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Henry Wilcoxon

Highest Rated: 100% That Hamilton Woman (1941)

Lowest Rated: 14% Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1975)

Birthday: Sep 8, 1905

Birthplace: Harry FrederiRoseau, 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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100% 84% That Hamilton Woman
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100% 45% The Crusades
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93% 84% Mrs. Miniver
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86% 67% Unconquered
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84% 87% The Ten Commandments
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83% 68% Cleopatra
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80% The President's Mystery
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67% 61% The War Lord
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67% 55% F.I.S.T.
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Sweet Sixteen 21% 1983 Greyfeather Actor Caddyshack 72% 87% 1980 The Bishop Actor The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan 54% 1979 Harrington Actor When Every Day Was the Fourth of July 1978 Judge Henry J. Wheeler Actor F.I.S.T. 67% 55% 1978 Win Talbot Actor Pony Express Rider 1976 Trevor Kingman Actor Against a Crooked Sky 38% 1975 Cut Tongue/Narrator Actor Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood 14% 50% 1975 Silent Film Director Actor The Log of the Black Pearl 1975 Alexander Sand Actor The Tribe 1974 Cana Actor Man in the Wilderness 71% 1971 Indian Chief Actor The Badge or the Cross 1971 Bishop Andrade Actor The War Lord 67% 61% 1965 Frisian Prince Actor The Buccaneer 66% 1958 Producer The Ten Commandments 84% 87% 1956 Pentaur Actor The Greatest Show on Earth 50% 53% 1952 Gregory, FBI agent Actor, Associate Producer Scaramouche 84% 1952 Chevalier de Chabrillaine Actor A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 57% 51% 1949 Sir Lancelot Actor Samson and Delilah 56% 59% 1949 Prince Ahtur Actor Unconquered 86% 67% 1947 Capt. Steele Actor Dragnet 1947 Inspector Geoffrey James Actor Johnny Doughboy 1943 Oliver Lawrence Actor Mrs. Miniver 93% 84% 1942 Vicar Actor That Hamilton Woman 100% 84% 1941 Captain Hardy Actor The Corsican Brothers 53% 1941 Count Victor Franchi Actor
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