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, became close friends with '' The Guilty'' co-star Bonita Granville and her husband

Jack Wrather John Devereaux Wrather Jr. (May 24, 1918 – November 12, 1984), was an entrepreneur and petroleum businessman who became a television producer and later diversified by investing in broadcast stations and resort properties. He is best known for p ...

, 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. After a traffic accident in 1966, Don Castle died of a medication overdose, aged 48.Don Castle – Biography – IMDb
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Partial filmography

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Love Finds Andy Hardy ''Love Finds Andy Hardy'' is a 1938 American romantic comedy film that tells the story of a teenage boy who becomes entangled with three different girls all at the same time. It stars Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, Ju ...

'' (1938) - Dennis Hunt * '' Rich Man, Poor Girl'' (1938) - Frank * ''

Young Dr. Kildare ''Young Dr. Kildare'' is a 1938 film directed by Harold S. Bucquet and starring Lew Ayres as Dr. James Kildare, an idealistic, freshly graduated medical intern, who benefits greatly from the wise counsel of his experienced mentor, Dr. Leonard G ...

'' (1938) - Dr. Bates (uncredited) * '' Men in Fright'' (1938, Short) - Hospital Orderly (uncredited) * ''

Out West with the Hardys ''Out West with the Hardys'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by George B. Seitz and the fifth film in the Andy Hardy series of sixteen films. Premise Judge Hardy gets a request to help out an old friend so he takes his family on a holi ...

'' (1938) - Dennis Hunt * '' Fast and Loose'' (1939) - Desk Clerk (uncredited) * ''

These Glamour Girls ''These Glamour Girls'' is a 1939 comedy-drama film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Lew Ayres and Lana Turner, with Tom Brown, Jane Bryan, Richard Carlson, Anita Louise and Ann Rutherford in featured roles. Plot summary A drunken co ...

'' (1939) - Jack * '' Thunder Afloat'' (1939) - Radio Operator (uncredited) * ''

Nick Carter, Master Detective ''Nick Carter, Master Detective'' was a Mutual radio crime drama based on tales of the fictional private detective Nick Carter from Street & Smith's dime novels and pulp magazines. Nick Carter first came to radio as ''The Return of Nick Carte ...

'' (1939) - Ed - 1st Hurt Worker (uncredited) * '' I Take This Woman'' (1940) - Ted Fenton * ''

Northwest Passage The Northwest Passage (NWP) is the sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The eastern route along the Arc ...

'' (1940) - Richard Towne (uncredited) * ''

The Ghost Comes Home ''The Ghost Comes Home'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and written by Richard Maibaum and Harry Ruskin. The film stars Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Ann Rutherford, John Shelton, Reginald Owen and Donald Meek. The fil ...

'' (1940) - 'Spig' * '' Susan and God'' (1940) - Theater Usher (uncredited) * ''

We Who Are Young ''We Who Are Young'' is a 1940 American drama film directed by Harold S. Bucquet, written by Dalton Trumbo and starring Lana Turner, John Shelton and Gene Lockhart. Plot Cast * Lana Turner as Margy Brooks * John Shelton as William Brooks * ...

'' (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 A première, also spelled premiere, is the debut (first public presentation) of a play, film, dance, or musical composition. A work will often have many premières: a world première (the first time it is shown anywhere in the world), its firs ...

'' (1941) - Joe Bemis * ''

Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die ''Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die'' is a 1942 American Western film about the Gunfight at the OK Corral. It is directed by William McGann and stars Richard Dix as Wyatt Earp, Kent Taylor as Doc Holliday and Edgar Buchanan as Curly Bill ...

'' (1942) - Johnny Duane * ''

Wake Island Wake Island ( mh, Ānen Kio, translation=island of the kio flower; also known as Wake Atoll) is a coral atoll in the western Pacific Ocean in the northeastern area of the Micronesia subregion, east of Guam, west of Honolulu, southeast of T ...

'' (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 Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another. Tide tables c ...

'' (1947) - Tim 'T.M.' Slade * '' The Invisible Wall'' (1947) - Harry Lane * '' Roses Are Red'' (1947) - Robert A. Thorne / Don Carney * ''

Perilous Waters ''Perilous Waters'' is a 1948 American drama film directed by Jack Bernhard and written by Richard Wormser and Francis Rosenwald. The film stars Don Castle, Audrey Long, Peggy Knudsen, Samuel S. Hinds, Gloria Holden and John Miljan. The film w ...

'' (1948) - Willie Hunter * '' Madonna of the Desert'' (1948) - Joe Salinas * ''

Who Killed Doc Robbin ''Who Killed Doc Robbin'' is a 1948 film directed by Bernard Carr and starring Larry Olsen, Billy Gray, and Renee Beard. It was produced by Hal Roach and Robert F. McGowan as a reimagining of their ''Our Gang'' series. The film was one of "H ...

'' (1948) - George - Defense Attorney * '' I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes'' (1948) - Thomas J. 'Tom' Quinn * '' Strike It Rich'' (1948) - William 'Tex' Warren * ''

Stampede A stampede () is a situation in which a group of large animals suddenly start running in the same direction, especially because they are excited or frightened. Non-human species associated with stampede behavior include zebras, cattle, elephants ...

'' (1949) - Tim McCall * ''

Motor Patrol ''Motor Patrol'' (also known as ''Highway Patrol'') is a 1950 American film directed by Sam Newfield. Plot Two Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle officers respond to a report of a traffic accident and find that a pedestrian was killed by a ...

'' (1950) - Officer Ken Foster * '' The Big Land'' (1957) - Tom Draper * ''

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral The gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a thirty-second shootout between law enforcement officer, lawmen led by Virgil Earp and members of a loosely organized group of outlaws called the Cochise County Cowboys, Cowboys that occurred at about 3: ...

'' (1957) - Drunken Cowboy (final film role)

References

1917 births 1966 deaths 20th-century American male actors Male actors from Texas Male actors from Palm Springs, California American male stage actors American male film actors {{US-film-actor-stub