Don Stannard

Don Stannard (10 September 1915 – 9 July 1949) was a British actor.

Born in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, A. Gordon Smythe Stannard, and Abigail Stannard. He attended Lindisfarne College and trained at RADA, graduating in 1935. He acted in repertory theater and had bit parts in English films, and inability to gain recognition nearly caused him to give up acting and join his father in banking. A fourth Barton film was scheduled, Dick Barton in Africa, but Stannard was killed in a car crash driving back from the wrap party and Hammer elected not to continue the series.

Stannard was also an author, playwright, and poet.

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