Dudley Digges(1879-1947)

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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)

Dudley Digges was born on 9 June 1879 in Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]. He was an actor, known for The Emperor Jones (1933), The Invisible Man (1933) and Raffles (1939). He was married to Mary Roden Quinn. He died on 24 October 1947 in New York City, New York, USA.

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Known for

The Emperor Jones

6.4

Smithers

1933

The Invisible Man

7.6

Chief Detective

1933

Raffles

6.4

MacKenzie

1939

The Maltese Falcon

6.8

Casper Gutman

1931

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The Searching Wind
6.1
- Moses Taney
- 1946
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
7.0
- Pratt
- 1942
The Fight for Life
5.4
- Head Doctor
- 1940
The Light That Failed
6.5
- The Nilghai
- 1939
Raffles
6.4
- MacKenzie
- 1939
Love Is News
6.9
- Cyrus Jeffrey
- 1937
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
6.3
- Dennis Ringrose
- 1936
The General Died at Dawn
6.5
- Mr. Wu
- 1936
The Unguarded Hour
6.6
- Metford
- 1936
The Voice of Bugle Ann
6.7
- Jacob Terry
- 1936
Three Live Ghosts
5.5
- Inspector Briggs
- 1936
Kind Lady
6.9
- Mr. Edwards
- 1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
7.6
- Bacchus
- 1935
The Bishop Misbehaves
6.6
- 'Red'
- 1935
China Seas
6.9
- Dawson
- 1935

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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

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Alternative name
- Dudley Diggs
Born
- June 9, 1879
- Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]
Died
- October 24, 1947
- New York City, New York, USA(stroke)
Spouse
- Mary Roden Quinn? - 1947 (her death)
Other works
Digges enjoyed an extensive career on stage as an actor/director. Active on Broadway in the following productions:
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Trivia
Though his on-screen persona never seemed to vary much from that of, say, Ebenezer Scrooge, he was a very well-respected stage actor and director, with a particular fondness for the works of Henrik Ibsen. Digges enjoyed an enormously successful career as a Broadway actor and director (active there from 1906-1947) in addition to his work as a character actor in Hollywood.

Quotes
Dudley Digges, actor-impersonator, says: "Love is the atonement for the impossible beauty, if you get what I mean. Through love you realize what is unattainable, and leave it unattainable- through love you come to know what you cannot do, and what you can't be. Love is a form of creation everyone is capable of." (Cheyenne State Leader, ((Cheyenne, Wyo.)) 6 February 1921).