Stanhope Nelson Wheatcroft (May 11, 1888 – February 13, 1966)
was an American actor of the stage and screen who was primarily active during Hollywood's silent era.
Biography
Stanhope was born in New York City in 1888 to
Nelson Wheatcroft and
Adeline Stanhope. Both of his parents were renowned actors and drama teachers born in Europe. Stanhope attended
Columbia University
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in New York City, and reportedly decided to embark upon a career as an actor after his father's death. Broadway plays in which Wheatcroft appeared included ''Marrying Money'' (1914), ''A Gentleman from Mississippi'' (1908), ''The Warrens of Virginia'' (1907), ''The Movers'' (1907), ''Zira'' (1905), and ''Nancy Stair'' (1905).
After enjoying popularity during the silent era, his career waned in the 1930s, when his screen credits were primarily for his performances in
bit part
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s.
Wheatcroft died in Los Angeles in 1966, and was survived by his third wife, Faye.
His gravesite is at
Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood, California.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Ballet Girl'' (1916)
* ''
East Lynne
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'' (1916)
* ''
Under Two Flags'' (1916)
* ''
On Dangerous Ground'' (1917)
* ''
A Modern Cinderella'' (1917)
* ''
The Corner Grocer'' (1917)
* ''
God's Man'' (1917)
* ''
Three X Gordon'' (1918)
* ''
The Veiled Adventure'' (1919)
* ''
The Home Town Girl'' (1919)
* ''
The Blue Bonnet'' (1919)
* ''
Destiny
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Fate
Although often used interchangeably, the words ''fate'' and ''destiny'' ...
'' (1919)
* ''
Her Purchase Price'' (1919)
* ''
Her Five-Foot Highness'' (1920)
* ''
The House of Toys'' (1920)
* ''
The Breath of the Gods'' (1920)
* ''
Dr. Jim'' (1921)
* ''
Cold Steel
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Media Fil ...
'' (1921)
* ''
Greater Than Love'' (1921)
* ''
Their Mutual Child'' (1921)
* ''
Two Kinds of Women'' (1922)
* ''
The Sign of the Rose'' (1922)
* ''
The Hottentot
''The Hottentot'' is a lost 1929 American all-talking sound pre-Code comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller. It is based on the 1920 Broadway play ''The Hottentot'' by William Collier, S ...
'' (1922)
* ''
When Knights Were Cold'' (1923)
* ''
Breaking Into Society'' (1923)
* ''
Blow Your Own Horn'' (1923)
* ''
No More Women'' (1924)
* ''
The Yankee Consul'' (1924)
* ''
Broadway or Bust'' (1924)
* ''
Laughing at Danger'' (1924)
* ''
Ridin' Pretty
''Ridin' Pretty'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring William Desmond, Ann Forrest, and Stanhope Wheatcroft.
Plot
As described in a review in a film magazine, Arizona cowboy Sky Parker (Desmond) goe ...
'' (1925)
* ''
Madame Behave'' (1925)
* ''
Women's Wares'' (1927)
References
External links
*portrait from ''Destiny'' 191
left to right:Stanhope Wheatcroft,
William Stowell
William Stowell (March 13, 1885 – November 24, 1919) was an American silent film actor.
A handsome actor with matinee idol good looks, Stowell was signed into film in 1909 with the Independent Moving Pictures Company, better known si ...
,
Dorothy Phillips
Dorothy Phillips (born Dorothy Gwendolyn Strible, October 30, 1889 – March 1, 1980) was an American stage and film actress. She is known for her emotional performances in melodramas, having played a number of "brow beaten" women on screen, bu ...
,
Harry Hilliard portrait''The Amazing Wife'' 1919: with
Mary MacLaren and Stanhope Wheatcroft(Wisconsin History)
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American male film actors
1888 births
Columbia University alumni
1966 deaths
American male silent film actors
American people of English descent
20th-century American male actors