1. Hanley Stafford is remembered best for playing Lancelot Higgins on The Baby Snooks Show.
13 Facts About Hanley Stafford
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Hanley Stafford is commemorated by a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Hanley Stafford emigrated from England to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1911.
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Hanley Stafford played in stock for eight years and then in tent shows.
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Hanley Stafford was appearing on KFWB radio in Los Angeles by April 1932 then went to Phoenix to manage a stock company, the Delmas-Lawless Players, before returning to Los Angeles to resume stage and radio work the following August.
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Hanley Stafford began the father role on The Baby Snooks Show on December 23,1937 and played it until the final broadcast on May 22,1951, two days before it was ended by the death of star Fanny Brice.
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Between 1950 and 1963, Hanley Stafford appeared on various television series, beginning with The Popsicle Parade of Stars and Hollywood Premiere Theatre, and concluding with his role as Kenneth Westcott in the episode "Lucy Is a Chaperone" of CBS's The Lucy Show.
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Hanley Stafford guest starred on the CBS sitcoms The Brothers, The Betty Hutton Show, and Angel, in which he portrayed Mr Corwin in the 1961 episode "The Second Marriage".
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Hanley Stafford was cast in 1957 as Colonel Farnsworth in "The Regina Wainwright Story" of CBS's The Millionaire.
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Hanley Stafford reported his 1939 income to census takers as a minimum $5,000, the equivalent of $113,000 in 2024 dollars.
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Hanley Stafford was married to radio actress and singer Veola Vonn on April 12,1940 after his second wife Bernice failed to get a divorce decree, granted the previous April, set aside.
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Hanley Stafford died of a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles on September 9,1968.
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Hanley Stafford had one son by his marriage to his first wife, Doris.