Acting

Val Stanton

Born October 17, 1886 · London, England

Died January 25, 1967 · aged 80

Valentine Walter Burch (October 17, 1886 - January 25, 1967) who was known professionally as Val Stanton, was an English-American actor who originally came from the half-successful vaudeville team with his brother, Ernie called Val and Ernie Stanton. He was most known for the films Stage Struck (1936), Prison Train (1938), Duke of the Navy (1942) and many more. Val was also the stunt model of Jimi…

Known For

The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator · 1940

The Great Dictator

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Pinocchio

Pinocchio · 1940

MovieAnimationFamily

When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy. He must earn the right to be real by proving that he is brave, truthful, and unselfish.

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood · 1938

The Adventures of Robin Hood

MovieAdventureRomance

Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.

The Reluctant Dragon

The Reluctant Dragon · 1941

The Reluctant Dragon

MovieAnimationFamily

Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be ferocious. Along the way, he is given a tour of Walt Disney Studios, and learns about the animation process.

This Above All

This Above All · 1942

MovieDramaRomance

In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with the brooding Clive Briggs, despite his prejudice against the upper classes, and agrees to spend a week with him at a Dover hotel. When Clive's soldier friend, Monty, arrives to retrieve him, Prudence learns that Clive went AWOL after Dunkirk, and urges him to recall why England must fight the war.

Mysterious Mr. Moto

Mysterious Mr. Moto · 1938

Mysterious Mr. Moto

MovieMysteryThriller

The Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.

The Great Impersonation

The Great Impersonation · 1942

The Great Impersonation

MovieDramaThriller

An Englishman kills a German look-alike and poses as a Nazi spy in London.

Parnell

Parnell · 1937

MovieDramaHistory

Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom.

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The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator · 1940

The Great Dictator

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Professor Herr Kibitzen (uncredited)

Pinocchio

Pinocchio · 1940

MovieAnimationFamily

When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy. He must earn the right to be real by proving that he is brave, truthful, and unselfish.

Jiminy Cricket Stunt Model (uncredited)

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood · 1938

The Adventures of Robin Hood

MovieAdventureRomance

Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.

Outlaw (uncredited)

The Reluctant Dragon

The Reluctant Dragon · 1941

The Reluctant Dragon

MovieAnimationFamily

Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be ferocious. Along the way, he is given a tour of Walt Disney Studios, and learns about the animation process.

Courier (uncredited)

This Above All

This Above All · 1942

MovieDramaRomance

In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with the brooding Clive Briggs, despite his prejudice against the upper classes, and agrees to spend a week with him at a Dover hotel. When Clive's soldier friend, Monty, arrives to retrieve him, Prudence learns that Clive went AWOL after Dunkirk, and urges him to recall why England must fight the war.

Policeman (uncredited)

Mysterious Mr. Moto

Mysterious Mr. Moto · 1938

Mysterious Mr. Moto

MovieMysteryThriller

The Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.

Organ Grinder (uncredited)

The Great Impersonation

The Great Impersonation · 1942

The Great Impersonation

MovieDramaThriller

An Englishman kills a German look-alike and poses as a Nazi spy in London.

English Porter (uncredited)

Parnell

Parnell · 1937

MovieDramaHistory

Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom.

Undetermined Secondary Role

Duke of the Navy

Duke of the Navy · 1942

Duke of the Navy

MovieComedyAction

A fake general sends two sailors on a wild-goose chase for buried treasure.

Sniffy

Hangover Square

Hangover Square · 1945

Hangover Square

When composer George Harvey Bone wakes with no memory of the previous night and a bloody knife in his pocket, he worries that he has committed a crime. On the advice of Dr. Middleton, Bone agrees to relax, going to a music performance by singer Netta Longdon. Riveted by Netta, Bone agrees to write songs for her rather than his own concerto. However, Bone soon grows jealous of Netta and worries about controlling himself during his spells.

Postman (uncredited)

Stage Struck

Stage Struck · 1936

A Broadway show is forced to bow to the whims of a talentless, whacky, but rich, Broadway actress with a contract.

Cooper

The Perfect Gentleman

The Perfect Gentleman · 1935

The Perfect Gentleman

MovieComedyDrama

A strait-laced country vicar is very embarrassed by his father's naughty exploits with a lively actress.

Workman in Pub (uncredited)

Prison Train

Prison Train · 1938

MovieDramaCrime

Gangsters plan an assassination of a rival while he rides the train carrying him to prison.

Sullen

Hats Off

Hats Off · 1936

MovieMusicComedy

The first musical comedy from the Grand National assembly line, Hats Off stars John Payne and Mae Clarke as rival press agents Jimmy Maxwell and Jo Allen. Both have been assigned to stir up publicity for separate expositions at the 1936 Texas Centennial (newsreel footage of which predominates throughout the film's short running time). To throw Jimmy off the track, Jo pretends to be a schoolteacher, but by the time the ruse has been revealed, the two leading characters have fallen in love.

Valet