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name: "Charles Mendl"
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born: "14 December 1871"
died: "14 February 1958"
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# Charles Mendl

Actor. Born 14 December 1871 in London. Died 14 February 1958.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 December 1871, London
- **Died:** 14 February 1958

## Biography

Charles Mendl was a British diplomat and actor. Born in London in 1871, he was educated at Harrow School and later worked in business and intelligence before a long career as press attaché at the British Embassy in Paris, for which he was knighted in 1924.

In later life he appeared in two films. He played the Commodore in Alfred Hitchcock's *Notorious* (1946) and had an uncredited role as Sir Charles Gage in *Ivy* (1947). He also hosted the television programme *The Sir Charles Mendl Show* in 1947.

Mendl was married first to interior designer Elsie de Wolfe from 1926 until her death in 1950, and then to Yvonne Steinbach from 1951 until 1956. He died in Paris in 1958.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Notorious* (1946), Fi1m 92, as Commodore — [page](https://film.one/film/notorious.md)

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