HENRY
WILCOXON
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NAME
Henry Wilcoxon
Also known as Henry 'Biff' Wilcoxon, Harry Wilcoxin, Harry Wilcoxon
BORN:
Harry Frederick Wilcoxon
8th September, 1905
Roseau, Dominica
PROFESSION
Actor, producer
FAMILY
PARENTS:
Robert Stanley "Tan" Wilcoxon and Lurleen Minuette Nuñez de Córdoba
SIBLINGS:
Robert Owen
SPOUSE:
Sheila Garret, 1936–37 divorced
Joan Woodbury (1915–89), 1938–69 divorced
Heather Angel (1909–86), 19?–? divorced
CHILDREN:
Wendy Joan, Heather Ann and Cecilia Dawn
EDUCATION
| Harrison College, Bridgetown, Barbados | |
| Woolmere College, Kingston, Jamaica | |
| 1918–? | Ashford Boarding School, Kent, England |
CAREER
| Pope and Bradshaw, Bond Street tailors |
| THEATRE | |
| 1920s | The 100th Chance |
| Captain Cook in The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Birmingham Repertory Company, London, England | |
| Eight Ball, Birmingham Repertory Company, London, England | |
| FILM | |
| 1931 | "Larry Tindale" in The Perfect Lady (a.k.a. The Lovelorn Lady), British International Pictures |
| 1932 | "Bert Taverner" in Self Made LadyGeorge King Productions |
| "Inspector Bradley" in The Flying Squad, British Lion Film Corporation | |
| 1933 | "Stephen Randall" in Taxi to Paradise, Harry Cohen Productions |
| "Jim Bridge" in Lord of the Manor, Herbert Wilcox Productions | |
| As himself (uncredited) in Hollywood on Parade No. 9, documentary Louis Lewyn Productions | |
| 1934 | "Captain Launa" in Princess Charming (a.k.a. Alexandra), Gainsborough Pictures |
| "Marc Antony" in Cleopatra, Paramount Pictures | |
| As himself in The Hollywood You Never See, Paramount Pictures, documentary | |
| 1935 | "King Richard" in The Crusades, Paramount Pictures |
| As Crusades cast member (uncredited) in Hollywood Extra Girl, Paramount Pictures, semi-documentary | |
| 1936 | "Major Duncan Heyward" in The Last of the Mohicans, Edward Small Productions |
| "James Blake" in The President’s Mystery (a.k.a. One for All UK title), Republic Pictures | |
| "Captain Nicolai Ilyinski" in A Woman Alone (a.k.a. Two Who Dared US title), Garrett-Klement Pictures | |
| 1937 | "Lieutenant Stanley Tarryton" in Souls at Sea, Paramount Pictures |
| "Captain Mack" in Jericho (a.k.a. Dark Sands), Buckingham Film Productions | |
| 1938 | "Jonathan Rand" in Keep Smiling, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation |
| "Dale" in Prison Nurse, Republic Pictures | "Anton Darvak" in Mysterious Mr. Moto, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation |
| "Dr. Scott Williams" in Five of a Kind, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation | |
| "Captain of the Watch" in If I Were King, Paramount Pictures | |
| 1939 | "Allan Graeme" in Woman Doctor, Republic Pictures |
| "Richard Baldwin" in The Arizona Wildcat, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation | |
| "Captain Andre Duvac" in Chasing Danger, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation | |
| "Mr. 'Sandee' Sande" in Tarzan Finds a Son!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | |
| 1940 | "Dr. Mayberry" in Free, Blonde and 21, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation |
| "Bob Trent" in The Crooked Road, Republic Pictures | |
| "Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds" in Earthbound, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation | |
| "Captain Jimmy Madden" in Mystery Sea Raider, Paramount Pictures | |
| 1941 | "Jordan" (a thug) in The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance, Columbia Pictures Corporation |
| "Captain Hardy" in That Hamilton Woman (a.k.a. Lady Hamilton UK title), Alexander Korda Films | |
| "Captain Larkin" in South of Tahiti (a.k.a. White Savage UK title), Universal Pictures | |
| "Count Victor Franchi" in The Corsican Brothers, Edward Small Productions | |
| "Dakin Barrolles" in Scotland Yard, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation | |
| As himself in Picture People No. 4: Stars Day Off, RKO Radio Pictures, documentary | |
| 1942 | "Dr. Haggard" in The Man Who Wouldn’t Die, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation |
| "Vicar" in Mrs. Miniver, Loew's | |
| "Oliver Lawrence" in Johnny Doughboy, Republic Pictures | |
| 1947 | "Inspector Geoffrey James" in Dragnet, Fortune Films |
| "Captain Steele" in Unconquered, Paramount Pictures | |
| 1949 | "Sir Lancelot" in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (a.k.a. A Yankee in King Arthur’s Court UK title), Paramount Pictures |
