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Charles Winninger

Actor

Charles Winninger

Born May 25, 1884 in Athens, Wisconsin, USADied January 27, 196961 films

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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.

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Destry Rides Again posterFirst watchDestry Rides Again19397.2as Washington DimsdaleTom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the…View film

Essential films

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Filmography

61 films as actor
  1. 1960RaymieR.J. Parsons
  2. 1960The Miracle of the White ReindeerZoo Keeper
  3. 1955Las Vegas ShakedownErnest Raff
  4. 1953Torpedo AlleyOliver J. Peabody
  5. 1953Champ for a DayPa Karlsen
  6. 1953The Sun Shines BrightWilliam Pittman Priest
  7. 1953A Perilous JourneyCaptain Eph Allan
  8. 1950Father Is a BachelorProfessor Mordecai Ford
  9. 1948Give My Regards to BroadwayAlbert Norwick
  10. 1948The Inside StoryUncle Ed
  11. 1947Something in the WindUncle Chester Read
  12. 1947Living in a Big WayD. Rutherford Morgan
  13. 1946Lover Come BackPa Williams
  14. 1945She Wouldn't Say YesDoctor Lane
  15. 1945State FairAbel Frake
  16. 1944Belle of the YukonPop Candless
  17. 1944Sunday Dinner for a SoldierDudley 'Granfeathers' Osborne
  18. 1944Broadway RhythmSam Demming
  19. 1943Flesh and FantasyKing Lamarr (segment 3)
  20. 1943A Lady Takes a ChanceWaco
  21. 1943Hers to HoldJudson Craig
  22. 1943Coney IslandFinnigan
  23. 1942Friendly EnemiesKarl Pfeiffer
  24. 1941My Life with CarolineMr. Bliss
  25. 1941The Get-AwayDoctor Josiah Glass
  26. 1941Ziegfeld Girl'Pop' Gallagher
  27. 1941Pot o' GoldCharles 'C.J.' Haskell
  28. 1940Little Nellie KellyMichael Noonan
  29. 1940My Love Came BackJulius Malette
  30. 1940Beyond TomorrowMichael O'Brien
  31. 1940If I Had My WayJoe Johnson
  32. 1939BarricadeSamuel J. Cady
  33. 1939Destry Rides AgainWashington Dimsdale
  34. 1939Babes in ArmsJoe Moran
  35. 1939Three Smart Girls Grow UpJudson Craig
  36. 1938Hard to GetBenjamin B. Richards
  37. 1938Goodbye BroadwayPat Malloy
  38. 1937You're a SweetheartCherokee Charlie
  39. 1937Every Day's a HolidayVan Reighle Van Pelter Van Doon
  40. 1937Nothing SacredDr. Enoch Downer
  41. 1937You Can't Have EverythingSam Gordon
  42. 1937The Go-GetterCappy Ricks
  43. 1937Woman Chases ManB.J. Nolan
  44. 1937Café MetropoleJoseph Ridgeway
  45. 1936Three Smart GirlsJudson Craig
  46. 1936White FangDoc McFane
  47. 1936Show BoatCap'n Andy Hawkes
  48. 1934Social RegisterJonesie
  49. 1931Husband's HolidayMr. Reid
  50. 1931Flying HighDr. Brown
  51. 1931The Sin of Madelon ClaudetPhotographer
  52. 1931Night NurseDr. Bell
  53. 1931Children of DreamsDr. Joe Thompson
  54. 1931God's Gift to WomenJohn Churchill
  55. 1931Gun SmokeTack Gillup
  56. 1931The Bad SisterMr. Madison
  57. 1931Fighting CaravansMarshall
  58. 1930Soup to NutsOtto Schmidt
  59. 1926Summer BachelorsPreston Smith
  60. 1926The CanadianPop Tyson
  61. 1924Pied Piper MaloneLouie - The Barber