Charles Seel

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Born

April 29, 1897 · New York City, New York, USA

Died

April 19, 1980

Birth name

Charles Frederick Seel

Balding, narrow-eyed American character player, a former vaudevillian and radio actor from 1929. Acted in early silent films on the East Coast. Regularly on screen after 1937, he was seen in innumerable small roles as clerks, bartenders and shopkeepers. Most familiar for his recurring role as the telegrapher Barney on TV's Gunsmoke (1955) and as newsman Mr. Krinkie in Dennis the Menace (1959).