Paul Stanton
Date of birth: 1884-12-20
Place of birth: Sterling, Illinois, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Paul George Stahl
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Stanton (1884-1955) was an American character actor and bit-part player in American films. Originally from Illinois, he appeared in about 130 films between 1918 and 1952, mostly in supporting roles. He often portrayed authoritarian figures like judges, attorneys, managers, officials and doctors.
Movie Credits
I Love You Again
1940-08-09
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and love
Dimples
1936-10-09
Dimples Appleby lives with her pick-pocket grandfather in 19th century New York City. She entertains
Charlie Chan at the Circus
1936-03-27
While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investi
Undercover Doctor
1939-06-09
Dr. Bartley Morgan covers up his profitable illegalities with the respectable veneer of a posh, high
Whipsaw
1935-12-18
Hot jewels from London make their way to New York, where they are stolen by racketeer Ed Dexter, who
Air Raid Wardens
1943-04-04
Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs
Cry Wolf
1947-08-19
A woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband's family.
Shadow of a Woman
1946-09-14
Brooke's brief marital life with Eric takes a downturn when she starts suspecting that he is starvin
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939-04-04
Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying
Across the Pacific
1942-09-04
Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-mart
Whistling in the Dark
1941-08-08
Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenou
The Night of January 16th
1941-11-28
Accused of killing her employer, financier Bjorn Faulkner, Kit is championed by wisecracking sailor-
Her Price
1918-07-14
Marcia Calhoun, a talented but penniless singer, leaves her Southern home hoping to study opera in N
Flight for Freedom
1943-04-14
A fictionalized biopic about aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. A female pilot breaks the Los Angeles
Kentucky Moonshine
1938-05-20
The Ritz Brothers pretend to be Kentucky hillbillies in order to get a booking on a radio show.
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
1941-05-02
An ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her paral
Welcome Stranger
1947-06-13
Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine, hires his vacation replacement sight unseen. Alas, he and yo
Danger – Love at Work
1937-09-30
A New York City lawyer finds himself falling in love with the daughter of a screwball South Carolina
Here Comes Trouble
1948-03-15
A blundering rookie reporter runs into some unexpected difficulty when he is assigned to cover the p
Wednesday's Child
1934-10-26
A 10-year-old's happy life is shattered when his parents are divorced.
Crime of the Century
1946-02-28
Ex-convict Hank Rogers is searching for his brother Jim, a newspaperman, and becomes involved with a
Youth on Parole
1937-10-04
Two strangers, a man and a woman, are framed for a jewel robbery and thrown in jail. After they get
Law of the Underworld
1938-05-06
A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connectio
Pacific Blackout
1941-12-31
Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper escapes custody during a practice blackout drill. U
Hit the Hay
1945-11-29
An unsophisticated farm girl pursues a career as an opera singer.
Crack-Up
1936-12-14
Betrayal and espionage abound as an experimental aircraft is readied for its maiden voyage.
Should Ladies Behave
1933-12-01
A middle-aged houseguest causes romantic turmoil when he falls in love with his host's teenage daugh
Strange Alibi
1941-04-19
An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true identit
Half Angel
1936-05-22
Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is poisoned. Re
Poor Little Rich Girl
1936-07-18
Cossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed soap
Sing, Baby, Sing
1936-08-21
The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed i
Private Number
1936-06-05
Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son whi
Midnight Taxi
1937-04-04
A federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of counterfeit
Rose of Washington Square
1939-05-05
Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets de
Stella Dallas
1937-08-06
After divorcing a society man, a small-town woman tries to build a better life for their daughter.
Man Of The People
1937-01-27
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
Condemned Women
1938-03-18
A shoplifter gets sentenced to a women's prison.
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939-10-13
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marr
His Greatest Gamble
1934-08-10
A man escapes from jail in France to free his daughter from her mother's hold.
The Big Store
1941-06-20
A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store,
Stronger Than Desire
1939-06-30
An attorney handling a murder case is unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
Strangers All
1935-04-01
Domestic drama about an elderly woman and her four squabbling adult children.
