Stuart Lancaster (actor)

American actor

Martha Ann Rhubottom

(m. 1944; div. 1947)

Betty Warren

(m. 1949; div. 1960)

Ivy Bethune

(m. 1971)

Stuart Gage Lancaster (November 30, 1920 – December 22, 2000) was an American actor known for roles in Russ Meyer films.

Biography

Born in Evanston, Illinois, Lancaster's grandfather was circus owner Charles Ringling. He served as an aviator in the United States Navy in World War II. He moved to Los Angeles in 1962.

Lancaster appeared in several Meyer films, including Mudhoney, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Good Morning and... Goodbye!, Supervixens, and Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens. He also had a recurring role on The Young and the Restless and a part in Edward Scissorhands.^[1] He was sometimes credited as Stewart Lancaster or Stud Lancaster.

Lancaster was the founder and director of the Palm Tree Playhouse in Sarasota, Florida. He died in Los Angeles, California.^[2]^[3] His wife Ivy Bethune and stepdaughter Zina Bethune were both actresses. He had five children, Mark Lancaster, Paul Gooding, Lynne Lancaster, John Lancaster aka Guruatma S. Khalsa and Michael Lancaster.

Selected filmography

Mudhoney (1965) – Lute Wade
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) – The Old Man
The Born Losers (1967) – Sheriff Harvey
Good Morning and... Goodbye! (1967) – Burt Boland
Mantis in Lace (1968) – Frank
Thar She Blows! (1968) – Kenyon Adler
The Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and Juliet (1969) – Lord Capulet
The Ecstasies of Women (1969) – Bartender (uncredited)
Precious Jewels (1969)
Starlet! (1969) – Kenyon Adler
The Satin Mushroom (1969) – Mexican Lawyer
Wilbur and the Baby Factory (1970) – W.W.
Captain Milkshake (1970) – Cabby
The Long Swift Sword of Siegfried [de] (1971) – King Gunther (English version, voice, uncredited)
The Seven Minutes (1971) – Dr. Roger Trimble
Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973) – Mayor Charles Silverdale
Supervixens (1975) – Lute
Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976) – George
Alex Joseph and His Wives (1977) – Motel Manager
Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell (1977) – Charlie
The Brain Machine (1977) – Senator
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979) – The Man From Small Town U.S.A.
Mistress of the Apes (1979) – Brady
The Loch Ness Horror (1982) – Professor Pratt
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) – Press Conference Toilet Voiceover (uncredited)
Down on Us (1989) – New York Cabbie
Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (1989) – George
Edward Scissorhands (1990) – Retired Man
Batman Returns (1992) – Penguin's Doctor
The Treat (1998) – Vinny (final film role)

References

^ McGillivray, David (11 January 2001). "Stuart Lancaster Obituary". The Guardian.
^ Marshall, Alys (December 29, 2000). "Stuart Lancaster". Variety. ISSN 0042-2738.
^ Kennedy, Lou (January 14, 2001). "Stuart Lancaster was Ringling Descendant and Theater Founder". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.