Carl Stockdale
Biography
Stockdale, a very good friend of Mary Miles Minter's mother, Charlotte Shelby, claimed on the witness stand that he was with Mrs. Shelby when movie director William Desmond Taylor--Minter's lover--was murdered, therefore Charlotte could not have killed him. Stockdale said that he suspected Taylor's former chauffeur, a man named Sands, was responsible for the murder. However, after many different investigations of the murder over the years by authors, private detectives and even director King Vidor, most sources familiar with the case say the evidence points to Mrs. Shelby as Taylor's killer.
79years old at death
- Born Worthington
- Died Woodland Hills
- Star sign: PiscesFirst day of the sign, on the Aquarius cusp
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 21 years1915 to 1936
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First role
Stockdale had a small part in Gilbert M. Anderson's Broncho Billy's Last Deed in Hollywood as early as 1913. After two years with that film franchise, he joined D. W. Griffith's film company.
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Frank R. Strayer directed two of these films. Three actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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Frank R. StrayerDirector, 2 films, 1933 to 1935
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