| "Prince Ahtur" in Samson and Delilah, Paramount Pictures | |
| 1950 | "Vicar" in The Miniver Story, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| As himself (uncredited) in Sunset Blvd., Paramount Pictures | |
| As himself (archival footage) in The Love Goddesses, Janus Film, documentary | |
| As himself (archival footage) in The Costume Designer, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), documentary | |
| 1952 | "FBI Agent Gregory" and associate producer on The Greatest Show on Earth (a.k.a. Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth), Paramount Pictures |
| "Chevalier de Chabrillaine" in Scaramouche, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | |
| 1956 | "Pentaur" and associate producer on The Ten Commandments, Motion Picture Associates |
| 1958 | Producer on The Buccaneer, Paramount Pictures |
| 1965 | "Frisian Prince" in The War Lord, Court Productions |
| 1968 | "Rear Admiral Arthur L. Stokes" in The Private Navy of Sergeant O’Farrell, John Beck-Naho Productions |
| 1971 | "Indian Chie" in Man in the Wilderness, Limbridge |
| 1972 | "Dr. Christopher Perry" in The Doomsday Machine (a.k.a. Armageddon 1975, Doomsday, Escape from Planet Earth), First Leisure |
| 1975 | "Cut Tongue" and narrator in Against a Crooked Sky, Feature Films for Families |
| 1976 | "Trevor Kingman" in Pony Express Rider, Doty-Dayton Production |
| A "silent film director" in Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood, Paramount Pictures | |
| 1978 | "Win Talbot" in F.I.S.T., Chateau Productions |
| 1980 | "Bishop Pickering" in Caddyshack, Orion Pictures |
| 1980 | "Mr. Chevalier" in The Man with Bogart's Face (a.k.a. Sam Marlowe, Private Eye), Melvin Simon Productions |
| 1983 | "Greyfeather" in Sweet 16 (a.k.a. Sweet Sixteen), Orion Pictures |
| TELEVISION | |
| 1963 | Co-producer in The World's Greatest Showman: The Legend of Cecil B. DeMille, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 1965 | "Don Alfredo" in The Big Valley, episode: Winner Lose All, Levee-Gardner-Laven Productions |
| 1966 | "William Blunt" in Daniel Boone, episode: Fifty Rifles, Arcola Pictures |
| "Admiral Rockland" in Preview Tonight, episode: Search, Pursue and Destroy, Bing Crosby Productions | |
| "Laslo Gagni" in I Spy, episode: Will the Real Good Guys Please Stand Up?, 3F Productions | |
| "Wills" in The Road West, episode: Shaman, Universal TV | |
| 1967 | "Captain Bowers" in The F.B.I., episode: The Gray Passenger, Quinn Martin Productions (QM) |
| "Ghost Wolf" Cimarron Strip, episodes: The Battle of Bloody Stones, CBS | |
| 1968 | "Prime Minister Garth" in It Takes a Thief, episode: A Matter of Royal Larceny, Universal TV |
| 1969 | "Armando Galiano" in The Wild Wild West, episode: The Night of the Pistoleros, Bruce Lansbury Productions |
| "Captain Rick Ballinger" in Marcus Welby, M.D., episode: All Flags Flying, Universal TV | |
| 1970 | "John Bramley" in Gunsmoke (a.k.a. Gun Law UK title, Marshal Dillon US rerun title) episode: Stark, Arness Production Company |
| 1971 | "Bishop Andrade" in Sarge: The Badge or the Cross, Universal TV, movie |
| 1974 | "Cana" in The Tribe (a.k.a. Cro-Magnon), Universal TV, movie |
| 1975 | "Alexander Sand" in The Log of the Black Pearl, Mark VII Ltd., movie |
| The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond, David L. Wolper Productions, movie | |
| 1978 | "Judge Henry J. Wheeler", When Every Day Was the Fourth of July, Dan Curtis Productions, movie |
| 1979 | "Harrington", The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan, Charles Fries Productions, movie |
| 1980 | "Secretary of War Stimson", Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb, Viacom Productions, movie |
| 1982 | "Mr. Mathers", Cagney & Lacey, episode: Mr. Lonelyhearts, CBS, movie |
| 2004 | As himself (archival footage) in Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic, Photoplay Productions, documentary |
WORKS
| 1991 | Lionheart in Hollywood: The Autobiography of Henry Wilcoxon, co-authored by Katherine Orrison, Scarecrow Press |
AWARDS
| 1952 | Best Picture The Greatest Show on Earth from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), associate producer |
| 1956 | Citation of Merit from the American Cancer Society, the Wilcoxon Group Players Annual Nativity Play, Santa Monica, California, USA |
| Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
NOTABLE
| 1941 | Joined the US Coast Guard during the Second World War; rose to rank of Lieutenant (1941–45) |
DIED
6th March, 1984
Los Angeles, California, USA
Congestive heart failure; cancer