Stuart Lancaster

Stuart Gage Lancaster (November 30, 1920 – December 22, 2000) was an American actor known for roles in Russ Meyer films.

Biography Born in Evanston, Illinois, Lancaster's grandfather was circus owner Charles Ringling. He served as an aviator in the United States Navy in World War II. He moved to Los Angeles in 1962.

Lancaster appeared in several Meyer films, including Mudhoney, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Good Morning and... Goodbye!, Supervixens, and Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens. He also had a recurring role on The Young and the Restless and a part in Edward Scissorhands. He appeared on stage as the Marquis de Sade in a Los Angeles production of the play Marat/Sade. He was sometimes credited as Stewart Lancaster or Stud Lancaster.

Lancaster was the founder and director of the Palm Tree Playhouse in Sarasota, Florida. He died in Los Angeles, California. His wife Ivy Bethune and stepdaughter Zina Bethune were both actresses. He had five children, Mark Lancaster, Paul Gooding, Lynne Lancaster, John Lancaster aka Guruatma S. Khalsa and Michael Lancaster.

Selected filmography

Mudhoney (1965) – Lute Wade Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) – The Old Man The Born Losers (1967) – Sheriff Harvey Good Morning and... Goodbye! (1967) – Burt Boland Mantis in Lace (1968) – Frank Thar She Blows! (1968) – Kenyon Adler The Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and Juliet (1969) – Lord Capulet The Ecstasies of Women (1969) – Bartender (uncredited) Precious Jewels (1969) Starlet! (1969) – Kenyon Adler The Satin Mushroom (1969) – Mexican Lawyer Wilbur and the Baby Factory (1970) – W.W. Captain Milkshake (1970) – Cabby (1971) – King Gunther (English version, voice, uncredited) The Seven Minutes (1971) – Dr. Roger Trimble Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973) – Mayor Charles Silverdale Supervixens (1975) – Lute Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976) – George Alex Joseph and His Wives (1977) – Motel Manager Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell (1977) – Charlie The Brain Machine (1977) – Senator Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979) – The Man From Small Town U.S.A. Mistress of the Apes (1979) – Brady The Loch Ness Horror (1982) – Professor Pratt The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) – Press Conference Toilet Voiceover (uncredited) Down on Us (1989) – New York Cabbie Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (1989) – George Edward Scissorhands (1990) – Retired Man Batman Returns (1992) – Penguin's Doctor The Treat (1998) – Vinny (final film role)