William Sidney "Will" Stanton (September 18, 1885 â€" December 18,
1969) was an American character actor, whose career spanned the first
twenty-five years of the sound film era. Born in London, England,
Stanton broke into the film industry at the very tail end of the
silent film era in 1927, appearing in several film shorts for Hal
Roach Studios. He would debut in a feature film with a small role in
Raoul Walsh's 1928 silent film, Sadie Thompson, starring Gloria
Swanson, Lionel Barrymore, and Walsh. During the following 20 years he
would appear in another 70 films, mostly in small and supporting
roles.Notable films in which he appeared include: the 1933 version of
Alice in Wonderland, whose ensemble cast included Cary Grant, W.C.
Fields, Gary Cooper and Edward Everett Horton; the classic Mutiny on
the Bounty (1935), starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable; the 1936
film adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's classic, Last of the
Mohicans, directed by George B. Seitz, and starring Randolph Scott;
The Prince and the Pauper (1937), starring Errol Flynn and Claude
Rains; Howard Hawks' 1941 classic, Sergeant York, with Gary Cooper;
and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz,
and starring Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, and George Sanders. His final
big screen appearance would be as a cab driver in the Spencer Tracy
and Katharine Hepburn romantic comedy, Adam's Rib, directed by George
Cukor. Stanton would make one last acting performance, appearing on an
episode of television's Schlitz Playhouse in 1954. Stanton died on
December 18, 1969 in Los Angeles, California, and was buried in Forest
Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.Per AFI database
1969) was an American character actor, whose career spanned the first
twenty-five years of the sound film era. Born in London, England,
Stanton broke into the film industry at the very tail end of the
silent film era in 1927, appearing in several film shorts for Hal
Roach Studios. He would debut in a feature film with a small role in
Raoul Walsh's 1928 silent film, Sadie Thompson, starring Gloria
Swanson, Lionel Barrymore, and Walsh. During the following 20 years he
would appear in another 70 films, mostly in small and supporting
roles.Notable films in which he appeared include: the 1933 version of
Alice in Wonderland, whose ensemble cast included Cary Grant, W.C.
Fields, Gary Cooper and Edward Everett Horton; the classic Mutiny on
the Bounty (1935), starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable; the 1936
film adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's classic, Last of the
Mohicans, directed by George B. Seitz, and starring Randolph Scott;
The Prince and the Pauper (1937), starring Errol Flynn and Claude
Rains; Howard Hawks' 1941 classic, Sergeant York, with Gary Cooper;
and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz,
and starring Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, and George Sanders. His final
big screen appearance would be as a cab driver in the Spencer Tracy
and Katharine Hepburn romantic comedy, Adam's Rib, directed by George
Cukor. Stanton would make one last acting performance, appearing on an
episode of television's Schlitz Playhouse in 1954. Stanton died on
December 18, 1969 in Los Angeles, California, and was buried in Forest
Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.Per AFI database
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