I. Stanford Jolley

• Born: Oct 24, 1900 in Elizabeth, New Jersey
• Died: Dec 06, 1978 in Woodland Hills, California
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '40s-'60s
• Major Genres: Western, Action
• Career Highlights: Prairie Rustlers, Waco, The Trail of the Silver Spurs
• First Major Screen Credit: Desperate Cargo (1941)

Biography

With his slight built, narrow face and pencil-thin mustache, I. Stanford Jolley did not exactly look trustworthy, and a great many of his screen roles (more than 500) were indeed to be found on the wrong side of the law. Isaac Stanford Jolley had toured as a child with his father's traveling circus and later worked in stock and vaudeville, prior to making his Broadway debut opposite Charles Trowbridge in Sweet Seventeen (1924). Radio work followed and he arrived in Hollywood in 1935. Pegged early on as a gangster or Western outlaw, Jolley graduated to playing lead henchman or the boss villain in the '40s, mostly appearing for such poverty-row companies as Monogram and PRC. Although Jolley is often mentioned as a regular member of the Republic Pictures' stock company, he was never under contract to that legendary studio and only appeared in 25 films for them between 1936 and 1954. From 1950 on, Jolley worked frequently on television and remained a busy performer until at least 1976. According to his widow, the actor, who died of emphysema at the Motion Picture Country Hospital, never earned more than 100 dollars on any given movie assignment. He was the father of art director Stan Jolley. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

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