Stanford Jolley

I. Stanford Jolley
I. Stanford Jolley in The Violent Years (1956)
Born	Isaac Stanford Jolley, Sr. (1900-10-24)October 24, 1900 Morristown, Morris County New Jersey, U.S.
Died	December 7, 1978(1978-12-07) (aged 78) Woodland Hills Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
Other names	Isaac Stanford Jolley
Years active	1935-1976
Spouse(s)	Emily Mae Jolley
Children	Isaac Stanford "Stan" Jolley, Jr. Sandra Jolley Tucker Carson

Isaac Stanford Jolley, Sr., known as I. 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.

Born in Morristown, New Jersey, Jolley toured as a child with his father's traveling circus and worked in vaudeville. He first performed on Broadway in 1924 opposite Charles Trowbridge in Sweet Seventeen. He also worked in radio until he performed his first uncredited part in the 1935 Bette Davis film, Front Page Woman. He appeared in twenty-five films for Republic Pictures between 1936 and 1954, but he was never under contract to the studio. According to his wife, he never earned more than $100 on any of his multiple film appearances.

In 1939, he played an uncredited part as a hotel clerk in Mr. Wong in Chinatown. Appearing in scores of films, mostly westerns, Jolley was cast in 1940 as Molotoff in Chasing Trouble, with other performers in the comedy/espionage film including western actors Milburn Stone and Tristram Coffin. In 1942, he was cast as Gil Harkness in the western Outlaws of Boulder Pass. In 1944, he was cast as Saladin in the swashbuckling "western" film set in the Middle East, The Desert Hawk, and as Bart Kern in the Tex Ritter film, Gangsters of the Frontier. In 1945, Jolley was cast as Marshal Mullins in Springtime in Texas, a 55-minute film about a crime boss, Pete Grant, played by Rex Lease, who controls the West Texas town of Pecos.