Editing Henry Wilcoxon

{{Short description|British-American actor (1905-1984)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Henry Wilcoxon
| image              = Henry Wilcoxon in The Miniver Story.JPG
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| caption            = Wilcoxon in ''[[The Miniver Story]]'' (1950)
| birth_name         = Harry Frederick Wilcoxon
| other_names        = Harry Wilcoxon
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|df=y|1905|09|08}}
| birth_place        = [[Roseau]], [[Dominica]], British West Indies
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|df=y|1984|03|06|1905|09|08}}
| death_place        = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| resting_place      = 
| years_active       = 1926–1983
| occupation         = Actor
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Sheila Garrett |1936|1937|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Joan Woodbury]] |1938|1969|end=divorced}}
}}
| children           = 3
}}

'''Henry Wilcoxon''' (born '''Harry Frederick Wilcoxon'''; 8 September 1905 – 6 March 1984) was a British-American<ref>{{Cite web |title=Henry Wilcoxon |url=https://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/henry-wilcoxon/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=latimes.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Whizzbang13" /> actor and film producer, born in the [[British West Indies]]. He was known as an actor in many of director [[Cecil B. DeMille]]'s films, also serving as DeMille's associate producer on his later films.

==Early life==
Wilcoxon was born on 8 September 1905 in [[Roseau]], [[Dominica]] (then administered as part of the [[British West Indies]]). His father was English-born Robert Stanley 'Tan' Wilcoxon, manager of the [[Republic Bank|Colonial Bank]] in Jamaica<ref name="DeMercado">[http://www.demercado.com/ansell.htm ''The deMercado Family Website'' "Monthly Comments: Jamaica" Vol. 6 – 'Memories and Reflections,' by Ansell Hart] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724033555/http://www.demercado.com/ansell.htm |date=24 July 2008 }}. Retrieved 7 August 2008</ref> and his mother, Lurline Mignonette Nunes, was a Jamaican amateur theatre actress, descendant of a wealthy Spanish merchant family.<ref name="DeMercado"/><ref name="Whizzbang13">[[Don Daynard|Daynard, Don]] ''Henry Wilcoxon'' in Peter Harris (ed.) ''The New [[Captain George's Whizzbang]]'' No. 13 (1971), pp. 2–7</ref><ref>[http://boards.ancestry.com.au/localities.caribbean.general/657/mb.ashx "BMD records"]. Retrieved 7 August 2008</ref>

Henry was close with his older brother, Robert Owen Wilcoxon, known as 'Owen'. Henry (known then by his born name, Harry) had a difficult childhood. His mother "disappeared suddenly and mysteriously" (presumably she died) when he was about a year old, and his father took him and Owen (aged four) to England with the intention that his own mother, Ann Wilcoxon, would care for them. But because the grandmother was too frail to care for the children, they were first sent to a bad [[foster home]], where they became ill from malnutrition and neglect until this was discovered by the authorities, and they were moved to an [[orphanage]]. Harry suffered from [[rickets]], and Owen developed a [[stutter]] and had [[epilepsy|epileptic]] fits.<ref>''Lionheart in Hollywood'', Prologue p.xv: "Tan advertised for a foster home and the brothers were sent to the first family that responded. There Harry and Owen were locked in an attic room and fed leftovers while the money and clothing that came with them went to the family's own children. Harry and Owen were kept in appalling conditions, both afflicted with lice, Harry crippled with rickets and Owen developed a lifelong stutter and epileptic fits.</ref> They were rescued from the orphanage to a new foster home run by the more caring Stewart family, at Springfield House in Acton, London.<ref>''Lionheart in Hollywood'', Prologue p.xvi: "Even when the abuse was discovered, neither father nor grandmother wanted to take them back; instead the boys were sent to an orphanage and might have remained there if a good foster home not heard of their plight and considered taking them in. The Stewart family (consisting mainly of maiden sisters), with a large house in Acton, accepted the abandoned children. The youngest, Ruth, took special care of Owen. Harry had atrocious behaviour but was taken in hand by an elder sister Sara.  The boys had to call each sister "Auntie", were taught table manners, sent to Sunday school, tutored in school work and Harry's legs fitted with braces.</ref><ref>The 1911 census shows Harry and Owen Wilcoxon with the Stewart family at Springfield House, Horn Lane, Acton. They are Charlotte Stewart (age 80) and single daughters Harriet (49), Caroline (48), Sara (39), Kathleen (37) and Ruth (34). Also a son John (41) with his wife Florence (33). The house had 18 rooms.</ref> After several years Harry's father 'Tan', with his new wife Rosamond took the children home with them to [[Bridgetown]], Barbados, where they were educated. Harry was sent to [[Wolmer's Schools|Wolmer's Boys School]] in [[Kingston, Jamaica]] and [[Harrison College (Barbados)|Harrison College]], Barbados. Harry later claimed that at 14 he was 'almost' the underwater swimming champion of Barbados<ref>''Lionheart in Hollywood'', p.29, p.86. Twice in the biography Henry is quoted as saying he was ''almost'' the underwater swimming champion of Barbados.</ref> and good enough to become a [[Wreck diving|salvage diver]].<ref name="Whizzbang13"/>

