Stanley Baxter

Stanley Baxter was a British actor, comedian, writer and screenwriter (1926–2025). He was born at Glasgow and died at London.

Also recorded as Stanley Livingstone Baxter.

Stanley Baxter in brief

Born
1926
Died
2025
Known for
actor, comedian, writer, screenwriter and female impersonator
Place of birth
Glasgow
Contents

Catalogued works

12 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1860 to 1965.

Baxter's Bedside Book of Glasgow Humour. Let's Parliamo Glasgow Again - Merrorapattur. Parliamo Glasgow. The Stanley Baxter parliamo dictionary. Stanley Baxter's suburban shocker. The Parliamo Glasgow omnibus. Stanley Baxter's bedside book of Glasgow humour. Stanley Baxter on screen. One of them is Brett., dated 1965, held by Wellcome Collection. Thomas Shortt (principal medical officer in St. Helena). With biographies of some other medical men associated with the case of Napoleon from 1815-1821 / [Arnold Chaplin]., dated 1914, held by Wellcome Collection. Letters to George Rolleston and his wife Grace, dated 1860-1885, held by Wellcome Collection. Henry Wellcome Letter Book 8, dated Jul 1904 - May 1905, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 14 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in VIAF (144879789). Those registers additionally record the forms Stanley Baxter, 1926-, Stanley Baxter 1926-2025, Stanley Baxter British actor, Stanley Baxter, actor britanic, Stanley Baxter, actor a aned yn Glasgow yn 1926, Stanley Baxter, actor británico, Stanley Baxter, acteur britannique, Stanley Baxter, actor británicu and Stanley Baxter, aisteoir Briotanach.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 16 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1926Stanley Baxter born at Glasgow.
  2. 2025Stanley Baxter died at London.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Stanley Baxter”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1601558: Stanley Baxter

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