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 shortlived drama Killers in 1928 Better roles followed including Duke Theseus in the 1932 revival of A Midsummer Nights Dream and Sheriff Cole in Let Freedom Ring in 1935 He made his musical debut in Irving Berlins 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 garbcitation needed His last stage appearance was in 1954s The Immoralist costarring with Louis Jourdan Geraldine Page and James Dean it was also Deans last Broadway appearance He was married to actress Dorothy White 19112008 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
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