Stanley Walpole
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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.
Biography[edit]
Walpole 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.