Stanley Walpole (b. 1886 – d: March 14, 1968 (age 82) ) was an Australian actor of stage and screen who was one of the first Australians have success in American films.
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Biography
editWalpole worked for Bland Holt then with J.C. Williamson for six years.
He and his wife Ethel Phillips, along with Charles Villers, were the resident actors for Australian Photoplay Company.[1]
In 1912 he moved to the USA and appeared in a number of films there, becoming a leading man for the Eclair Company.[2][3][4]
He returned to Australia for eight months in Melbourne acting for J.C Williamsons, then returned to the US and was signed by Julius Stern for Universal Heights.[5]
Select filmography
edit- Dan Morgan (1911)
- It Is Never Too Late to Mend (1911)
- Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road (1911)
- Moora Neya, or The Message of the Spear (1911)
- What Women Suffer (1911)
- Cooee and the Echo (1912)
- The Cheat (1912)
- Whose Was the Hand? (1912)
- Death's Short Cut (1914)[6]
- A Fiend and His Friends (1914)
- The Alibi (1917)[7]
- In Walked Mary (1920)
- A Woman's Business (1920)
References
edit- ^ "MOVIE "HEAVY" CHATS LIGHTLY". Winner. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 22 December 1915. p. 12. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ "MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 13 July 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ "ABOUT FAVORITES". The Sunday Times. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 25 October 1914. p. 16. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ "MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 18 September 1915. p. 5. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ "Stern Signs Stanley Walpole for Universal", Motion Picture News, 4 March 1916 accessed 23 November 2014
- ^ "ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE". The Footscray Advertiser. Footscray, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 21 February 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ "St Georges Theatre". Weekly News. Yarraville, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 3 February 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 16 September 2013.