Charles Winninger

Born: 1884-05-25

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.


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Night Nurse

as Dr. Bell
Released: 1931-07-16

Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her...

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Ziegfeld Girl

as 'Pop' Gallagher
Released: 1941-04-25

Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three...

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Destry Rides Again

as Washington Dimsdale
Released: 1939-11-30

When a tough western town needs taming, the mild-mannered son of a hard-nosed sheriff gets the job.

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The Sun Shines Bright

as William Pittman Priest
Released: 1953-05-02

With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is...

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Nothing Sacred

as Dr. Enoch Downer
Released: 1937-11-25

When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing...

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Hard to Get

as Benjamin B. Richards
Released: 1938-11-05

When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by...

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State Fair

as Abel Frake
Released: 1945-08-29

During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud...

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You Can't Have Everything

as Sam Gordon
Released: 1937-08-02

Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate...

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Mr. Gardenia Jones

as John Jones
Released: 1942-05-29

Documentary short film depicting the work of the United Service Organizations (USO) in providing...

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Woman Chases Man

as B.J. Nolan
Released: 1937-05-07

A pretty architect devises a wild scheme to convince a handsome millionaire to fund a new...

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The Go-Getter

as Cappy Ricks
Released: 1937-05-22

A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.

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Show Boat

as Cap'n Andy Hawkes
Released: 1936-05-17

Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into...

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Beyond Tomorrow

as Michael O'Brien
Released: 1940-05-10

The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help...

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You're a Sweetheart

as Cherokee Charlie
Released: 1937-12-26

A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big...

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1988-11-22

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

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My Life with Caroline

as Mr. Bliss
Released: 1941-08-01

A man thinks his high-spirited wife is cheating on him.

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The Bad Sister

as Mr. Madison
Released: 1931-03-29

Marianne falls in love with con man Valentine who uses their relation to get her father's...

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The Sin of Madelon Claudet

as Photographer
Released: 1931-10-23

Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send...

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The Get-Away

as Doctor Josiah Glass
Released: 1941-06-13

A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.

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Little Nellie Kelly

as Michael Noonan
Released: 1940-11-22

Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and...

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Flesh and Fantasy

as King Lamarr (segment 3)
Released: 1943-10-29

Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in...

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Lover Come Back

as Pa Williams
Released: 1946-06-21

A wife decides to take revenge when she learns her husband has been unfaithful.

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Three Smart Girls Grow Up

as Judson Craig
Released: 1939-03-24

Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together,...

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Hers to Hold

as Judson Craig
Released: 1943-07-16

Deanna Durbin is all grown up in Hers to Hold, the unofficial sequel to her "Three Smart Girls"...

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Living in a Big Way

as D. Rutherford Morgan
Released: 1947-06-10

A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her...

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Babes in Arms

as Joe Moran
Released: 1939-10-10

Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his...

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Belle of the Yukon

as Pop Candless
Released: 1944-12-27

Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an...

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Three Smart Girls

as Judson Craig
Released: 1936-12-20

The three Craig sisters Penny, Kay, and Joan, go to New York to stop their divorced father from...

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Every Day's a Holiday

as Van Reighle Van Pelter Van Doon
Released: 1937-12-18

When a turn-of-century confidence trickster poses as a famous French chanteuse to avoid arrest,...

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God's Gift to Women

as John Churchill
Released: 1931-04-13

A notorious womanizer sets his sights on a pretty American tourist, only to be told by his...

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Las Vegas Shakedown

as Ernest Raff
Released: 1955-05-15

A teacher writing a book about gambling meets a hotel/casino owner threatened by a gangster.

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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

as Self
Released: 1940-10-24

This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes...

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Coney Island

as Finnigan
Released: 1943-06-18

Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job...

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Soup to Nuts

as Otto Schmidt
Released: 1930-09-28

Mr. Schmidt's costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style...

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If I Had My Way

as Joe Johnson
Released: 1940-05-05

Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of...

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My Love Came Back

as Julius Malette
Released: 1940-07-13

Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius...

