I. Stanford Jolley
Isaac Stanford Jolley (October 24, 1900 – December 7, 1978) was an American character actor of film and television, primarily in western roles as cowboys, law-enforcement officers, or villains. Recognized by his slight build, narrow face, and pencil-thin moustache, Jolley appeared some five hundred times on the large or small screen.
Isaac Stanford Jolley was born in a circus trailer in Elizabeth, New Jersey, while the circus owned by his father had a three-day stop there.[2] Jolley toured as a child with his father's traveling circus and worked in vaudeville. He was a student of the Edward Clark Academy Theater.
Television roles
From 1950 to 1953, Jolley first appeared on television with six castings in different role in the series, The Lone Ranger with Clayton Moore. He appeared twice in 1953 in the syndicated western series, The Range Rider. He made two appearances as Parker in Tales of the Texas Rangers, with series stars Willard Parker and Harry Lauter. Jolley guest starred as the henchman Walt, along with Clayton Moore and Darryl Hickman in the 1954 episode "Annie Gets Her Man" of the syndicated Western, Annie Oakley. He appeared as Sheriff Bascom in the 1954 episode "Black Bart" of Stories of the Century.
Jolley soon appeared multiple times on a wide range of other western series, including, The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (three times), The Cisco Kid (ten), Tales of the Texas Rangers (twice), Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (twice), The Roy Rogers Show (three), The Gene Autry Show (four), Sky King (four), Death Valley Days (five), 26 Men (five appearances, again with Tristram Coffin, the series star), Wanted Dead or Alive (two), Bronco (twice), Tales of Wells Fargo (twice), The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (six), Maverick (six), Lawman (six), Cheyenne (seven), Rawhide (five), Wagon Train (ten), The Virginian (two), Daniel Boone (two), Laredo (two), The Big Valley (three), Bonanza (eight), and Gunsmoke (nine).
In 1960, he guest starred as the Indian named Singing Arrow in the series finale, "The Search," of the syndicated western, Pony Express, with Grant Sullivan. In 1962, he was cast as The Stranger in the episode "Quarantine" of the NBC western series, The Tall Man, starring Barry Sullivan, and Clu Gulager.
In 1965, Jolley appeared as Enos Scoggins in "The Greatest Coward on Earth" of the Chuck Connors series, Branded. He had also appeared with Connors on ABC's The Rifleman in one of the last episodes of the series in 1963 in the role of Joe Fogner in "Hostages to Fortune" (1963). He appeared four times in 1956 in archival footage on the children's western The Gabby Hayes Show.
In 1966, Jolley appeared on the show F Troop as Colonel Ferguson in the episode "Survival of the Fittest". Jolley's last Western roles were in 1976: as (1) a farmer in ABC's The Macahans, the pilot of James Arness's second western series, How the West Was Won, and (2) as a drunkard in the short-lived Tim Matheson and Kurt Russell series The Quest. CLR
Filmography (235 Appearances)
The Macahans
Night of the Lepus
Ghost Story
The Shakiest Gun in the West
The Restless Ones
The Wild Wild West
The Bounty Killer
The Fugitive
The Haunted Palace
Terror At Black Falls
Valley of the Dragons
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
13 Fighting Men
Ice Palace
The Miracle of the Hills
The Rebel Set
Here Come the Jets
Alias Jesse James
Lone Texan
Lawman
Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Long, Hot Summer
Man from God's Country
Gun Battle at Monterey
Maverick
Perry Mason
Gunsight Ridge
The Oklahoman
Outlaw Queen
The Iron Sheriff
The Halliday Brand
The Young Guns
Kentucky Rifle
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
The Proud Ones
Wetbacks
Backlash
The Wild Dakotas
The Violent Years
Wichita
The Tilted Tenderfoot
The Prodigal
Day of Triumph
White Christmas
Two Guns and a Badge
The Forty-Niners
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Man with the Steel Whip
The Desperado
Tumbleweed
Secret of Outlaw Flats
Vigilante Terror
Calamity Jane
City of Bad Men
Topeka
Son of Belle Starr
Rebel City
The Marksman
I Beheld His Glory
The Raiders
Wyoming Roundup
Yukon Gold
Dead Man's Trail
Wagons West
Kansas Territory
Wild Stallion
Rancho Notorious
Man from the Black Hills
Leadville Gunslinger
Rodeo
Waco
Fort Osage
The Gunman
Westward the Women
Texas Lawmen
The Longhorn
Cattle Queen
Lawless Cowboys
Whistling Hills
The Red Badge of Courage
Oklahoma Justice
Bonanza Town
Lost Planet Airmen
Nevada Badmen
Don Daredevil Rides Again
Canyon Raiders
The Living Christ
California Passage
Pirates of the High Seas
The Cisco Kid
Desperadoes of the West
The Return of Jesse James
Trigger, Jr.
