Charles Winninger

Known for

Acting

Born

May 25, 1884

Birthplace

Athens, Wisconsin, USA

Died

January 27, 1969 (aged 84)

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.

Best known work

I Love Lucy

1951

Destry Rides Again

1939

Nothing Sacred

1937

Night Nurse

1931

State Fair

1945

The Sun Shines Bright

1953

Show Boat

1936

Babes in Arms

1939

Beyond Tomorrow

1940

Ziegfeld Girl

1941

Filmography

1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1960
Raymie
as R.J. Parsons
1960
The Miracle of the White Reindeer
as Zoo Keeper
1955
Las Vegas Shakedown
as Ernest Raff
1955
The MillionaireTV
as Terrence Costigan (1 episode)
1954
The WhistlerTV
1953
Torpedo Alley
as Oliver J. Peabody
1953
Champ for a Day
as Pa Karlsen
1953
The Sun Shines Bright
as William Pittman Priest
1953
A Perilous Journey
as Captain Eph Allan
1951
I Love LucyTV
as Barney Kurtz (1 episode)
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of StarsTV
as Captain Henry Coffin (1 episode)
1950
Father Is a Bachelor
as Professor Mordecai Ford
1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowTV
as Self (1 episode)
1948
Give My Regards to Broadway
as Albert Norwick
1948
The Inside Story
as Uncle Ed
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
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Doctor Lane
1945
State Fair
as Abel Frake
1944
Belle of the Yukon
as Pop Candless
1944
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
as Dudley 'Granfeathers' Osborne
1944
Broadway Rhythm
as Sam Demming
1943
Flesh and Fantasy
as King Lamarr (segment 3)