Don Castle
Appearance
Don Castle | |
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Died | May 26, 1966 | (aged 48)
Occupation | Actor |
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 started his acting career as a stage actor, then moved to films. The actor, who resembled Clark Gable,[1] became close friends with The Guilty co-star Bonita Granville and her husband Jack Wrather who was a successful businessman and film producer. The relationship eventually led the actor to become a television producer for Wrather's Lassie television program. He maintained a home in Palm Springs, California.[2] After a traffic accident in 1966, Don Castle died of a medication overdose, aged 48.[3]
Partial filmography
- Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
- Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938)
- Men in Fright (1938)
- Out West with the Hardys (1938)
- I Take This Woman (1940)
- The Ghost Comes Home (1940)
- Strike Up the Band (1940)
- You're the One (1941)
- Power Dive (1941)
- World Premiere (1941)
- Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die (1942)
- Seven Were Saved (1947)
- The Guilty (1947)
- High Tide (1947)
- Born to Speed (1947)
- The Invisible Wall (1947)
- Roses Are Red (1947)
- Perilous Waters (1948)
- Madonna of the Desert (1948)
- I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)
- Strike It Rich (1948)
- Stampede (1949)
- Motor Patrol (1950)
- The Big Land (1957)
References
- ^ Don Castle - AllMovie
- ^ Meeks, Eric G. (2014) [2012]. The Best Guide Ever to Palm Springs Celebrity Homes. Horatio Limburger Oglethorpe. p. 25. ISBN 978-1479328598.
- ^ Don Castle - Biography - IMDb