Stanhope Wheatcroft
{{short description|American actor (1888–1966)}}
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| name = Stanhope Wheatcroft
| image = Portrait_of_American_actor_Stanhope_Wheatcroft,_1920.jpg
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| birth_name = Stanhope Nelson Wheatcroft
| birth_date = May 11, 1888
| birth_place = New York, New York, US
| death_date = February 13, 1966 (aged 77)
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, US
| education = Columbia University
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = Faye (1917–1966; his death)"Wheatcroft, Stanhope N., obituary, Los Angeles Times, February 15, 1966, p. A2. {{ProQuest| }} Retrieved August 20, 2022.
| parents = Nelson Wheatcroft
Adeline Stanhope
| relatives =
| years active = 1915–1942
}}
Stanhope Nelson Wheatcroft (May 11, 1888 – February 13, 1966) was an American actor of the stage and screen who was primarily active during Hollywood's silent era.
Biography
Stanhope was born in New York City in 1888 to Nelson Wheatcroft and Adeline Stanhope. Both of his parents were renowned actors and drama teachers born in Europe. Stanhope attended Columbia University in New York City, and reportedly decided to embark upon a career as an actor after his father's death.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69348647/|title=Got Job in Pictures on His Birthday|last=|first=|date=4 Jun 1916|website=The Journal and Tribune|language=en|access-date=2020-03-17}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/87685921/?terms=%22stanhope+wheatcroft%22|title=A Young Player's Family|last=|first=|date=11 Nov 1910|website=The Pittsburgh Post|language=en|access-date=2020-03-17}} Broadway plays in which Wheatcroft appeared included Marrying Money (1914), A Gentleman from Mississippi (1908), The Warrens of Virginia (1907), The Movers (1907), Zira (1905), and Nancy Stair (1905).{{cite web |title=Stanhope Wheatcroft |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/stanhope-wheatcroft-64656 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |accessdate=March 28, 2020 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20200328013940/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/stanhope-wheatcroft-64656 |archivedate=March 28, 2020}} After enjoying popularity during the silent era, his career waned in the 1930s, when his screen credits were primarily for his performances in bit parts.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/617694650/?terms=%22stanhope+wheatcroft%22|title=Likes Extra Roles Better Than Stardom|last=|first=|date=12 May 1940|website=The Charlotte Observer|language=en|access-date=2020-03-17}}
Wheatcroft died in Los Angeles in 1966, and was survived by his third wife, Faye.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69320208/|title=Obituaries|last=|first=|date=15 Feb 1966|website=The Los Angeles Times|language=en|access-date=2020-03-17}} His gravesite is at Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood, California.
Selected filmography
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- The Ballet Girl (1916)
- East Lynne (1916)
- Under Two Flags (1916)
- On Dangerous Ground (1917)
- A Modern Cinderella (1917)
- The Corner Grocer (1917)
- God's Man (1917)
- Three X Gordon (1918)
- The Veiled Adventure (1919)
- The Home Town Girl (1919)
- The Blue Bonnet (1919)
- Destiny (1919){{cite book|author=Alan Goble|title=The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yyqc0Qa6b60C&pg=PA61|year= 2011|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-095194-3|page=61}}
- Her Purchase Price (1919)
- Her Five-Foot Highness (1920)
- The House of Toys (1920)
- The Breath of the Gods (1920)
- Dr. Jim (1921)
- Cold Steel (1921)
- Greater Than Love (1921)
- Their Mutual Child (1921)
- Two Kinds of Women (1922)
- The Sign of the Rose (1922)
- The Hottentot (1922)
- When Knights Were Cold (1923)
- Breaking Into Society (1923)
- Blow Your Own Horn (1923)
- No More Women (1924)
- The Yankee Consul (1924)
- Broadway or Bust (1924)
- Laughing at Danger (1924)
- Ridin' Pretty (1925)
- Madame Behave (1925)
- Women's Wares (1927)
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References
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External links
- portrait from Destiny 1919 [http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tfQAAOSwQj9d0beN/s-l1600.jpg left to right:] Stanhope Wheatcroft, William Stowell, Dorothy Phillips, Harry Hilliard
- [http://wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM102890 portrait] The Amazing Wife 1919: with Mary MacLaren and Stanhope Wheatcroft(Wisconsin History)
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Category:American male film actors
Category:Columbia University alumni
Category:American male silent film actors