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 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.

Partial filmography

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

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