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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1884-05-25 (140 years old)

Place of Birth

Athens, Wisconsin, USA

Charles Winninger

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Charles Winninger (May 26, 1884 – January 27, 1969) was an American stage and film actor, most often cast in comedies or musicals, but equally at home in dramas.

Known For

Acting

1988

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)

1960

Raymie as R.J. Parsons

1955

Las Vegas Shakedown as Ernest Raff
The Millionaire as Terrence Costigan

1954

1953

The Sun Shines Bright as William Pittman Priest
A Perilous Journey as Captain Eph Allan
Torpedo Alley as Oliver J. Peabody
Champ for a Day as Pa Karlsen

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Captain Henry Coffin
I Love Lucy as Barney Kurtz

1950

Father Is a Bachelor as Professor Mordecai Ford

1948

The Inside Story as Uncle Ed
Give My Regards to Broadway as Albert Norwick

1947

Something in the Wind as Uncle Chester Read
Living in a Big Way as D. Rutherford Morgan

1946

Lover Come Back as Pa Williams

1945

State Fair as Abel Frake
She Wouldn't Say Yes as Doctor Lane

1944

Belle of the Yukon as Pop Candless
Broadway Rhythm as Sam Demming
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier as Dudley 'Granfeathers' Osborne
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier as Agatha Butterfield

1943

Flesh and Fantasy as King Lamarr (segment 3)
Hers to Hold as Judson Craig
Coney Island as Finnigan

1942

Friendly Enemies as Karl Pfeiffer
Mr. Gardenia Jones as John Jones

1941

The Get-Away as Doctor Josiah Glass
Pot o' Gold as Charles 'C.J.' Haskell
Ziegfeld Girl as 'Pop' Gallagher

1940

Beyond Tomorrow as Michael O'Brien
Little Nellie Kelly as Michael Noonan
My Love Came Back as Julius Malette
If I Had My Way as Joe Johnson

1939

Babes in Arms as Joe Moran
Destry Rides Again as Washington Dimsdale
Barricade as Samuel J. Cady

1938

Goodbye Broadway as Pat Malloy
Hard to Get as Benjamin B. Richards

1937

Nothing Sacred as Dr. Enoch Downer
Every Day's a Holiday as Van Reighle Van Pelter Van Doon
Café Metropole as Joseph Ridgeway
The Go-Getter as Cappy Ricks
Woman Chases Man as B.J. Nolan
You're a Sweetheart as Cherokee Charlie

1936

Show Boat as Cap'n Andy Hawkes
Three Smart Girls as Judson Craig
White Fang as Doc McFane

1934

Social Register as Jonesie

1931

Night Nurse as Dr. Bell
The Bad Sister as Mr. Madison
Flying High as Dr. Brown
God's Gift to Women as John Churchill
Children of Dreams as Dr. Joe Thompson
Gun Smoke as Tack Gillup

1930

Soup to Nuts as Otto Schmidt

1926

The Canadian as Pop Tyson
Summer Bachelors as Preston Smith

1924

Pied Piper Malone as Louie - The Barber