Dudley Digges (actor)

Dudley Digges (born John Dudley Digges, 9 June 1879 – 24 October 1947) was an Irish stage actor, director, and producer as well as a film actor. Although he gained his initial theatre training and acting experience in Ireland, the vast majority of Digges' career was spent in the United States, where over the span of 43 years he worked in hundreds of stage productions and performed in over 50 films.

This article is about the twentieth-century film and stage actor. For the seventeenth-century diplomat and judge, see Dudley Digges. For the Royalist political writer, see Dudley Digges (writer).

Dudley Digges
Digges as Boss Mangan in the 1920 Broadway production Heartbreak House, which he also directed
Born
John Dudley Digges

9 June 1879
Ranelagh, Dublin
Ireland
Died24 October 1947(1947-10-24) (aged 68)
New York, N.Y.
United States
Occupation(s)Actor, director, producer
Spouse(s)Maire Quinn
(m. 1907-1947; her death)
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