National Barn Dance — Mr. Garvey
• 1944Together Again — Morton Buchanan
• 1943Edge of Darkness — Kaspar Torgerson
• 1943Lady of Burlesque — Inspector Harrigan
• 1943She's for Me — Crane
• 1943Someone to Remember — Jim Parsonss
• 1943The Song of Bernadette — Jacomet
• 1942Are Husbands Necessary? — Duncan Atterbury
• 1942Calling Dr. Gillespie — Dr. Ward O. Kenwood
• 1942George Washington Slept Here — Mr. Prescott
• 1942Somewhere I'll Find You — George L. Stafford
• 1942Tennessee Johnson — Senator Jim Waters
• 1942The Talk of the Town — Andrew Holmes
• 1941Johnny Eager — Marco
• 1941The Little Foxes — Ben Hubbard
• 1941Unholy Partners — Clyde Fenton
• 1939One Third of a Nation — Mr. Rogers
• 1937Double Talk — Orphanage Attendant Bathing Charlie (uncredited)
• 1937Du Barry Did All Right — John Wainwright