Biography
Following his film debut in the 1916 adaptation of
King Lear, actor Edwin Stanley returned to his first love, the stage. Stanley's next appearance was a featured role in the 1932 Columbia "special"
Virtue. He spent the next 14 years playing military officers, theatrical producers, and other dignified take-charge characters. A familiar figure on the serial scene, Edwin Stanley played such chapter-play roles as Odette in
Dick Tracy (1937), General Rankin in
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938), Dr. Mallory in
The Phantom Creeps (1939), and Colonel Bevans in The Mysterious Dr. Satan (1940). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide