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Charles Winninger
Athens, Wisconsin, USA · b. May 25, 1884
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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
I Love Lucy
1954
The Ed Sullivan Show
1951
The Millionaire
1959
The Whistler
1955
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1954
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
Destry Rides Again
1939
The Sun Shines Bright
1953
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
Belle of the Yukon
1944
My Love Came Back
1940
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
FILMOGRAPHY
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Movies
TV
Acting
70
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1960
The Miracle of the White Reindeer
as Zoo Keeper
1960
Raymie
as R.J. Parsons
1959
The Millionaire
as Terrence Costigan
1955
Las Vegas Shakedown
as Ernest Raff
1955
The Whistler
1954
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Captain Henry Coffin
1954
I Love Lucy
as Barney Kurtz
1953
The Sun Shines Bright
as William Pittman Priest
1953
A Perilous Journey
as Captain Eph Allan
1953
Torpedo Alley
as Oliver J. Peabody
1953
Champ for a Day
as Pa Karlsen
1951
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1950
Father Is a Bachelor
as Professor Mordecai Ford
1948
The Inside Story
as Uncle Ed
1948
Give My Regards to Broadway
as Albert Norwick
1947
Something in the Wind
as Uncle Chester Read
1947
Living in a Big Way
as D. Rutherford Morgan
1946
Lover Come Back
as Pa Williams
1945
State Fair
as Abel Frake
1945
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Doctor Lane
1944
Belle of the Yukon
as Pop Candless
1944
Broadway Rhythm
as Sam Demming
1944
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
as Dudley 'Granfeathers' Osborne
1943
A Lady Takes a Chance
as Waco
1943
Flesh and Fantasy
as King Lamarr (segment 3)
1943
Hers to Hold
as Judson Craig
1943
Coney Island
as Finnigan
1942
Friendly Enemies
as Karl Pfeiffer
1942
Mr. Gardenia Jones
as John Jones
1941
The Get-Away
as Doctor Josiah Glass
1941
Pot o' Gold
as Charles 'C.J.' Haskell
1941
My Life with Caroline
as Mr. Bliss
1941
Ziegfeld Girl
as 'Pop' Gallagher
1940
Beyond Tomorrow
as Michael O'Brien
1940
Little Nellie Kelly
as Michael Noonan
1940
My Love Came Back
as Julius Malette
1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
1940
If I Had My Way
as Joe Johnson
1939
Babes in Arms
as Joe Moran
1939
Destry Rides Again
as Washington Dimsdale
1939
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Judson Craig
1939
Barricade
as Samuel J. Cady
1938
Goodbye Broadway
as Pat Malloy
1938
Hard to Get
as Benjamin B. Richards
1937
Nothing Sacred
as Dr. Enoch Downer
1937
Every Day's a Holiday
as Van Reighle Van Pelter Van Doon
1937
Café Metropole
as Joseph Ridgeway
1937
The Go-Getter
as Cappy Ricks
1937
You Can't Have Everything
as Sam Gordon
1937
Woman Chases Man
as B.J. Nolan
1937
You're a Sweetheart
as Cherokee Charlie
1936
Show Boat
as Cap'n Andy Hawkes
1936
Three Smart Girls
as Judson Craig
1936
White Fang
as Doc McFane
1934
Social Register
as Jonesie
1931
Husband's Holiday
as Mr. Reid
1931
Night Nurse
as Dr. Bell
1931
The Bad Sister
as Mr. Madison
1931
Flying High
as Dr. Brown
1931
God's Gift to Women
as John Churchill
1931
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Photographer
1931
Children of Dreams
as Dr. Joe Thompson
1931
Gun Smoke
as Tack Gillup
1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots'
as Himself - Golfer
1931
Fighting Caravans
as Marshall
1930
Soup to Nuts
as Otto Schmidt
1926
The Canadian
as Pop Tyson
1926
Summer Bachelors
as Preston Smith
1924
Pied Piper Malone
as Louie - The Barber