Don Castle
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Don Castle (September 29, 1917 – May 26, 1966) was an American film actor of the 1930s and 1940s.
Biography
Castle was born in Beaumont, Texas. He went to the University of Texas where he was roommates with Jack Wrather.[1] He resembled Clark Gable[2] and started his acting career as a stage actor, then moved to films, signing with Paramount Pictures, however, World War II stalled his career.[1] Castle was drafted into the Army Air Force, during which he made training films for the First Motion Picture Unit.[3] Upon returning to Hollywood, he found many of his fans had turned to Alan Ladd.[1] He bumped into Wrather again who had become bored with the oil business and Wrather decided to set up as a producer, making The Guilty (1947) starring Castle and Wrather's new wife Bonita Granville.[1] Castle eventually became a television producer for Wrather's Lassie television program. He maintained a home in Palm Springs, California.[4] After a traffic accident in 1966, Castle died of a medication overdose, aged 48.[5]
Partial filmography
- Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) - Dennis Hunt
- Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) - Frank
- Young Dr. Kildare (1938) - Dr. Bates (uncredited)
- Men in Fright (1938, Short) - Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
- Out West with the Hardys (1938) - Dennis Hunt
- Fast and Loose (1939) - Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- These Glamour Girls (1939) - Jack
- Thunder Afloat (1939) - Radio Operator (uncredited)
- Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939) - Ed - 1st Hurt Worker (uncredited)
- I Take This Woman (1940) - Ted Fenton
- Northwest Passage (1940) - Richard Towne (uncredited)
- The Ghost Comes Home (1940) - 'Spig'
- Susan and God (1940) - Theater Usher (uncredited)
- We Who Are Young (1940) - Accountex Clerk Making Pass (uncredited)
- Strike Up the Band (1940) - Charlie (uncredited)
- You're the One (1941) - Tony Delmar
- Power Dive (1941) - Doug Farrell
- World Premiere (1941) - Joe Bemis
- Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die (1942) - Johnny Duane
- Wake Island (1942) - Pvt. Cunkle (uncredited)
- Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) - Worker - 'Swing Shift' Number (uncredited)
- The Searching Wind (1946) - David
- Lighthouse (1947) - Sam Wells
- Born to Speed (1947) - Mike Conroy
- Seven Were Saved (1947) - Lt. Pete Sturdevant
- The Guilty (1947) - Mike Carr
- High Tide (1947) - Tim 'T.M.' Slade
- The Invisible Wall (1947) - Harry Lane
- Roses Are Red (1947) - Robert A. Thorne / Don Carney
- Perilous Waters (1948) - Willie Hunter
- Madonna of the Desert (1948) - Joe Salinas
- Who Killed Doc Robbin (1948) - George - Defense Attorney
- I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948) - Thomas J. 'Tom' Quinn
- Strike It Rich (1948) - William 'Tex' Warren
- Stampede (1949) - Tim McCall
- Motor Patrol (1950) - Officer Ken Foster
- The Big Land (1957) - Tom Draper
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) - Drunken Cowboy (final film role)
References
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- ↑ a b c d Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Don Castle – AllMovie
- ↑ Don Castle: Film, TV, Bio Amazon.com. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
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- ↑ Don Castle – Biography – IMDb
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- 1917 births
- 1966 deaths
- 20th-century American male actors
- American male film actors
- American male stage actors
- First Motion Picture Unit personnel
- Male actors from Palm Springs, California
- Male actors from Texas
- Military personnel from Texas
- United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II