Carl Stockdale
William Carlton Stockdale was one of the longest-working Hollywood actors, with a career dating from the early 1910s. He also made the difficult transition from silent films to talkies.
Stockdale was born on February 19, 1874, in Worthington, Minnesota, graduated from Minneapolis Central High School, and attended the University of North Dakota.
Before he began working with films, Stockdale was a property man with a repertory theatrical company headed by his brother. He went on to act on stage in repertory theater and in vaudeville.
Stockdale was in Hollywood as early as 1913 with a small role in Gilbert M. Anderson's Broncho Billy's Last Deed. He worked with that film franchise for two years before joining D. W. Griffith's film company. He remained busy into the 1940s. His last film was released in 1943.
Stockdale told reporters in an interview at his home in 1937 that he was with Charlotte Shelby from 7 to 9 p.m. at her home on February 1, 1922, when William Desmond Taylor was killed.
On January 11, 1908, Stockdale married actress Clara Byers. The couple then acted together for two seasons at the Alisky and Grand theaters in Sacramento as members of the Lawrence and Sandusky stock theater troupe. On March 26, 1915, she sued him for divorce. He died of a heart attack on March 15, 1953, in Woodland Hills, California. He is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Filmography
Broncho Billy's Last Deed The Good-for-Nothing - John SterlingThe Champion - Sparring Partner A Jitney Elopement - Cop My Best Girl - Colonel LaneThe Bank - CashierHoodoo Ann - Gordon Sanderson/Mustang CharleyA Child of the Paris Streets - Judge de TolneCasey at the Bat - HicksStranded - StonerIntolerance - King NabonidusThe Little Liar - Dick SladeAtta Boy's Last Race - Jarvis JohnsonThe Children Pay - Judge MasonOliver Twist - MonksThe Americano - Salsa EspadaLost and Won - Kirkland GaigeA Daughter of the Poor - James StevensMight and the Man - BillingsThe Land of Long Shadows - Constable McKenzieThe Range Boss - Willard MastenOpen Places - Dan ClarkMen of the Desert - MasonPeggy Leads the Way - Roland GardinerNew York Luck - PalterIn Bad - Slick EdwardsThe Midnight Trail - Harvey FaxonThe Biggest Show on Earth - Col. Jeffrey TrentHearts or Diamonds? - BewleyKidder & Ko - Minor RoleUp Romance Road - Count Hilgar EckstromThe Eyes of Julia Deep - Simon PlummetThe Bells - GariThe Lady of the Dugout - Zonie, The KillerHobbs in a Hurry - Angus MacDonaldRosemary Climbs the Heights - AndrieffWives and Other Wives - Ted DoubledayWhen a Man Rides Alone - The VultureThe Amazing Impostor - Robert La RueWhere the West Begins - Gunner McCannBrass Buttons - Cold-Deck DallasThe Intrusion of Isabel - James HarrisThe Unpainted Woman - PlinyThe Pagan God - Henry AddisonThe Sundown Trail - The PlanterThe Woman Under Cover - Minor RoleThe Pointing Finger - GrossetThe Coast of Opportunity - Private Secretary$30,000 - Ferdinand SpargoDouble Adventure - Jules FernolSociety Secrets - SquireOne a Minute - Judge Molly O - The Silhouette ManOliver Twist - MonksThorns and Orange Blossoms The Call of Home The Half Breed The Darling of New York Tainted Money The Whispered Name The Beautiful Sinner Gold Heels A Son of His Father The Business of Love Bardelys the Magnificent Twinkletoes The Devil's Partner The Notorious Lady See You in Jail The King of Kings Air Mail Pilot The Shepherd of the Hills The Black Pearl Jazzland The Bride of the Colorado The Love Parade The Divorcee Abraham Lincoln Billy the Kid Hell's Island Cimarron A Free Soul Get That Girl The Vampire Bat Turn Back the Clock The Prizefighter and the Lady Laughing Boy The Man Who Reclaimed His Head Mad Love Dr. Socrates Revolt of the Zombies Fury San Francisco The Gorgeous Hussy Battle of Greed Lost Horizon Saratoga My Dear Miss Aldrich The Girl Said No Youth on Parole Law for Tombstone Blockade Marie Antoinette King of the Underworld Lucky Night Mr. Smith Goes to Washington The Captain Is a Lady Honky Tonk Unexpected Uncle The Devil and Daniel Webster Miss Polly Ten Gentlemen from West Point The Falcon's Brother Tennessee Johnson