Stanley Walpole
{{Short description|Australian actor (1886–1968)}}
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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 to succeed in American films.
Biography
Walpole worked for Bland Holt, then with J.C. Williamson for six years.
He and his wife, Ethel Phillips, and Charles Villers were the resident actors for the Australian Photoplay Company.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155524632 |title=MOVIE "HEAVY" CHATS LIGHTLY. |newspaper=Winner |location=Melbourne |date=22 December 1915 |accessdate=15 November 2014 |page=12 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
In 1912, he moved to the USA and appeared in several films, becoming a leading man for the Eclair Company.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26910656 |title=MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth |date=13 July 1914 |accessdate=16 September 2013 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126762104 |title=ABOUT FAVORITES. |newspaper=The Sunday Times |location=Sydney |date=25 October 1914 |accessdate=16 September 2013 |page=16 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26956482 |title=MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth |date=18 September 1915 |accessdate=16 September 2013 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
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.[https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturenew132unse#page/1316/mode/2up/search/australia "Stern Signs Stanley Walpole for Universal", Motion Picture News, 4 March 1916] accessed 23 November 2014
Select filmography
- 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){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88195200 |title=ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE. |newspaper=The Footscray Advertiser |location=Footscray, Vic. |date=21 February 1914 |accessdate=16 September 2013 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
- A Fiend and His Friends (1914)
- The Alibi (1917){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119680938 |title=St Georges Theatre. |newspaper=Weekly News |location=Yarraville, Vic. |date=3 February 1917 |accessdate=16 September 2013 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
- In Walked Mary (1920)
- A Woman's Business (1920)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0909492}}
- [http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/412150 Stanley Walpole] at AusStage
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Category:Male actors from Melbourne
Category:Australian emigrants to the United States
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