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Henry Wilcoxon(1905-1984)

  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Henry Wilcoxon, 1935.
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Henry Wilcoxon was given the lead role of Marc Antony in Cecil B. DeMille's Cleopatra (1934). It would prove to be the beginning of a long relationship with DeMille he would become a familiar DeMille character actor and DeMille's associate producer in the later years of DeMille's career. However, after DeMille died, he worked sporadically and accepted minor acting roles.
BornSeptember 8, 1905
DiedMarch 6, 1984(78)
BornSeptember 8, 1905
DiedMarch 6, 1984(78)
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins total

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Known for

Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Baxter, Yul Brynner, John Carradine, Yvonne De Carlo, John Derek, and Vincent Price in The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Ten Commandments
7.9
  • Pentaur
  • 1956
Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, and Ted Knight in Caddyshack (1980)
Caddyshack
7.2
  • The Bishop
  • 1980
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Mrs. Miniver
7.6
  • Vicar
  • 1942
Stewart Granger, Janet Leigh, and Eleanor Parker in Scaramouche (1952)
Scaramouche
7.5
  • Chevalier de Chabrillaine
  • 1952

Credits

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Actor



  • Aleisa Shirley in Sweet Sixteen (1983)
    Sweet Sixteen
    5.1
    • Greyfeather
    • 1983
  • Private Benjamin (1981)
    Private Benjamin
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Chief Charlie
    • 1982
  • Cagney & Lacey (1981)
    Cagney & Lacey
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Mr. Mathers
    • 1982
  • Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980)
    Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • Secretary of War Stimson
    • 1980
  • Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, and Ted Knight in Caddyshack (1980)
    Caddyshack
    7.2
    • The Bishop
    • 1980
  • The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)
    The Man with Bogart's Face
    6.2
    • Mr. Chevalier
    • 1980
  • The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (1979)
    The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • Harrington
    • 1979
  • Married: The First Year (1979)
    Married: The First Year
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Carl Huffman
    • 1979
  • Sylvester Stallone and David Huffman in F.I.S.T. (1978)
    F.I.S.T.
    6.4
    • Win Talbot
    • 1978
  • When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978)
    When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • Judge Henry J. Wheeler
    • 1978
  • Jack Elam, Ken Curtis, Maureen McCormick, Stewart Petersen, Buck Taylor, Dub Taylor, and Henry Wilcoxon in Pony Express Rider (1976)
    Pony Express Rider
    5.4
    • Trevor Kingman
    • 1976
  • Doomsday Machine (1976)
    Doomsday Machine
    2.6
    • Dr. Christopher Perry
    • 1976
  • Bruce Dern, Madeline Kahn, Art Carney, and Augustus von Schumacher in Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
    Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
    4.8
    • Silent Film Director
    • 1976
  • Against a Crooked Sky (1975)
    Against a Crooked Sky
    5.4
    • Cut Tongue
    • Narrated by
    • 1975
  • The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • 1975

Producer



  • The World's Greatest Showman: The Legend of Cecil B. DeMille
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • co-producer
    • 1963
  • Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner in The Buccaneer (1958)
    The Buccaneer
    6.4
    • producer
    • 1958
  • Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Baxter, Yul Brynner, John Carradine, Yvonne De Carlo, John Derek, and Vincent Price in The Ten Commandments (1956)
    The Ten Commandments
    7.9
    • associate producer
    • 1956
  • Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Gloria Grahame, Betty Hutton, Dorothy Lamour, and Cornel Wilde in The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
    The Greatest Show on Earth
    6.5
    • associate producer
    • 1952

Writer



  • Mrs. Miniver (1942)
    Mrs. Miniver
    7.6
    • closing speech (uncredited)
    • 1942

Videos5

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Against a Crooked Sky
Trailer 1:37
Against a Crooked Sky
Scaramouche
Trailer 3:32
Scaramouche

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Henry Wilcoxen
  • Height
    • 6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
  • Born
    • September 8, 1905
    • Dominica, British West Indies
  • Died
    • March 6, 1984
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(heart failure; cancer)
  • Spouses
      Joan WoodburyDecember 17, 1938 - August 1969 (divorced, 3 children)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 2 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    A regular face in the films of director Cecil B. DeMille, Wilcoxon was good friends with DeMille in real life. The friendship between them was described as a surrogate father/son relationship in Scott Eyman's DeMille biography, Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille (2010).
  • Quotes
    [on Claudette Colbert, his co-star in Cleopatra (1934)] Have I said before what an accomplished actress Claudette is? Well, she is. And, as a result, the hiccup scene really works well, and is my favorite scene with her.
  • Nickname
    • Biff

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