Charles Dingle
Actor
Biography
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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
Duel in the Sun
as Sheriff Hardy 1946
The Song of Bernadette
as Jacomet 1943
The Talk of the Town
as Andrew Holmes 1942
State of the Union
as Bill Nolard Hardy 1948
My Favorite Brunette
as Major Simon Montague 1947
The Beast with Five Fingers
as Raymond Arlington 1947
Johnny Eager
as Marco 1941
Lady of Burlesque
as Inspector Harrigan 1943
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
as Senator Fullerton 1955
Edge of Darkness
as Kaspar Torgerson 1943
Here Come the Co-Eds
as Jonathan Kirkland 1945
Call Me Madam
as Senator Brockway 1953
Sister Kenny
as Michael Kenny 1946
George Washington Slept Here
as Mr. Prescott 1942
Never Wave at a WAC
as Sen. Tom Reynolds 1953
Somewhere I'll Find You
as George L. Stafford 1942