Dudley Digges

Dudley Digges (1879-1947) was an Irish character actor in stage and film.
Digges began acting in Ireland but moved to the United States of America in 1904. He performed in Broadway plays, initially small parts but by 1917, he was directing and taking principal or major supporting roles. He acted in classics including Hedda Gabler, The Importance of Being Ernest, The Brothers Karamozov, and Faust (as Mephistopheles), as well as contemporary plays like 1924's Outward Bound (as the heavenly examiner Rev. Thompson). 
Digges reprised the role in the 1930 film adaptation, followed by the 1931 version of The Maltese Falcon (as Casper Gutman, the fat man). He played determined detectives in The Invisible Man (overseeing the nationwide manhunt) and Raffles (as Inspector Mackenzie opposite David Niven as the title thief). Other notable films include The Mayor of Hell (with James Cagney), The Light That Failed (with Ronald Colman), The Emperor Jones, and Mutiny on the Bounty (as the ship doctor). His final role was in the original Broadway run of The Iceman Cometh (1946-1947), playing barkeeper Harry Hope. 
==References==
* The Dinosaur Channel's upcoming programming in "Elmo's World: Dinosaurs" includes The Bigger They Are, the Harder They Fall co-starring Digges (along with Dinah Saur and Bob Fossil). Appropriately given the actor's surname, it comes right after the segment on paleontology. 
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