Will Stanton (actor)
William Sidney Stanton was an English-born American character actor, whose career spanned the first 25 years of the sound films. Stanton broke into the film industry at the end of the silent film era in 1927, appearing in several film shorts for Hal Roach Studios. He appeared in 70 films, mostly in supporting roles.
Career
Stanton made his debut in a feature film with a small role in Raoul Walsh's 1928 silent film Sadie Thompson, starring Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore, and Walsh. Notable films in which he appeared include: the 1933 version of Alice in Wonderland, and its cast included Cary Grant, W.C. Fields, Gary Cooper and Edward Everett Horton; the classic Mutiny on the Bounty, starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable; the 1936 film adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's novel Last of the Mohicans; The Prince and the Pauper, starring Errol Flynn; Howard Hawks' 1941 Sergeant York, with Gary Cooper; and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. His final screen appearance was as a cab driver in the romantic comedy Adam's Rib. Stanton nade his last performance on an episode of television's Schlitz Playhouse in 1954.
Death
Stanton died on December 18, 1969, in Los Angeles, and he was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.
Filmography
Per AFI databaseWith Love and Hisses as Sleeping Soldier Sailors, Beware! as Baron Behr Sadie Thompson as Quartermaster BatesThe Return of Dr. Fu Manchu as Curious Passerby at Fu's Funeral Paradise Island as LimeyTwo Gun Man as Kettle-Belly Pardon Us as Insurgent Convict I Surrender Dear as George Dobbs Any Old Port! as DrunkRoar of the Dragon as Sailor SamMe and My Gal as Drunk Cavalcade as Tommy Jolly - in the Show Sailor's Luck as J. Felix HemingwayHello, Sister! as DrunkAlice in Wonderland as Seven of Spades Pursued as Ticket Agent The Man Who Reclaimed His Head as Drunk Soldier Baby Face Harrington as Drunken Prisoner Escapade as Singer The Irish in Us as Drunk at Fight Atlantic Adventure as Steward Bad Boy as Racker in Pool Hall The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo as Drunken Waiter Annie Oakley as Drunk Mutiny on the Bounty as Portsmouth Joe Fury as Drunk Leaving Bar The Blackmailer as Nick The Last of the Mohicans as JenkinsThe Gentleman from Louisiana White Hunter as HarryLloyd's of London as SmuttThe Prince and the Pauper as Man in Crowd Affairs of Cappy Ricks as Steward Another Dawn as John's Caddy Big City as Comet Cab Driver International Crime as LushFour Men and a Prayer as Cockney in Marlanda Straight Place and Show as Truck Driver - Syd RobinsDevil's Island as BoboThe Little Princess as GroomCaptain Fury as Bertie GreenFast and Furious as Waiter We Are Not Alone as Mr. Deane The Devil and Miss Jones as Pickpocket at Precinct House Broadway Limited as Cafe Customer Sergeant York as Cockney Soldier Charley's Aunt as MessengerInternational Squadron as Minor Role Reap the Wild Wind as Rat-Faced Man This Above All as Bartender It Ain't Hay as Drunk Thumbs Up as Workman The Man from Down Under as Bettor Thank Your Lucky Stars as Pub Character in Errol Flynn Number The Lodger as Newsboy Shine on Harvest Moon as Drunk Mr. Skeffington as Sid Lapham The Canterville Ghost as Stonemason Our Hearts Were Young and Gay as Cockney Cabin Steward Lost in a Harem as Plain Native in Café A Guy, a Gal and a Pal as BarclaySon of Lassie as Dog Trainer Nob Hill as Tourist at Wax Museum Confidential Agent as Miner To Each His Own as Funny Little Waiter Renegades as Barfly Wife Wanted as Squint The Ghost and Mrs. Muir as Porter The Exile as TucketForever Amber as Dead Eye Slightly French as Cockney Barker Adam's Rib as Taxicab Driver