Harry and his brother Owen were known as 'Biff' and 'Bang' to friends and family due to fighting skills gained in amateur boxing.

==Acting==
After completing his education, Wilcoxon was employed by Joseph Rank, the father of [[J. Arthur Rank]], before working for [[Bond Street]] tailors Pope and Bradshaw.<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> While working for the tailors, Wilcoxon applied for a [[Visa (document)|visa]] to work as a [[chauffeur]] in the United States, but upon seeing his application refused, turned to boxing, and then to acting.<ref name="Whizzbang13"/>

===Stage===
Harry Wilcoxon's first stage performance was as a supporting actor in an adaptation of the novel ''The 100th Chance'', by Ethel M. Dell, in November 1927 at Blackpool,<ref>''The Stage'', 3 November 1927</ref> before he joined the [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]] the next year and toured "for several years" playing "all roles that came his way."<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> Among these roles, he found critical success playing [[Captain Cook]] in a production of [[Rudolph Besier]]'s ''[[The Barretts of Wimpole Street]]'' at the London [[Sondheim Theatre|Queen's Theatre]] alongside [[Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies]], [[Scott Sunderland (actor)|Scott Sunderland]] and [[Cedric Hardwicke]].<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> In June 1932, at the Queen's Theatre, he played Donald Gage alongside [[Edith Evans]] as Irela in Sir [[Barry Jackson (director)|Barry Jackson]]'s production of [[Beverley Nichols]]' novel ''[[Evensong (novel)|Evensong]]''.<ref>''The Stage'', 30 June 1932</ref>

===Early screen work===
[[Image:Cleopatra 1934 film screenshot1.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Wilcoxon and [[Claudette Colbert]] in ''[[Cleopatra (1934 film)|Cleopatra]]'' (1934)]]
In 1931, Wilcoxon made his screen debut as "Larry Tindale" in ''[[The Perfect Lady]]'', followed by a role opposite [[Heather Angel (actor)|Heather Angel]] in ''[[Self Made Lady]]'', alongside [[Louis Hayward]] and others.<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> In 1932, he appeared in a remake of the 1929 film ''[[The Flying Squad (1932 film)|The Flying Squad]]'' (based on the novel by [[Edgar Wallace]]), reprising the role originated by future-[[Alfred Hitchcock|Hitchcock]] regular [[John Longden]].<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> Altogether he made eight films in [[UK|Britain]] prior to 1934.

Also in 1933, "while acting on stage in ''Eight Bells'', a [[talent scout]] for [[Paramount Pictures]] reportedly arranged a [[screentest|screen test]] which came to the attention of producer-director [[Cecil B. DeMille]] in Hollywood."<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> DeMille recalls in his autobiography:

{{blockquote|One of my longest and closest professional and personal associations began because I was impatient about waiting my turn for the use of a projection room at the studio, while I was casting ''[[Cleopatra (1934 film)|Cleopatra]]''. I had already engaged [[Claudette Colbert]] for the title role, but had not yet found a satisfactory [[Mark Antony]] to play opposite her.

