Stanley Bennett Clay (born March 18, 1950) is an American actor, writer, playwright, stage and film director, and producer based in Manhattan, New York.
[1] Though a lifelong actor, Stanley Bennett Clay has stated he prefers directing and producing: "I've always been the one in charge.
At 12, I produced my first show: wrote it, composed the music, directed it, sold tickets, controlled the concessions—lemonade and cookies—and starred in it in my parents' living room.
"[2] Stanley received three NAACP Theater Awards for co-producing, writing, and directing the play Ritual, which he also adapted for film.
Stanley agreed and, along with James Earl Hardy, penned Visible Lives: Three Stories In Tribute To E. Lynn Harris.