Charles Dingle (December 28, 1887 â€" January 19, 1956) 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 known for portraying hard edged businessmen and
villains, such as Ben Hubbard, the crafty eldest member of the Hubbard
family in The Little Foxes on both stage and screen, and Senator
Brockway in the film version of Call Me Madam.Critic Bosley Crowther
wrote of his performance in The Little Foxes in The 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".
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 known for portraying hard edged businessmen and
villains, such as Ben Hubbard, the crafty eldest member of the Hubbard
family in The Little Foxes on both stage and screen, and Senator
Brockway in the film version of Call Me Madam.Critic Bosley Crowther
wrote of his performance in The Little Foxes in The 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".
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