Stanley Walpole
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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
[edit | edit source]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.[1]
In 1912, he moved to the USA and appeared in several films, becoming a leading man for the Eclair Company.[2][3][4]
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.[5]
Select filmography
[edit | edit source]- 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)[6]
- A Fiend and His Friends (1914)
- The Alibi (1917)[7]
- In Walked Mary (1920)
- A Woman's Business (1920)
References
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External links
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