Don Castle (Born Marion Goodman, Jr.  September 29, 1917 – May 26, 1966) was an American film actor of the 1930s, 40s & 50s.

Son of Marion Emanuel Goodman Sr. and Lucille Jeantelle-Viterbo, Castle was born in Beaumont, Texas. He went to the University of Texas where he was roommates with Jack Wrather.^[1]

Castle’s resemblance to Clark Gable^[2] started his acting career as a stage actor.

He then moved to films, ultimately signing with Paramount Pictures howeverWorld War II stalled his career.^[1] Castle was drafted into the Army Air Force, during which he made training films for the First Motion Picture Unit.^[3]

Upon returning to Hollywood, Castle found many of his fans had turned to Alan Ladd.^[1] He bumped into Wrather again who had become bored with the oil business.

Wrather decided to set up as a movie producer, making The Guilty (1947) starring Castle and Wrather's new wife Bonita Granville.^[1] Around this time Castle also starred in a series of noir-esque B films notably ‘Roses are Red,’ ‘Lighthouse,’ ‘The Invisible Wall’ & ‘I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes.’

In the 1950s Castle & his wife Zetta Castle opened a celebrity hideaway boarding house called ‘Castle’s Red Barn’ in Palm Springs, California.^[4]

Wrather tapped Castle again later in the 1960s to become a television producer for his beloved Lassie television program.

In May 1966, Castle was found in his North Hollywood, CA. apartment dead of an apparent medication overdose aged 48.^[5]

• Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) - Dennis Hunt
• Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) - Frank
• Young Dr. Kildare (1938) - Dr. Bates (uncredited)
• Men in Fright (1938, Short) - Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
• Out West with the Hardys (1938) - Dennis Hunt
• Fast and Loose (1939) - Desk Clerk (uncredited)
• These Glamour Girls (1939) - Jack
• Thunder Afloat (1939) - Radio Operator (uncredited)
• Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939) - Ed - 1st Hurt Worker (uncredited)
• I Take This Woman (1940) - Ted Fenton
• Northwest Passage (1940) - Richard Towne (uncredited)
• The Ghost Comes Home (1940) - 'Spig'
• Susan and God (1940) - Theater Usher (uncredited)
• We Who Are Young (1940) - Accountex Clerk Making Pass (uncredited)
• Strike Up the Band (1940) - Charlie (uncredited)
• You're the One (1941) - Tony Delmar
• Power Dive (1941) - Doug Farrell
• World Premiere (1941) - Joe Bemis
• Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die (1942) - Johnny Duane
• Wake Island (1942) - Pvt. Cunkle (uncredited)
• Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) - Worker - 'Swing Shift' Number (uncredited)
• The Searching Wind (1946) - David
• Lighthouse (1947) - Sam Wells
• Born to Speed (1947) - Mike Conroy
• Seven Were Saved (1947) - Lt. Pete Sturdevant
• The Guilty (1947) - Mike Carr
• High Tide (1947) - Tim 'T.M.' Slade
• The Invisible Wall (1947) - Harry Lane
• Roses Are Red (1947) - Robert A. Thorne / Don Carney
• Perilous Waters (1948) - Willie Hunter
• Madonna of the Desert (1948) - Joe Salinas
• Who Killed Doc Robbin (1948) - George - Defense Attorney
• I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948) - Thomas J. 'Tom' Quinn
• Strike It Rich (1948) - William 'Tex' Warren
• Stampede (1949) - Tim McCall
• Motor Patrol (1950) - Officer Ken Foster
• The Big Land (1957) - Tom Draper
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) - Drunken Cowboy (final film role)

• Don Castle at IMDb