Charles Dingle
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 27, 1887
- Died
- Jan 19, 1956 (aged 68)
- Place of birth
- Wabash, Indiana, USA
- Credits
- 51
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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.
Known for
Duel in the Sun
1946Movie
Sheriff Hardy
The Little Foxes
1941Movie
Ben Hubbard
The Song of Bernadette
1943Movie
Jacomet
The Talk of the Town
1942Movie
Andrew Holmes
State of the Union
1948Movie
Bill Nolard Hardy
My Favorite Brunette
1947Movie
Major Simon Montague
Filmography
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955Movie
Senator Fullerton
The Road Of Life
1954TV
The Elgin Hour
1954TV
Miles Virdin
Half a Hero
1953Movie
Mr. Bascomb
Call Me Madam
1953Movie
Senator Brockway
Never Wave at a WAC
1953Movie
Tom Reynolds
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951TV
Sen. Clay
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
1950TV
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Mr. Wendell Deeves, Mr. Brown
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950TV
Anthony Pollet
Lights Out
1949TV
Big Jack
1949Movie
Mathias Taylor
Studio One
1948TV
Judge Swanson
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948TV
Daddy Tom
A Southern Yankee
1948Movie
Col. Weatharby
State of the Union
1948Movie
Bill Nolard Hardy
If You Knew Susie
1948Movie
Mr. Whitley
Oysters and Muscles
1948Movie
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947Movie
John Dessark
Welcome Stranger
1947Movie
Charles 'C.J.' Chesley
My Favorite Brunette
1947Movie
Major Simon Montague
The Beast with Five Fingers
1947Movie
Raymond Arlington
Duel in the Sun
1946Movie
Sheriff Hardy
Sister Kenny
1946Movie
Michael Kenny
Three Wise Fools
1946Movie
Paul Badger
Centennial Summer
1946Movie
J.P. Snodgrass
The Wife of Monte Cristo
1946Movie
Danglars
Cinderella Jones
1946Movie
Minland
Guest Wife
1945Movie
Arthur Truesdale Worth
A Medal for Benny
1945Movie
Zach Mibbe
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945Movie
Jonathan Kirkland
Together Again
1944Movie
Morton Buchanan
The National Barn Dance
1944Movie
Mr. Garvey
Home in Indiana
1944Movie
Godaw Boole
The Song of Bernadette
1943Movie
Jacomet
She's for Me
1943Movie
Crane
Someone to Remember
1943Movie
Jim Parsonss
Lady of Burlesque
1943Movie
Inspector Harrigan
Edge of Darkness
1943Movie
Kaspar Torgerson
Tennessee Johnson
1942Movie
Senator Jim Waters
George Washington Slept Here
1942Movie
Mr. Prescott
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942Movie
George L. Stafford
The Talk of the Town
1942Movie
Andrew Holmes
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942Movie
Dr. Ward O. Kenwood
Are Husbands Necessary?
1942Movie
Duncan Atterbury
Johnny Eager
1941Movie
Marco
Unholy Partners
1941Movie
Clyde Fenton
The Little Foxes
1941Movie
Ben Hubbard
One Third of a Nation
1939Movie
Mr. Rogers
Du Barry Did All Right
1937Movie
John Wainwright
Double Talk
1937Movie
Orphanage Attendant Bathing Charlie (uncredited)