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