Charles Dingle

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.

Charles Dingle (Wabash, Indiana, 28 de desembre de 1887 - Worcester, Massachusetts, 19 de gener de 1956) va ser un actor de cinema i teatre nord-americà. Va estar casat amb l'actriu Dorothy L. White.

Charles Dingle est un acteur américain, né à Wabash (Indiana) le 28 décembre 1887 et mort à Worcester (Massachusetts) le 19 janvier 1956. Charles Dingle se produit au cinéma de 1937 à 1955 (comme second rôle de caractère) et au théâtre, à Broadway, entre 1928 et 1954 (dans douze pièces et une comédie musicale). En particulier, il participe à la création de la pièce The Little Foxes de Lillian Hellman, représentée 410 fois à Broadway, de février 1939 à février 1940. Il y crée le rôle de Benjamin 'Ben' Hubbard, qu'il reprend dans l'adaptation au cinéma de 1941, sous le même titre original (un de ses films les plus connus ; titre français : La Vipère), avec Bette Davis reprenant le rôle de Regina Giddens, tenu initialement par Tallulah Bankhead. Il contribue également, pour la télévision, à quelques séries entre 1951 et 1955.