However, I did have some film footage of horses that I wanted to see, for possible use in the picture. I took it to the projection room, but found the room in use... While waiting in the booth, I heard, come from the soundtrack of the test film [being shown], a resonant, manly voice, with only a pleasant trace of an English accent... I asked who the young actor was.

'Oh,' I was told, 'he's a young Englishman that Paramount signed from the London stage. Name of Harry Wilcoxon, but the executives don't think Harry is dignified enough, so we're changing his name to Henry Wilcoxon.'

'Harry or Henry,' I said, 'he is Marc Antony.' "<ref>Cecil B. DeMille quoted by [[Don Daynard|Daynard, Don]] ''Henry Wilcoxon'' in Peter Harris (ed.) ''The New [[Captain George's Whizzbang]]'' No. 13 (1971), pp. 2–7</ref>}}

So he was renamed by DeMille for the role of Marc Antony in ''Cleopatra'', and from then on he was '''Henry Wilcoxon'''.

Wilcoxon was next given the lead role of [[Richard I of England|Richard the Lionheart]] in DeMille's big-budget film ''[[The Crusades (1935 film)|The Crusades]]'' (1935) opposite [[Loretta Young]]. That film, however, was a financial failure, "losing more than $700,000".<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> After the lack of success of ''The Crusades'', Wilcoxon's career stalled; although he featured—and starred—in a number of films, most were "minor [[B-movie|B's]] like ''[[The President's Mystery]]'' and ''[[Prison Nurse]]'' for [[Republic Pictures|Republic [Pictures]]]."<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> Wilcoxon himself deemed his worst acting job to be in ''[[Mysterious Mr. Moto]]'' (1938), in which year he played in ''[[If I Were King]]'' and featured in ''[[Five of a Kind]]'' with the [[Dionne quintuplets]].<ref name="Whizzbang13"/>

==The war years==
In 1941, Wilcoxon appeared as [[Captain Hardy]], alongside [[Laurence Olivier]] and [[Vivien Leigh]], in [[Alexander Korda]]'s ''[[That Hamilton Woman|Lady Hamilton]]'', during the filming of which:

<blockquote>a wad of flame fell from a torch directly on Olivier's head, setting his wig afire. Wilcoxon, standing right beside him, tried to extinguish the blaze but was unsuccessful. Finally he had to wrench the wig from Olivier's head, but both of his hands were badly burned while Olivier's eyebrows were scorched."<ref name="Whizzbang13"/></blockquote>

When the U.S. entered [[World War II]] in December 1941, Wilcoxon enlisted in the [[United States Coast Guard]], supposedly "leaving his home twenty minutes after the announcement that the U.S. had declared war and proceeding to enlist then and there."<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> He served with the Coast Guard until 1946, gaining the rank of lieutenant commander.<ref name="Whizzbang13"/>

During his period of service, three films in which he appeared were released in 1942, among them ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]'',<ref>His role in "Mrs. Miniver" must have had special meaning to Henry because his only brother, [[Sub-Lieutenant]] Robert Owen Wilcoxon of the [[Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve]], had been killed by a German bomb when assisting in the [[Dunkirk evacuation]] on 29 May 1940.</ref> which received considerable public acclaim, as well as six [[Academy Award]]s.<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> Wilcoxon, in his role as the [[vicar]], "wrote and re-wrote" the key sermon with director [[William Wyler]] "the night before the sequence was to be shot."<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> The speech "made such an impact that it was used in essence by [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|President Roosevelt]] as a morale builder and part of it was the basis for leaflets printed in various languages and dropped over enemy and occupied territory."<ref name="Whizzbang13"/>

Upon his return from war service, Wilcoxon "picked up his relationship with Cecil B. DeMille" with ''[[Unconquered (1947 film)|Unconquered]]'', and after starring as [[Sir Lancelot]] in the [[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949 film)|1949 musical version]] of [[Mark Twain]]'s ''[[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]'' (with [[Bing Crosby]] in the title role), he featured (with "fifth starring billing") in DeMille's ''[[Samson and Delilah (1949 film)|Samson and Delilah]]'' (1949).<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> To help pre-sell the film, "DeMille arranged for Wilcoxon to tour the country giving a series of lectures on the film and its research in 41 key cities in the United States and Canada."<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> However, "after the fourteenth city," Wilcoxon collapsed "from a mild bout of [[pneumonia]]," (actually [[tuberculosis]]), and the tour was continued by "press-agent [[Richard Condon]] and [[Ringling Brothers]] [[public relations]] man Frank Braden" (who also collapsed, in [[Minneapolis]]).<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> Condon finished touring by the time of the film's release in October 1949.<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> Wilcoxon, meanwhile, had returned to England under contract to feature in ''[[The Miniver Story]]'' (1950), a sequel to the multi-Oscar-winning ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]'' (1942) in which he reprised his role as the vicar.

