Dudley Digges

Personal Info

Birthday

June 8, 1879

Day of Death

1947-10-24

(68 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]

Also Known As

Dudley Diggs

John Dudley Digges

Dudley Digges

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dudley Digges (June 9, 1879 – October 24, 1947) was an Irish character actor on stage and in motion pictures. He was born in Dublin.

He went to America with a group of Irish players in 1904 and became successful both as an actor and producer. For a time he was stage manager to Charles Frohman and George Arliss. He went to Hollywood in 1930.

Known For

The Invisible Man

Mutiny on the Bounty

The Fight for Life

Raffles

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

The Mayor of Hell

Love Is News

What Every Woman Knows

Filmography

1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1946
The Searching Wind
as Moses Taney
1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Pratt
1940
The Fight for Life
as Chefarzt
1939
The Light That Failed
as The Nilghai
Raffles
as MacKenzie
1937
Love Is News
as Cyrus Jeffrey
1936
The General Died at Dawn
as Mr. Wu
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
as Dennis Ringrose
The Unguarded Hour
as Samuel Metford
The Voice of Bugle Ann
as Jacob Terry
Three Live Ghosts
as Inspector Briggs
1935
Kind Lady
as Mr. Edwards
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Bacchus
The Bishop Misbehaves
as Red
China Seas
as Dawson
A Notorious Gentleman
as Marleyborne
1934
Caravan
as Estate Administrator
I Am a Thief
as Col. Jackson
What Every Woman Knows
as James Wylie
The World Moves On
as Mr. Manning
Massacre
as Elihu P. Quissenberry
1933
The Invisible Man
as Chief Detective
Fury of the Jungle
as 'Doc' Parrish
Emperor Jones
as Smithers
Before Dawn
as Horace Merrick
The Narrow Corner
as Doctor Saunders
The Mayor of Hell
as Thompson
The Silk Express
as Professor Axel Nyberg
The King's Vacation
as Count Rayburn, the Lord Chamberlain
1932
Tess of the Storm Country
as Captain Howland
The First Year
as Dr. Anderson
Roar of the Dragon
as Johnson
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
as Detective Garrison
The Hatchet Man
as Nog Hong Fah
1931
Devotion
as Sergeant Herbert Coggins
Alexander Hamilton
as Senator Timothy Roberts
The Ruling Voice
as Abner Sneed
The Maltese Falcon
as Casper Gutman
1930
Outward Bound
as Thompson, the Examiner
1929
Condemned!
as Jean Vidal