Forrest Stanley

Forrest Stanley
Stanley in 1922
Born	(1889-08-21)August 21, 1889 New York City, U.S.
Died	August 27, 1969(1969-08-27) (aged 80) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
Years active	1915–1959

Forrest Stanley (August 21, 1889 – August 27, 1969) was an American actor and screenplay writer best known for his work in silent film. He is particularly known for his role as Charles Brandon in the historical film When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922) by Robert G. Vignola and Charles Wilder in the murder mystery film The Cat and the Canary (1927) directed by Paul Leni.^[1] He also appeared in the 1912 play The Seven Sisters, opposite Laurette Taylor, directed by Oliver Morosco.^[2]

Partial filmography

Stanley with Marion Davies in The Young Diana (1922)

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes
1915	The Yankee Girl	Jack Lawrence	Jack J. Clark
1916	The Tongues of Men	Reverend Sturgis	Frank Lloyd
1916	Madame la Presidente	Cyprian Gaudet	Frank Lloyd
1916	The Code of Marcia Gray	Orlando Castle	Frank Lloyd
1916	The Heart of Paula	Bruce McLean	William Desmond Taylor
1919	The Thunderbolt	Spencer Vail	Colin Campbell
1919	What Every Woman Wants	Philip Belden	Jesse D. Hampton
1920	The Notorious Mrs. Sands	Ronald Cliffe	Christy Cabanne
1920	The Misfit Wife	Peter Crandall	Edmund Mortimer
1920	The Triflers	Monte Moreville	Christy Cabanne
1921	Forbidden Fruit	Nelson Rogers	Cecil B. DeMille
1921	Sacred and Profane Love	Samson	William Desmond Taylor
1921	Enchantment	Ernest Eddison	Robert G. Vignola
1921	Big Game	Larry Winthrop	Dallas M. Fitzgerald
1922	When Knighthood Was in Flower	Charles Brandon	Robert G. Vignola
1922	Beauty's Worth	Cheyne Rovein	Robert G. Vignola
1922	The Young Diana	Commander Cleeve	Robert G. Vignola
1922	The Pride of Palomar[3]	Don Mike Farrell	Frank Borzage
1923	Bavu	Mischa Vleck	Stuart Paton
1923	Her Accidental Husband	Gordon Gray	Dallas M. Fitzgerald
1923	Tiger Rose	Michael Devlin	Sidney Franklin
1924	Through the Dark	Boston Blackie	George W. Hill
1924	The Breath of Scandal	Gregg Mowbry	Louis J. Gasnier
1925	Madame Sans-Gene		Léonce Perret
1925	The Unwritten Law	Jack Wayne	Edward LeSaint
1925	The Girl Who Wouldn't Work	William Norworth	Marcel De Sano
1925	Up the Ladder	James Van Clinton	Edward Sloman
1925	The Fate of a Flirt	James	Frank R. Strayer
1925	Beauty and the Bad Man	Madoc Bill	William Worthington
1926	Forest Havoc		Stuart Paton
1926	Dancing Days	Ralph Hedman	Albert H. Kelley
1926	Shadow of the Law	James Reynolds	Wallace Worsley
1927	Eve's Love Letters	Adam, Husband	Leo McCarey
1927	The Wheel of Destiny		Duke Worne
1927	The Cat and the Canary	Charles Wilder	Paul Leni
1928	Bare Knees	John Longworth	Erle C. Kenton
1928	Jazzland	Hamilton Pew	Dallas M. Fitzgerald
1928	The Phantom of the Turf	Dunbarton	Duke Worne
1928	Into the Night	Gavin Murdock	Duke Worne
1929	The Drake Case	District Attorney	Edward Laemmle
1931	Arizona	Colonel Frank Bonham	George B. Seitz
1932	Sin's Pay Day	James Markey	George B. Seitz

Selected television appearances

• (1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents (S1E7) “Breakdown" as Hubka
• (1958) Gunsmoke (S3E38) “Overland Express" as Griffin

References

1. Hallenbeck, Bruce G. (August 11, 2009). Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History, 1914-2008. McFarland. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-7864-5378-8.
2. Kear, Lynn (January 10, 2014). Laurette Taylor, American Stage Legend. McFarland. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-7864-6193-6.
3. "San Pedro News Pilot 31 March 1923 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu. Retrieved January 3, 2024.

External links

• Forrest Stanley at IMDb
• Forrest Stanley at Find a Grave