==Later life as producer and TV actor==
In the late 1940s, "several young actors and actresses came to Wilcoxon and wife [[Joan Woodbury]] and asked them to form a play-reading group", which began to take shape as the 'Wilcoxon Players' in 1951, when the two "transformed their living room into a stage."<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> 'Guest star' performers sometimes appeared in the plays produced by the group, among them [[Larry Parks]] and [[Corinne Calvet]], and soon the "Wilcoxon Group Players Annual Nativity Play" was being performed "at the Miles Playhouse in [[Santa Monica]]."<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> The group was recognised by the [[American Cancer Society]] in 1956 with a Citation of Merit, awarded for donations received by attendees of the groups Easter productions.<ref name="Whizzbang13"/>

Wilcoxon played a "small but important part" in DeMille's 1952 production ''[[The Greatest Show on Earth (film)|The Greatest Show on Earth]]'', on which film he also served as associate producer, helping steer the film towards its [[Academy Award for Best Picture]], 1952.<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> He also acted as associate producer on, and acted (as Pentaur, the pharaoh's captain of the guards) in DeMille's remake of his own ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' (1956). Wilcoxon was sole producer on the 1958 film ''[[The Buccaneer (1958 film)|The Buccaneer]]'', a remake of DeMille's [[The Buccaneer (1938 film)|1938 effort]], which DeMille only "supervised" (due to his declining health) while [[Anthony Quinn]] directed.<ref name="Whizzbang13"/>

After DeMille died, Wilcoxon did "considerable work... in pre-production" on "a film based on the life of [[Lord Baden-Powell]], founder of the [[Boy Scout]] movement," which DeMille had left unrealised, and was also ultimately abandoned.<ref name="Whizzbang13"/>

After a relatively inactive period "for the next three or four years," Wilcoxon had a "chance meeting with actor [[Charlton Heston]] and director [[Franklin Schaffner]] at [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]]," a meeting which saw him appear in ''[[The War Lord]]'' (1965), for which he again "went on tour... visiting 21 cities to publicize the picture."<ref name="Whizzbang13"/>

He was credited as co-producer on a "90-minute tribute to Cecil B. DeMille televised by [[NBC]]" entitled ''The World's Greatest Showman: The Legend of Cecil B. DeMille'' (1963), whose production was hampered by the absence of "some of DeMille's best-remembered films of the 30s and 40s" when rights-holder [[MCA Inc.|MCA]] refused their use.<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> At the opening of the DeMille Theatre in New York, he produced a "two-reel short," that in the estimation of critic [[Don Miller (critic)|Don Miller]] "was much better than this 90-minute tribute."<ref>Don Miller quoted in [[Don Daynard|Daynard, Don]] ''Henry Wilcoxon'' in Peter Harris (ed.) ''The New [[Captain George's Whizzbang]]'' No. 13 (1971), pp. 2–7</ref>

In the last two decades of his life, Wilcoxon worked sporadically and accepted minor acting roles in a number of television and film productions. He guest-starred in shows including ''[[Daniel Boone (1964 TV series)|Daniel Boone]]'', ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'', ''[[I Spy (1965 TV series)|I Spy]]'', ''[[It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series)|It Takes a Thief]]'', ''[[The Wild Wild West]]'', ''[[Gunsmoke]]'', ''[[Cimarron Strip]]'', ''[[Cagney & Lacey]]'', ''[[The Big Valley]]'', ''[[Private Benjamin (TV series)|Private Benjamin]]'' and ''[[Marcus Welby, M. D.]]'', as well as in a smaller number of films. Wilcoxon is probably best known today for his small but memorable role as the golf-obsessed Bishop Pickering in the classic 1980 comedy ''[[Caddyshack]]''.<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> In one scene, he plays golf in the driving rain with groundskeeper Carl, played by actor [[Bill Murray]]. It took hours to film the scene, with both actors standing under artificial rain towers and wind machines. In an interview from 2010, Murray called Wilcoxon “a great pro” who “nailed everything he did.” Wilcoxon also told Murray that the book, ''The Art of Dramatic Writing'' was an influence in his career.<ref>''Caddyshack: The making of a Hollywood Cinderella story'', Flatiron Books, 2018, page 187.</ref>

