William Sidney Stanton (September 18, 1885 – December 18, 1969) was an English-born American character actor, whose career spanned the first 25 years of the sound films.

[1] Stanton made his debut in a feature film with a small role in Raoul Walsh's 1928 silent film Sadie Thompson, starring Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore, and Walsh.

[2] Notable films in which he appeared include: the 1933 version of Alice in Wonderland, and its cast included Cary Grant, W.C. Fields, Gary Cooper and Edward Everett Horton;[3] the classic Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable;[4] the 1936 film adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's novel Last of the Mohicans;[5] The Prince and the Pauper (1937), starring Errol Flynn;[6] Howard Hawks' 1941 Sergeant York, with Gary Cooper;[7] and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), directed by Joseph L.

[8] His final screen appearance was as a cab driver in the romantic comedy Adam's Rib.

Stanton died on December 18, 1969, in Los Angeles, and he was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.