Will Stanton (actor) mostly in small and supporting roles. Notable films in which he appeared include: the 1933 version of Alice in Wonderland, whose ensemble cast included Cary Grant, W.C. Fields, Gary Cooper and Edward Everett Horton; the classic "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935), starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable; the 1936 film adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's classic, "Last of the Mohicans", directed by George B. Seitz, and starring Randolph Scott; "The Prince and the Pauper" (1937), starring Errol Flynn and Claude Rains; Howard Hawks' 1941 classic, "Sergeant York", with Gary Cooper; and "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" (1947), directed by Joseph
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film) concerning his weight and unattractive looks, suffered horribly in comparing himself to the handsome, masculine Clark Gable. Laughton would constantly watch his own walk, gestures, and face, making sure not to let his complex be projected. A British merchant navy officer recalled in his memoirs seeing the fore and aft-rigged schooner "Commodore II" being broken up in Cape Town in 1945, having suffered severe gale damage, and that this was the ship that had been re-rigged for the film. Contemporary reviews were enthusiastic. Andre Sennwald of "The New York Times" wrote, "Grim, brutal, sturdily romantic, made out of horror and