==Personal life==
Through loans from the assets he acquired from his early acting career, Wilcoxon assisted his brother Owen in establishing himself in 1931 as a partner in the Vale Motor Company in London. For a short time, Henry showed a personal interest in the development of their sports car, the [[Vale Special]]. At that time his female companion was a London-based American stage actress [[Carol Goodner]].<ref>David Cox, ''Ave Atque Vale'', pp.13, 26</ref>

English-born actress [[Heather Angel (actress)|Heather Angel]], whom he had previously acted with in ''[[Self Made Lady]]'' (1932) when they were both in England, had come to Hollywood a few months before Wilcoxon and met him again in 1934.<ref>''Lionheart in Hollywood'', p.6</ref> They became lifetime friends.<ref>Statements made on certain movie websites that Heather Angel and Henry Wilcoxon were married are spurious. No such marriage is mentioned in Henry's autobiography ''Lionheart in Hollywood''.</ref> She taught him horse-riding, and acted in two more films with him: ''[[The Last of the Mohicans (1936 film)|The Last of the Mohicans]]'' (1936) and ''[[That Hamilton Woman|Lady Hamilton]]'' (1941). Heather Angel and her husband [[Ralph Forbes]] were both present at Wilcoxon's wedding to Sheila Garrett.

Wilcoxon married a 19-year-old actress [[Sheila Browning|Sheila Garrett]] on 28 June 1936, but they divorced a year later. When they had first met, two years before they were married, she was introduced by her sister [[Lynn Browning]] as "Bonnie", but when they got to know each other better he preferred the name Sheila Garrett.<ref>''Lionheart in Hollywood'', pp.69&ndash;70</ref>

On 17 December 1938, he married 23 year old actress [[Joan Woodbury]].<ref>''Lionheart in Hollywood'', p.114</ref> They had three daughters: Wendy Joan Robert Wilcoxon (1939–2020),<ref>On 21 June 1940, at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Hollywood, Henry and Joan Wilcoxon's daughter, first named Wendy Joan Wilcoxon was christened Wendy Joan Robert Wilcoxon in memory of his brother Robert Owen Wilcoxon who had been killed at the Dunkirk Evacuation three weeks earlier</ref> Heather Ann Wilcoxon (1947) and Cecilia Dawn "CiCi" Wilcoxon (1950).<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> His second daughter was named after Heather Angel.<ref>''Lionheart in Hollywood'', p.160</ref> His youngest daughter was named after Cecil B. DeMille: DeMille said he wanted the child to be called Cecil if it was a boy, but when it turned out to be a girl, DeMille was still insistent, saying "I think Cecilia is a beautiful name! My daughter is named Cecilia."<ref>''Lionheart in Hollywood'', pp.196&ndash;197</ref>  They divorced in 1969.<ref>''Lionheart in Hollywood'', p.351</ref>
 
Wilcoxon was an amateur painter and photographer, whose work was exhibited on at least one occasion in London.<ref name="Whizzbang13"/> He was also "an avid [[antique]] collector and accomplished flier."<ref name="Whizzbang13"/>

