
Henry Wilcoxon
Highest Rated: 100% That Hamilton Woman (1941)
Lowest Rated: 20% Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1975)
Birthday: Sep 08, 1905
Birthplace: Dominica, British West Indies
The life of Henry Wilcoxon was as epic as his adventures onscreen. His mother died when he was 11 months old; his father shipped him to England, where the young Wilcoxon became the ward of neglectful foster parents. He languished away in the attic, afflicted by rickets and lice. Fortunately, he was athletic and resilient; he took up boxing and then became an actor. He played Captain Cook on the London stage and finally found his way to Hollywood. Cecil B. DeMille heard the actor's sonorous accent in a screen test and promptly made him Marc Anthony to Claudette Colbert's Cleopatra. His second film with DeMille was a flop, relegating the actor to the backwater Republic Pictures, but Wilcoxon helped pen a patriotic speech for his role as the chaste vicar in "Mrs. Miniver"; it was so moving that President Roosevelt used it as propaganda. After a stint in the Coast Guard during World War II, Wilcoxon appeared with Bing Crosby in "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" and made more pictures with DeMille: "Unconquered" and "Samson and Delilah." He also produced the Academy Award-winning "The Greatest Show on Earth" as well as "The Ten Commandments." After the director's death, in 1959, Wilcoxon appeared mostly on TV, though he had roles in the swashbuckler "The War Lord" and the legendary Rodney Dangerfield comedy "Caddyshack," where he spoofed his old vicar.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | 18% | Sweet Sixteen | Greyfeather (Character) | - | 1983 |
73% | 87% | Caddyshack | The Bishop (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 60% | The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan | Harrington (Character) | - | 1979 |
73% | 56% | F.I.S.T. | Win Talbot (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pony Express Rider | Trevor Kingman (Character) | - | 1976 |
20% | 60% | Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Silent Film Director (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | 35% | Against a Crooked Sky |
Cut Tongue/ |
- | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Log of the Black Pearl | Alexander Sand (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tribe | Cana (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Man in the Wilderness | Indian Chief (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Badge or the Cross | Bishop Andrade (Character) | - | 1971 |
67% | 61% | The War Lord | Frisian Prince (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | 66% | The Buccaneer | Producer | - | 1958 |
89% | 87% | The Ten Commandments | Pentaur (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | 84% | Scaramouche | Chevalier de Chabrillaine (Character) | - | 1952 |
42% | 54% | The Greatest Show on Earth |
Gregory, FBI agent (Character), Associate Producer |
- | 1952 |
63% | 58% | Samson and Delilah | Prince Ahtur (Character) | - | 1949 |
50% | 52% | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Sir Lancelot (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dragnet | Inspector Geoffrey James (Character) | - | 1947 |
80% | 64% | Unconquered | Capt. Steele (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Johnny Doughboy | Oliver Lawrence (Character) | - | 1943 |
94% | 85% | Mrs. Miniver | Vicar (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance | Frank Jordan (Character) | - | 1941 |
100% | 84% | That Hamilton Woman | Captain Hardy (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Corsican Brothers | Count Victor Franchi (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Earthbound | Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Crooked Road | Bob Trent (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mystery Sea Raider | Captain Jimmy Madden (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chasing Danger | Captain Andre Duvac (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Tarzan Finds a Son! | Mr. "Sandee" Sande (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 71% | If I Were King | Captain of the Watch (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Keep Smiling | Jonathan Rand (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prison Nurse | Dale (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Mysterious Mr. Moto | Anton Darvak (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Five of a Kind | Dr. Scott Williams (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Woman Alone | Capt. Nicolai Ilyinski (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Souls at Sea | Lieutenant Tarryton (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Jericho | Capt. Mack (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | 32% | The Last of the Mohicans | Major Heyward (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The President's Mystery | James Blake (Character) | - | 1936 |
100% | 44% | The Crusades | Richard (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Princess Charming | Capt. André Launa (Character) | - | 1934 |
82% | 66% | Cleopatra | Marc Antony (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Self-Made Lady | Bert Taverner (Character) | - | 1932 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb | Unknown (Character) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lassie | Chief Locagoan (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cimarron Strip | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Spy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
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