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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 27, 1887
Died
January 19, 1956
Place of Birth
Wabash, Indiana, USA
Charles Dingle
0.5 Popularity
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
6.8
Senator Fullerton
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
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0.0
The Road Of Life
1954
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7.0
Miles Virdin
The Elgin Hour
1954
5.5
Mr. Bascomb
Half a Hero
1953
6.2
Senator Brockway
Call Me Madam
1953
4.6
Sen. Tom Reynolds
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Sen. Clay
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
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0.0
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
1950
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6.3
Mr. Wendell Deeves
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Credits
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Senator Fullerton
1955
6.8
🎬
The Road Of Life
1954
0.0
🎬
The Elgin Hour
as Miles Virdin
1954
7.0
Half a Hero
as Mr. Bascomb
1953
5.5
Call Me Madam
as Senator Brockway
1953
6.2
Never Wave at a WAC
as Sen. Tom Reynolds
1953
4.6
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Sen. Clay
1951
7.2
🎬
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
1950
0.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Mr. Wendell Deeves
1950
6.3
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Lux Video Theatre
as Mr. Brown
1950
6.3
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Anthony Pollet
1950
5.6
Lights Out
1949
5.8
Big Jack
as Mathias Taylor
1949
6.0
Studio One
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Judge Swanson
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Daddy Tom
1948
6.3
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
A Southern Yankee
as Col. Weatharby
1948
5.2
State of the Union
as Bill Nolard Hardy
1948
6.7
If You Knew Susie
as Mr. Whitley
1948
7.5
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as John Dessark
1947
6.6
Welcome Stranger
as Charles 'C.J.' Chesley
1947
6.6
My Favorite Brunette
as Major Simon Montague
1947
6.6
The Beast with Five Fingers
as Raymond Arlington
1947
6.3
Duel in the Sun
as Sheriff Hardy
1946
6.3
Sister Kenny
as Michael Kenny
1946
6.8
Three Wise Fools
as Paul Badger
1946
5.0
Centennial Summer
as J.P. Snodgrass
1946
5.5
The Wife of Monte Cristo
as Danglars
1946
5.8
Cinderella Jones
as Minland
1946
2.8
Guest Wife
as Arthur Truesdale Worth
1945
6.0
A Medal for Benny
as Zach Mibbe
1945
4.5
Here Come the Co-Eds
as Jonathan Kirkland
1945
5.7
Together Again
as Morton Buchanan
1944
5.3
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The National Barn Dance
as Mr. Garvey
1944
0.0
Home in Indiana
as Godaw Boole
1944
5.5
The Song of Bernadette
as Jacomet
1943
7.0
She's for Me
as Crane
1943
0.0
Someone to Remember
as Jim Parsonss
1943
7.0
Lady of Burlesque
as Inspector Harrigan
1943
5.2
Edge of Darkness
as Kaspar Torgerson
1943
6.2
Tennessee Johnson
as Senator Jim Waters
1942
6.1
George Washington Slept Here
as Mr. Prescott
1942
6.3
Somewhere I'll Find You
as George L. Stafford
1942
5.6
The Talk of the Town
as Andrew Holmes
1942
7.3
Calling Dr. Gillespie
as Dr. Ward O. Kenwood
1942
6.5
Are Husbands Necessary?
as Duncan Atterbury
1942
0.0
Johnny Eager
as Marco
1941
6.1
Unholy Partners
as Clyde Fenton
1941
7.0
The Little Foxes
as Ben Hubbard
1941
7.5
One Third of a Nation
as Mr. Rogers
1939
5.8
Du Barry Did All Right
as John Wainwright
1937
0.0
Double Talk
as Orphanage Attendant Bathing Charlie (uncredited)
1937
0.0