Henry Wilcoxon

Known for

Acting

Born

September 8, 1905

Birthplace

Roseau, Dominica, British West Indies

Died

March 6, 1984 (aged 78)

Biography

Henry Wilcoxon was an actor born in Roseau, Dominica, British West Indies, and best known as a leading man in many of Cecil B. DeMille's films, also serving as DeMille's associate producer on his later films.

Best known work

Sunset Boulevard

1950

The Ten Commandments

1956

Caddyshack

1980

Mrs. Miniver

1942

The Greatest Show on Earth

1952

Samson and Delilah

1949

F.I.S.T.

1978

Gunsmoke

1955

Tarzan Finds a Son!

1939

Scaramouche

1952

Filmography

2019
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
as Self (archive footage)
1984
Ticket to Hollywood
as Self
1983
Sweet Sixteen
as Greyfeather
1982
Cagney & LaceyTV
as Mr. Mathers (1 episode)
1980
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
as Secretary of War Stimson
1980
The Man with Bogart's Face
as Mr. Chevalier
1980
Caddyshack
as The Bishop
1979
The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan
as Harrington
1978
F.I.S.T.
as Win Talbot
1978
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
as Judge Henry J. Wheeler
1976
Pony Express Rider
as Trevor Kingman
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Silent Film Director
1975
Against a Crooked Sky
as Cut Tongue / Narrator
1975
The Log of the Black Pearl
as Alexander Sand
1974
The Tribe
as Cana
1972
Doomsday Machine
as Dr. Christopher Perry
1971
Man in the Wilderness
as Indian Chief
1971
Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
as Bishop Andrade
1971
SargeTV
as Bishop Andrade (1 episode)
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.TV
as Captain Rick Ballinger (1 episode)
1968
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
as Rear Admiral Arthur L. Stokes
1968
It Takes a ThiefTV
as Prime Minister Garth (1 episode)
1967
Cimarron StripTV
1965
The War Lord
as Frisian Prince
1965
The F.B.I.TV
as Captain Bowers (1 episode)