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

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