Charles WinningerShow Count: 7 Series Count: 0 Role: Old Time Radio Star Born: May 26, 1884 Old Time Radio, Athens, Wisconsin, U.S Died: January 27, 1969, Palm Springs, California, U.S An American stage and film actor, most often cast in comedies or musicals, but equally at home in drama. Charles Winninger began as a vaudeville actor. His most famous stage role was as Cap'n Andy Hawks in the original production of the Jerome Kern - Oscar Hammerstein II musical classic Show Boat in 1927, a role that he reprised – to great acclaim – in the 1932 stage revival and the 1936 film version of the show. |