Charles Dingle
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1887-12-27
Day of Death
1956-01-19 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Wabash, Indiana, USA
Charles Dingle
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(1955)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Senator Fullerton
(1953)
Call Me Madam
as Senator Brockway
(1953)
Never Wave at a WAC
as Sen. Tom Reynolds
(1953)
Half a Hero
as Mr. Bascomb
(1949)
Big Jack
as Mathias Taylor
(1948)
State of the Union
as Bill Nolard Hardy
(1948)
If You Knew Susie
as Mr. Whitley
(1948)
A Southern Yankee
as Col. Weatharby
(1947)
My Favorite Brunette
as Major Simon Montague
(1947)
The Beast with Five Fingers
as Raymond Arlington
(1947)
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as John Dessark
(1947)
Welcome Stranger
as Charles 'C.J.' Chesley
(1946)
Duel in the Sun
as Sheriff Hardy
(1946)
Sister Kenny
as Michael Kenny
(1946)
Cinderella Jones
as Minland
(1946)
The Wife of Monte Cristo
as Danglars
(1946)
Centennial Summer
as J.P. Snodgrass
(1946)
Three Wise Fools
as Paul Badger
(1945)
A Medal for Benny
as Zach Mibbe
(1945)
Here Come the Co-Eds
as Jonathan Kirkland
(1945)
Guest Wife
as Arthur Truesdale Worth
(1944)
Together Again
as Morton Buchanan
(1944)
Home in Indiana
as Godaw Boole
(1944)
The National Barn Dance
as Mr. Garvey
(1943)
The Song of Bernadette
as Jacomet
(1943)
Lady of Burlesque
as Inspector Harrigan
(1943)
Edge of Darkness
as Kaspar Torgerson
(1943)
Someone to Remember
as Jim Parsonss
(1943)
She's for Me
as Crane
(1942)
The Talk of the Town
as Andrew Holmes
(1942)
Tennessee Johnson
as Senator Jim Waters
(1942)
Somewhere I'll Find You
as George L. Stafford
(1942)
Calling Dr. Gillespie
as Dr. Ward O. Kenwood
(1942)
George Washington Slept Here
as Mr. Prescott
(1942)
Are Husbands Necessary?
as Duncan Atterbury
(1941)
The Little Foxes
as Ben Hubbard
(1941)
Johnny Eager
as A. Frazier Marco
(1941)
Unholy Partners
as Clyde Fenton
(1939)
One Third of a Nation
as Mr. Rogers
(1937)
Double Talk
as Orphanage Attendant Bathing Charlie (uncredited)
(1937)
Du Barry Did All Right
as John Wainwright