Sierra
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Rock Island Trail
Hostile Country
The Baron of Arizona
Woman in Hiding
Sands of Iwo Jima
Mary Ryan, Detective
Bandit King of Texas
Roll, Thunder, Roll!
Haunted Trails
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
Trouble At Melody Mesa
King of the Rocket Men
Desert Vigilante
Son of Billy the Kid
Rimfire
Ghost of Zorro
Gun Law Justice
Whiplash
Gunning for Justice
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
Congo Bill
The Fighting Ranger
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains
Oklahoma Blues
Check Your Guns
Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
The Black Widow
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Faith of Jairus
Land of the Lawless
Wild Country
The People's Choice
Wild West
Silver Range
North of the Border
The Crimson Ghost
Son of the Guardsman
'Neath Canadian Skies
Daughter of Don Q
Two-Fisted Stranger
Terrors on Horseback
Swing, Cowboy, Swing
Ambush Trail
Six Gun Man
Lightning Raiders
Navajo Kid
Prairie Rustlers
Fighting Bill Carson
Flaming Bullets
Jungle Raiders
Frontier Fugitives
Stagecoach Outlaws
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
Gangster's Den
Springtime in Texas
The Scarlet Clue
Trouble Chasers
The Power of the Whistler
Crime, Inc.
The Whispering Skull
Can't Help Singing
Crazy Knights
Cyclone Prairie Rangers
Gangsters of the Frontier
Brand of the Devil
Call of the Jungle
The Desert Hawk
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
Detective Kitty O'Day
Shake Hands with Murder
Oklahoma Raiders
Outlaw Roundup
What a Man!
The Phantom
Journey Into Faith
Man from Music Mountain
The Return of the Rangers
The Underdog
Trail of Terror
Blazing Frontier
Batman
Wolves of the Range
Frontier Law
The Black Raven
Death Rides the Plains
Wild Horse Stampede
Corregidor
Bad Men of Thunder Gap
The Kid Rides Again
The Rangers Take Over
Dawn on the Great Divide
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
Border Roundup
Prairie Pals
Arizona Round-Up
Perils of the Royal Mounted
Boot Hill Bandits
Murder in the Big House
House of Errors
Black Dragons
Road to Happiness
Gentleman from Dixie
Arizona Bound
Desperate Cargo
Criminals Within
Roar of the Press
Sign of the Wolf
Emergency Landing
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
The Trail of the Silver Spurs
Rollin' Home to Texas
Arizona
The Ape
Queen of the Yukon
Son of the Navy
Midnight Limited
Chasing Trouble
The Fatal Hour
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Mutiny in the Big House
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Rough Riders' Round-up
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
Navy Secrets
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Kentucky
A Christmas Carol
Woman Against Woman
Over the Wall
Maid's Night Out
A Bride for Henry
Atlantic Flight
Vogues of 1938
Kid Galahad
A Star Is Born
Swing It Professor
The Bold Caballero
Ghost Town Gold