Carle, Richard [né Charles Nicholas Carleton] (1871–1941) comic actor. A native of Somerville, Massachusetts, the gawky, high‐voiced comedian made his debut in New York in 1891 playing a minor role in Niobe. He won good notices as Worthington, the befuddled butler, in A Mad Bargain (1893) and again as Washington Strutt in The Country Sport (1893). After essaying the part of Schossi Schmendrik in Zangwill's Children of the Ghetto (1899), Carle returned to musicals to play briefly in The Greek Slave before appearing in Mam'selle' Awkins (1900), for which he provided the libretto. He also wrote several of the songs for The Rogers Brothers in Central Park. After appearing in The Ladies Paradise (1901), he moved to Chicago where he portrayed Bonaparte Hunter in The Explorers (1902), the incompetent magician Malzadoc in The Storks (1902), and the dithering Professor Pettibone in The Tenderfoot (1903), for which he was also librettist and lyricist. While New York critics assailed his humor as obvious and slightly salacious, Carle retained his popularity there and elsewhere. In 1905 he provided the book and lyrics for The Mayor of Tokio, then further successes followed: the flirtatious lawyer in his own adaptation of the London hit, The Spring Chicken (1906), the henpecked Leander Lamb in Mary's Lamb (1908), the philandering Dr. Petypon in The Girl from Montmartre (1912), and the jealous marquis in The Doll Girl (1913). When his popularity began to wane, Carle turned to vaudeville, appearing in musicals only intermittently thereafter. His last Broadway assignment was as the mistress‐flaunting Dr. Wentworth in The New Yorkers (1930).

• Born: Jul 07, 1871 in Somerville MA
• Died: Jun 28, 1941 in North Hollywood, California
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '30s
• Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
• Career Highlights: The Coming of Amos, The Outcast, The Ghost Walks
• First Major Screen Credit: The Coming of Amos (1925)

Biography

Dignified, shiny-domed American actor/playwright Richard Carle acted in both the U.S. and England for several decades before making his first film in 1916. Usually fitted with a pince-nez and winged collar, Carle was perfect for roles calling for slightly faded dignity. Comedy fans will recall Carle as the genially mad scientist in the Laurel and Hardy 2-reeler Habeas Corpus (1928) and as the besotted ship's captain who takes six months to travel from New York to Paris in Wheeler and Woolsey's Diplomaniacs (1933). He went on to appear as college deans, bankers and judges until his death in 1941, a year in which he showed up in no fewer than eight films. What might have been Richard Carle's finest screen role, the eccentric Father William in the 1933 version of Alice in Wonderland, was cut from the final release print of that film. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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