10 Facts About Stanley Lupino

Stanley Richard Lupino Hook, known professionally as Stanley Lupino, was an English actor, dancer, singer, librettist, director and short story writer.

Stanley Lupino was a member of the celebrated theatrical Stanley Lupino family.

Stanley Lupino was the brother of actor Barry Lupino and the father of Ida Lupino.

Stanley Lupino made his first stage appearance at the age of 6 as a monkey in King Klondyke.

Stanley Lupino first became known as a music hall performer and played in pantomimes at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Stanley Lupino appeared with Elsie Janis in Hello, America and wrote the words for Hold My Hand.

Stanley Lupino wrote and performed in several shows, including Phi-Phi and From Dover Street to Dixie at the London Pavilion.

Stanley Lupino wrote and starred in So this is Love at Drury Lane and The Love Race.

Stanley Lupino wrote a short novel Crazy Days which was published by Herbert Jenkins Ltd in 1932 and his autobiography From the Stocks to the Stars: An Unconventional Autobiography which was published in 1934.

On 16 February 2016 a commemorative blue plaque was erected to Stanley Lupino and his daughter Ida Lupino by the theatre charity The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America at the house where Ida was born in Herne Hill.