At his home in [[Burbank, California|Burbank]] in the summer of 1975 Wilcoxon first met his niece Valerie (1933–2017), the English daughter of his brother Owen<ref>Sub-Lieut. Robert Owen Wilcoxon of the [[Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve]], only brother of Henry Wilcoxon, assisted in the Dunkirk evacuation on 29 May 1940; but, having helped to get hundreds of Allied troops off the beach to safety in his assault landing craft, he was fatally injured when, after returning to the sloop HMS Bideford to arrange a tow back to Dover, the ship had its stern blown off by a bomb dropped from a dive-bombing German aircraft. This must have been on Wilcoxon's mind during the making of the film [[Mrs. Miniver]]. This event is reported in the book ''The Evacuation from Dunkirk, 'Operation Dynamo', 26 May–4 June 1940'' ed. W. J. R. Gardner, pub. Frank Cass, London, 2000 {{ISBN|0-7146-5120-6}}</ref> with Dorothy Drew (sister of architect [[Jane Drew]]). Up until then he did not know that his brother, killed in 1940 during the [[Dunkirk evacuation]], had any children.

== Death ==
Wilcoxon died on March 6, 1984 in Los Angeles, at the age of 78, after suffering from [[cancer]] for a number of years.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ap |date=1984-03-08 |title=Henry Wilcoxon Dead at 78; Screen Actor and Producer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/08/obituaries/henry-wilcoxon-dead-at-78-screen-actor-and-producer.html |access-date=2024-04-01 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

== Recognition ==
Wilcoxon has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at [[List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame#W|6256 Hollywood Blvd.]] west of Argyle St., in front of the W Hollywood Hotel & Residences and the [[B Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Metro B Line]] [[Hollywood/Vine station]], and across from the [[Pantages Theater (Hollywood)|Pantages Theater]].

