Harry Stockwell
{{Short description|American actor (1902–1984)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Harry Stockwell
| image = Harry Stockwell 1945.jpg
| caption = Stockwell in 1945
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|4|27}}
| birth_place = Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|7|19|1902|4|27}}
| death_place = New York City, U.S.
| occupation =
{{hlist|Actor|Singer}}
| years_active = 1928–1973
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Elizabeth Veronica|1930|1947|end=div}}
- {{marriage|Nina Olivette|1950|1971|end=died}}
}}
| children = {{hlist|Guy|Dean}}
}}
Harry Stockwell (April 27, 1902 – July 19, 1984) was an American actor and singer.
Stockwell made his film debut in the 1935 film Here Comes the Band. He achieved fame in 1937, when he provided the voice of The Prince (seen at the beginning and again in the finale) in Walt Disney's animated Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Stockwell was also a noted Broadway performer. In 1943, he succeeded Alfred Drake as Curly, the lead role in Broadway's Oklahoma! {{Hair space}}He remained in the role until 1948. His final role was in The Werewolf of Washington in 1973. He was the father of actors Dean Stockwell[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-IQ0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=lckEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2549%2C3051653] Daytona Beach Morning Journal 21 January 1957, p4 and Guy Stockwell with first wife Elizabeth Veronica.1940 United States Federal Census In 1950, he married actress and performer Nina Olivette.NYC marriage indexes 1907–1995, Cert #36178
Biography
Stockwell was born on April 27, 1902, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Cora Ellen Teter and her husband William Henry Stockwell. He made his Broadway debut in 1929 in Broadway Nights. The following year he appeared in the 1930 edition of Earl Carroll's Vanities Stockwell started a yearlong run in another musical revue on the Great White Way, As Thousands Cheer.
His first films were Broadway Melody of 1936 and Here Comes the Band. He later lent his voice to the unnamed prince in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.{{cite web |title=Harry Stockwell |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/harry-stockwell-p68387 |website=AllMovie |access-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403233755/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/harry-stockwell-p68387 |archive-date=April 3, 2022 |url-status=live}}
Death
Stockwell died in New York City on July 19, 1984, aged 82.{{cite web |title=Harry Stockwell |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/harry-stockwell-61178 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714134829/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/harry-stockwell-61178 |archive-date=July 14, 2022 |url-status=live}}
Filmography
{{ external media|float=center|width=270px|audio1=You may hear Harry Stockwell and Adriana Caselotti performing "I'm Wishing / One Song" in 1937
[https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200027687/PBS-09847-Im_wishing Here on ucsb.edu]|audio2=You may hear Harry Stockwell and the conductor Robert Trendler performing Jerome Kern's "All the Things You Are"
[https://archive.org/details/78_all-the-things-you-are_robert-trendler-harry-stockwell-hammerstein-ii-kern_gbia0321345b/ALL+THE+THINGS+YOU+ARE+-+ROBERT+TRENDLER.flac Here on Archive.org]}}
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|1935
| Himself | |
| Here Comes the Band
| Ollie Watts | |
| rowspan="2"|1937
| Don Fletcher | |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
| The Prince | Voice, Uncredited |
| 1939
| Montmartre Madness | Himself | Short |
| 1945
| Blackface singer | rowspan="2" | Uncredited |
| 1959
| Passenger |
| 1973
| Military #2 | (final film role) |
References
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External links
- {{imdb name|nm0830968}}
- {{ibdb name|61178}}
- [https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22HARRY+STOCKWELL%22 Harry Stockwell performs in audio recordings on Archive.org]
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Category:American male film actors
Category:American male musical theatre actors
Category:American male stage actors
Category:American male voice actors
Category:Male actors from Kansas City, Missouri
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:20th-century American male singers