Charles Dingle
Not to be confused with Charles Dingle, an American convicted killer who died in 2012
Charles Dingle (December 28, 1887, Wabash, Indiana – January 19, 1956, Worcester, Massachusetts) was an American stage and film actor.
Career
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, said 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.
Personal life and death
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.
Partial filmography
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- Du Barry Did All Right (1937)
- The Little Foxes (1941)
- Unholy Partners (1941)
- Johnny Eager (1941)
- Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)
- The Talk of the Town (1942)
- Somewhere I'll Find You (1942)
- George Washington Slept Here (1942)
- Tennessee Johnson (1942)
- Edge of Darkness (1943)
- Lady of Burlesque (1943)
- The Song of Bernadette (1943)
- Home in Indiana (1944)
- Together Again (1944)
- Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)
- A Medal for Benny (1945)
- Guest Wife (1945)
- Centennial Summer (1946)
- Three Wise Fools (1946)
- Sister Kenny (1946)
- The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
- Duel in the Sun (1946)
- The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)
- My Favorite Brunette (1947)
- Welcome Stranger (1947)
- State of the Union (1948)
- A Southern Yankee (1948)
- Never Wave at a WAC (1953)
- Call Me Madam (1953)
- The President's Lady (1953)
External links
- Charles Dingle at the Internet Movie Database
- Charles Dingle at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Charles Dingle at Find a Grave
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