==Partial filmography==
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Made in UK:
* ''[[The Perfect Lady]]'' (1931) as Larry Tindale
* ''[[Self Made Lady]]'' (1932) as Bert Taverner
* ''[[The Flying Squad (1932 film)|The Flying Squad]]'' (1932) as Inspector Bradley
* ''[[Taxi to Paradise]]'' (1933) as Stephen Randall
* ''[[Lord of the Manor (film)|Lord of the Manor]]'' (1933) as Jim Bridge
* ''[[Princess Charming (film)|Princess Charming]]'' (1934) as Capt. André Launa
* ''[[A Woman Alone (1936 film)|A Woman Alone]]'' (1936) (released in USA as ''Two Who Dared'') as Capt. Nicolai Ilyinski
* ''[[Jericho (1937 film)|Jericho]]'' (1937) as Capt. Mack
Made in USA:
* ''[[Cleopatra (1934 film)|Cleopatra]]'' (1934) as [[Marc Antony]]
* ''[[The Crusades (1935 film)|The Crusades]]'' (1935) as [[King Richard the Lionheart]]
* ''[[The Last of the Mohicans (1936 film)|The Last of the Mohicans]]'' (1936) as Major Heyward
* ''[[The President's Mystery]]'' (1936) (released in UK as  ''One for All'') as James Blake
* ''[[Souls at Sea]]'' (1937) as Lieutenant Stanley Tarryton
* ''[[Jericho (1937 film)|Jericho]]'' (1937) (also titled ''Dark Sands'') as Capt. Mack
* ''[[Prison Nurse]]'' (1938) as Dale
* ''[[Keep Smiling (1938 film)|Keep Smiling]]'' (1938) as Jonathan Rand
* ''[[Mysterious Mr. Moto]]'' (1938) as Anton Darvak
* ''[[If I Were King]]'' (1938) as Captain of the Watch
* ''[[Five of a Kind]]'' (1938) as Dr. Scott Williams
* ''[[Woman Doctor]]'' (1939) as Allan Graeme
* ''[[The Arizona Wildcat]]'' (1939) as Richard Baldwin
* ''[[Chasing Danger]]'' (1939) as Captain Andre Duvac
* ''[[Tarzan Finds a Son!]]'' (1939) as Mr. Sande
* ''[[Free, Blonde and 21]]'' (1940) as Dr. Hugh Mayberry
* ''[[The Crooked Road]]'' (1940) as Bob Trent 
* ''[[Earthbound (1940 film)|Earthbound]]'' (1940) as Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds
* ''[[Mystery Sea Raider]]'' (1940) as Captain Jimmy Madden
* ''[[The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance]]'' (1941) as Frank Jordan
* ''[[That Hamilton Woman]]'' (aka ''Lady Hamilton'') (1941) as Captain Hardy
* ''[[Scotland Yard (1941 film)|Scotland Yard]]'' (1941) as Dakin Barrolles
* ''[[South of Tahiti]]'' (1941) as Captain Larkin
* ''[[The Corsican Brothers (1941 film)|The Corsican Brothers]]'' (1941) as Count Victor Franchi
* ''[[The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942 film)|The Man Who Wouldn't Die]]'' (1942) as Dr. Haggard
* ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]'' (1942) as Vicar
* ''[[Johnny Doughboy]]'' (1942) as Oliver Lawrence
* ''[[Dragnet (1947 film)|Dragnet]]'' (1947) as Inspector Geoffrey James
* ''[[Unconquered (1947 film)|Unconquered]]'' (1947) as Capt. Steele
* ''[[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949 film)|A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]'' (1949) as [[Sir Lancelot]]
* ''[[Samson and Delilah (1949 film)|Samson and Delilah]]'' (1949) (also associate producer) as Ahtur
* ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' (1950) as Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)
* ''[[The Miniver Story]]'' (1950) as Vicar
* ''[[The Greatest Show on Earth (film)|The Greatest Show on Earth]]'' (1952) (also associate producer) as FBI Agent Gregory
* ''[[Scaramouche (1952 film)|Scaramouche]]'' (1952) as Chevalier de Chabrillaine
* ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' (1956) (also associate producer) as Pentaur
* ''[[The Buccaneer (1958 film)|The Buccaneer]]'' (1958) (producer only)
* ''[[The War Lord]]'' (1965) as Frisian Prince
* ''[[The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell]]'' (1968) as Rear Admiral Arthur L. Stokes
* ''[[Man in the Wilderness]]'' (1971) as Indian Chief
* ''[[Doomsday Machine (film)|Doomsday Machine]]'' (1972) as Dr. Christopher Perry
* ''[[Against a Crooked Sky]]'' (1975) as Cut Tongue / Narrator
* ''[[Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood]]'' (1976) as Silent Film Director
* ''[[Pony Express Rider]]'' (1976) as Trevor Kingman
* ''[[When Every Day Was the Fourth of July]]'' (1978) as Judge Henry J. Wheeler
* ''[[F.I.S.T. (film)|F. I. S. T.]]'' (1978) as Win Talbot
* ''[[The Man with Bogart's Face]]'' (1978) as Mr. Chevalier
* ''[[Caddyshack]]'' (1980) as Bishop Fred Pickering
* ''[[Sweet Sixteen (1983 film)|Sweet Sixteen]]'' (1983) as Greyfeather (final film role)
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==References and notes==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last=Cox |first=David |title=Ave Atque Vale – the story of the Vale Special |year=2006 |publisher=Martin Publications |location=Berkshire |isbn=0-9553010-0-9}}
* {{cite book |editor-last=Gardner |editor-first=W. J. R.  |title=The Evacuation from Dunkirk: 'Operation Dynamo' 26 May – 4 June 1940 |year = 2000 |publisher=Frank Cass |location=London |isbn = 0-7146-5120-6}}
* {{cite book |last=Harris |first=Peter (ed.) |last2=Daynard |first2=Don |title="Henry Wilcoxon" in The New Captain George's Whizzbang No. 13 (Vol.3 No.1) |publisher=Vast Whizzbang Organization |location=Toronto |year=1971 }}
* {{cite book |last=Wilcoxon |first=Henry |last2=Orrison |first2=Katherine |title=Lionheart in Hollywood: the autobiography of Henry Wilcoxon |publisher=The Scarecrow Press, Inc. |location=Metuchen, NJ and London |year=1991 |isbn = 0-8108-2476-0 }}

==External links==
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* [https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/08/obituaries/henry-wilcoxon-dead-at-78-screen-actor-and-producer.html Henry Wilcoxon obituary in the New York Times] 
* [https://www.scribd.com/doc/9235614/Robert-Owen-Wilcoxon-An-account-of-the-last-days-at-Dunkirk-and-the-story-of-the-heroic-men-and-the-little-ships Robert Owen Wilcoxon at Dunkirk] –  an account of the last day of his life, 29 May 1940, by John Morrison
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