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A Perilous Journey

as Captain Eph Allan
Released: 1953-04-05

A ship of women embarks on a voyage to California. Director R. G. Springsteen's 1953 adventure...

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Father Is a Bachelor

as Professor Mordecai Ford
Released: 1950-02-22

Johnny Rutledge is a drifter who comes to and discovers a cabin in the forest where five kids:...

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Pot o' Gold

as Charles 'C.J.' Haskell
Released: 1941-04-03

Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food...

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A Lady Takes a Chance

as Waco
Released: 1943-08-19

A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget...

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Sunday Dinner for a Soldier

as Dudley 'Granfeathers' Osborne
Released: 1944-12-08

A poor family in Florida saves all the money they can in order to plan something special for the...

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Sunday Dinner for a Soldier

as Agatha Butterfield
Released: 1944-12-08

A poor family in Florida saves all the money they can in order to plan something special for the...

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Something in the Wind

as Uncle Chester Read
Released: 1947-07-21

A grandson of a recently deceased millionaire mistakes a beautiful female disc jockey for her...

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Give My Regards to Broadway

as Albert Norwick
Released: 1948-06-08

A family vaudeville act is threatened when the eldest son is offered a contract to play...

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Goodbye Broadway

as Pat Malloy
Released: 1938-04-01

Pat and Molly Malloy, once famed vaudeville and Broadway performers, arrive to play the small...

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Children of Dreams

as Dr. Joe Thompson
Released: 1931-06-25

One day, Molly Standing is picking apples in her father's apple orchard in California, with her...

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Café Metropole

as Joseph Ridgeway
Released: 1937-04-28

An American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.

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The Miracle of the White Reindeer

as Zoo Keeper
Released: 1960-01-01

Xmas-themed kiddie matinee film.

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The Inside Story

as Uncle Ed
Released: 1948-03-14

A collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the...

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Broadway Rhythm

as Sam Demming
Released: 1944-01-19

Broadway producer Johnny Demming is only interested in big-name talent and scoffs that his...

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Torpedo Alley

as Oliver J. Peabody
Released: 1953-12-25

After carrier pilot Lt Bingham is rescued at sea by a submarine when he crashes, he applies for...

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Champ for a Day

as Pa Karlsen
Released: 1953-08-15

An up-and-coming heavyweight fighter, George Wilson, arrives in Vulcan City, a small mid-western...

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Flying High

as Dr. Brown
Released: 1931-11-14

An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption.

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She Wouldn't Say Yes

as Doctor Lane
Released: 1945-11-29

Susan Lane is a gifted psychiatrist, grounded in self-control. Before returning by train to her...

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Gun Smoke

as Tack Gillup
Released: 1931-04-10

Following a killing and robbery in a big city back east, gang leader Kedge Darvas and some of...

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Friendly Enemies

as Karl Pfeiffer
Released: 1942-06-21

During World War I, two German men friends who emigrated to the US and become millionaires agree...

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Barricade

as Samuel J. Cady
Released: 1939-12-08

In China, a singer and a journalist meet while traveling on a train attacked by bandits.

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White Fang

as Doc McFane
Released: 1936-07-17

A woman and her weakling brother inherit a mine. When the brother commits suicide the guide is...

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Social Register

as Jonesie
Released: 1934-03-10

Chorus girl Patsy Shaw crashes a high-society party, meets playboy Charlie Breen, they fall in...

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Raymie

as R.J. Parsons
Released: 1960-07-05

Raymie, an eight-year-old boy and an avid fisherman, dreams of catching a legendary giant...

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Summer Bachelors

as Preston Smith
Released: 1926-12-18

Derry Thomas is a pretty girl from a good family who earns her own living, but is disillusioned...

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The Canadian

as Pop Tyson
Released: 1926-11-27

A couple undergo hardship homesteading in Alberta, where they are plagued by bad weather and...

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I Love Lucy

as Barney Kurtz
First aired: 1951-10-15

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife....

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The Millionaire

as Terrence Costigan
First aired: 1955-01-19

An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Captain Henry Coffin
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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