Stuart Lancaster (actor) explained

Stuart Lancaster
Birth Name:	Stuart Gage Lancaster
Birth Date:	30 November 1920
Birth Place:	Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation:	Actor
Yearsactive:	1963–1998

Stuart Gage Lancaster (November 30, 1920 – December 22, 2000) was an American actor known for roles in Russ Meyer films.

Biography

Born in Evanston, Illinois, Lancaster's grandfather was circus owner Charles Ringling. He served as an aviator in the United States Navy in World War II. He moved to Los Angeles in 1962.

Lancaster appeared in several Meyer films, including Mudhoney, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Good Morning and... Goodbye!, Supervixens, and Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens. He also had a recurring role on The Young and the Restless and a part in Edward Scissorhands.^[1] He was sometimes credited as Stewart Lancaster or Stud Lancaster.

Lancaster was the founder and director of the Palm Tree Playhouse in Sarasota, Florida. He died in Los Angeles, California.^{[2] [3]} His wife Ivy Bethune and stepdaughter Zina Bethune were both actresses. He had five children, Mark Lancaster, Paul Gooding, Lynne Lancaster, John Lancaster aka Guruatma S. Khalsa and Michael Lancaster.

Selected filmography

• Mudhoney (1965) – Lute Wade
• Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) – The Old Man
• The Born Losers (1967) – Sheriff Harvey
• Good Morning and... Goodbye! (1967) – Burt Boland
• Mantis in Lace (1968) – Frank
• Thar She Blows! (1968) – Kenyon Adler
• The Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and Juliet (1969) – Lord Capulet
• The Ecstasies of Women (1969) – Bartender (uncredited)
• Precious Jewels (1969)
• Starlet! (1969) – Kenyon Adler
• The Satin Mushroom (1969) – Mexican Lawyer
• Wilbur and the Baby Factory (1970) – W.W.
• Captain Milkshake (1970) – Cabby
• (1971) – King Gunther (English version, voice, uncredited)
• The Seven Minutes (1971) – Dr. Roger Trimble
• Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973) – Mayor Charles Silverdale
• Supervixens (1975) – Lute
• Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976) – George
• Alex Joseph and His Wives (1977) – Motel Manager
• (1977) – Charlie
• The Brain Machine (1977) – Senator
• Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979) – The Man From Small Town U.S.A.
• Mistress of the Apes (1979) – Brady
• The Loch Ness Horror (1982) – Professor Pratt
• (1988) – Press Conference Toilet Voiceover (uncredited)
• Down on Us (1989) – New York Cabbie
• Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (1989) – George
• Edward Scissorhands (1990) – Retired Man
• Batman Returns (1992) – Penguin's Doctor
• The Treat (1998) – Vinny (final film role)

External links

• • • Stuart Lancaster profile at the Colony Theatre Company

Notes and References

1. News: Stuart Lancaster Obituary . David . McGillivray . David McGillivray (producer/screenwriter) . . 11 January 2001.
2. Marshall . Alys . December 29, 2000 . Stuart Lancaster . . 0042-2738.
3. News: Kennedy . Lou . January 14, 2001 . Stuart Lancaster was Ringling Descendant and Theater Founder . Sarasota Herald-Tribune.