Stanley Walpole Explained

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 have success in American films.

Biography

Walpole worked for Bland Holt then with J.C. Williamson for six years.

He and his wife Ethel Phillips, along with Charles Villers, were the resident actors for Australian Photoplay Company.^[1]

In 1912 he moved to the USA and appeared in a number of films there, 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

• 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)

External links

• • Stanley Walpole at AusStage

Notes and References

1. News: MOVIE "HEAVY" CHATS LIGHTLY. . . Melbourne . 22 December 1915 . 15 November 2014 . 12 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. . . Perth . 13 July 1914 . 16 September 2013 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: ABOUT FAVORITES. . . Sydney . 25 October 1914 . 16 September 2013 . 16 . National Library of Australia.
4. News: MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. . . Perth . 18 September 1915 . 16 September 2013 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
5. https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturenew132unse#page/1316/mode/2up/search/australia "Stern Signs Stanley Walpole for Universal", Motion Picture News, 4 March 1916
6. News: ST. GEORGE'S THEATRE. . . Footscray, Vic. . 21 February 1914 . 16 September 2013 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
7. News: St Georges Theatre. . . Yarraville, Vic. . 3 February 1917 . 16 September 2013 . 2 . National Library of Australia.