West Point of the Air
1935-03-23
An army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer.
Champagne Charlie
1936-05-06
The story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.
My Wild Irish Rose
1947-12-24
Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott.
They Shall Have Music
1939-08-18
The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step f
Bachelor Mother
1939-06-30
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a fo
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939-10-19
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replaceme
The Road to Glory
1936-09-04
The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are kille
Portia on Trial
1937-11-08
Lady lawyer Portia Merryman defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners, who is on trial for shooting her lo
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940-01-11
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He
Night Waitress
1936-12-18
Helen Roberts, who's on probation, goes back to work as a waitress at Torre's Fish Palace, a San Fra
Sister Kenny
1946-10-10
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences gr
Sins of Man
1936-06-19
Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to lo
The Awful Truth
1937-10-21
Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start underm
Time Out for Romance
1937-02-10
A girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted his l
Her Husband's Affairs
1947-11-12
Bill Weldon is an Ad man who craves his wife Margaret's approval of his work, instead he gets constr
Red Salute
1935-09-12
The rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to annoy
Paid to Dance
1937-12-11
Government undercover agents William Dennis and Joan Barclay are working to solve the disappearances
Rascals
1938-05-20
A Gypsy band takes lots of stuff but always in a good cause. Led by Jane Withers, they pick up a soc
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937-05-09
An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to t
20,000 Men a Year
1939-10-26
Pilot disobeys unsafe orders and loses his job. He then starts a flying school which receives a boos
Lady with Red Hair
1940-11-30
An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
And One Was Beautiful
1940-04-05
A teenager falls hard for an irresponsible playboy.
It Can't Last Forever
1937-07-15
Russ Matthews, a theatrical agent who is not above pulling off a hoax or two or more to further the
Army Girl
1938-08-11
A young captain hoping to replace the U.S. Army's horses with mechanized vehicles faces court-martia
Remember the Day
1941-12-25
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him
Anne of Green Gables
1934-11-23
Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were exp
Dangerous Number
1937-01-22
Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his fo
Slightly Dangerous
1943-04-01
Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a ne
You're in the Army Now
1941-12-25
Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.
A Million Me's
1930-04-05
Lee at the piano singing a fragment of a blues when a young man enters her home with a pile of recor
It Could Happen to You
1937-06-28
A politically charged story about a man who dabbles in crime, with disastrous results, to gain the c
So's Your Uncle
1943-09-01
Circumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds himself p
She Gets Her Man
1945-01-12
The corny daughter of a famed policewoman tries to catch a blowgun killer.
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1942-11-07
A distinguished professor finds his well-ordered life tospy-turvy after he is forced to take in a pr
Once Upon a Time
1944-06-29
Broadway producer Jerry Flynn is anxious to recapture the magic and reclaim the crowds after a set o
Another Face
1935-12-20
The surgeon who did the job was dead. Only the nurse knew what this gangster looked like in his new
The Women in His Life
1933-12-08
An immensely successful criminal lawyer is blindsided when he learns that his new case involves his
Every Saturday Night
1936-03-13
First of the Jones family movies with kids who ignore father and get consolation from mother through
Crash Dive
1943-04-22
A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant ra
The Public Pays
1936-10-10
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a protection racket preying on milk distribution is bro
Public Deb No. 1
1940-09-13
When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup-tycoo
Lucky Jordan
1942-11-16
Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries to
The Fountainhead
1949-06-25
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite
Always Together
1947-12-10
An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a fanatical
Black Legion
1937-01-30
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining
A Star Is Born
1937-04-27
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at
The Magnificent Dope
1942-07-01
Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure
Queen of the Mob
1940-06-28
Ma Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy guns
The Longest Night
1936-10-02
Love with a clerk and a robbery by gangsters preoccupy a department store's new owner.
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934-05-04
President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in ord
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936-02-28
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of Presid
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944-03-10
Biographical movie about the early 20th century broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.
The Farmer's Daughter
1940-03-29
Broadway producer Nicksie North and press agent Scoop Trimble find an investor for their next show w