Forrest Stanley
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. He also appeared in the 1912 play The Seven Sisters, opposite Laurette Taylor, directed by Oliver Morosco.
Forrest Stanley

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- Name
- Forrest Stanley
- Born
- 21 August 1889
- Birthplace
- New York City, U.S.
- Died
- 27 August 1969
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- actor · screenwriter
- Languages
- English
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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. He also appeared in the 1912 play The Seven Sisters, opposite Laurette Taylor, directed by Oliver Morosco.
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Forrest Stanley (1889–1969) was an American actor, film actor and screenwriter. Born in New York City, the actor died in Los Angeles. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Forrest Stanley • Born — 21 August 1889 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Died — 27 August 1969 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Resting Place — Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City • Years Active — 1915–1959
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Partial filmography
• Illustration — 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 — 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
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• (1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents (S1E7) “Breakdown" as Hubka • (1958) Gunsmoke (S3E38) “Overland Express" as Griffin
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Forrest Stanley is recorded as actor and screenwriter.

Still from the film The Cat and the Canary featuring the cast (from left to right: Flora Finch, Gertrude Astor, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley, Laura La Plante, and Arthur Edmund Carewe)
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A still of Marjorie Daw and Forrest Stanley from the American drama film The Pride of Palomar (1922).
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Forrest Stanley died at Los Angeles.
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- 1.Hallenbeck, Bruce G. Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History, 1914-2008. McFarland. 12. 2009-08-11. 978-0-7864-5378-8.
- 2.Kear, Lynn. Laurette Taylor, American Stage Legend. McFarland. 49. 2014-01-10. 978-0-7864-6193-6.
- 3.San Pedro News Pilot 31 March 1923 — California Digital Newspaper Collection. cdnc.ucr.edu.
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