Henry Wilcoxon
September 8, 1905 · 120 years old
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.
Known For
16 titles
Caddyshack
An exclusive golf course has to deal with a flatulent new member and a destructive dancing gopher.
Mrs. Miniver
A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.
The Greatest Show on Earth
The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.
Samson and Delilah
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.
F.I.S.T.
A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall.
That Hamilton Woman
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson, and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
Cleopatra
The man-hungry Queen of Egypt leads Julius Caesar and Marc Antony astray, amid scenes of DeMillean splendor.
Man in the Wilderness
Left for dead after a bear attack, a fur-trapper recuperates and pursues his former companions through dangerous Indian territory.
Unconquered
Intrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A singing mechanic from 1912 finds himself in Arthurian Britain.
The Last of the Mohicans
During the brutal French and Indian War, the legendary scout Hawkeye is prevailed upon to escort Major Duncan Heyward, and the two daughters of Fort William Henry commander Colonel Munro -- Alice and Cora -- to safety through.
Doomsday Machine
Spies discover that the Red Chinese have built a "doomsday machine" capable of destroying the surface of the Earth, and that they plan to use it within a matter of days.
The Crusades
King Richard and the Third Crusade (1190-1192) are given the DeMille treatment with more spectacle than history.
If I Were King
Vagabond poet François Villon rises to high office in 1463 Paris.
The Corsican Brothers
After their parents are killed, co-joined twin boys are separated, with one raised as a gentleman in Paris and the other in the mountains becoming a bandit.
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
During WW2, Sgt. O'Farrell's Pacific unit is demoralized when a Japanese submarine torpedoes an American supply ship containing beer.