Charles Dingle
Acting
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.
Born: December 27, 1887
Place of Birth: Wabash, Indiana, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Senator Fullerton
as Mr. Bascomb
as Senator Brockway
as Sen. Tom Reynolds
as Sen. Clay
as Anthony Pollet
as Mathias Taylor
as Judge Swanson
as Daddy Tom
as Col. Weatharby
as Bill Nolard Hardy
as Mr. Whitley
as John Dessark
as Charles 'C.J.' Chesley
as Major Simon Montague
as Raymond Arlington
as Sheriff Hardy
as Michael Kenny
as Paul Badger
as J.P. Snodgrass
as Danglars
as Minland
as Arthur Truesdale Worth
as Zach Mibbe
as Jonathan Kirkland
as Morton Buchanan
as Godaw Boole
as Jacomet
as Crane
as Jim Parsonss
as Inspector Harrigan
as Kaspar Torgerson
as Senator Jim Waters
as Mr. Prescott
as George L. Stafford
as Andrew Holmes
as Dr. Ward O. Kenwood
as Duncan Atterbury
as Marco
as Clyde Fenton
as Ben Hubbard
as Mr. Rogers
as John Wainwright
as Orphanage Attendant Bathing Charlie (uncredited)