Stanley O'Toole

Stanley O'Toole
Stanley O'Toole speaking at a Warner Bros.-Village Roadshow conference in 1990
Born	Stanley O'Toole (1939-01-16)16 January 1939
Died	12 June 2004(2004-06-12) (aged 65)
Occupation	Film producer, studio executive
Years active	1959–1992

Stanley O'Toole (1939–2004) was a British film producer. His best known productions include: The Boys from Brazil, Enemy Mine, Quigley Down Under, and Outland. O'Toole has produced works for the top studios in the world including, Columbia, Paramount, Warner Bros., MGM, Universal, and 20th Century Fox.

Stanley O'Toole entered the film industry, accidentally, in 1959, as a payroll clerk for the Rank Organisation. He had travelled to Pinewood Studios with a friend who was applying for a job He climbed the studio wall and saw a job advertised in the Rank Payroll Department.

Stanley was installed as chief cost accountant for Paramount Pictures Europe division in 1966. In 1967, he was promoted to Head of Production for Paramount Pictures in Europe. He oversaw European production of various films including Downhill Racer and The Italian Job. During his tenure at Paramount, he reported to Charles Bludhorn, and worked closely with Robert Evans.

In 1970, Stanley started a film production company with two friends – Gareth Wigan and David Hemmings. Based in London, it was called "Wigan Hemmings O'Toole". Films produced include Unman, Wittering and Zigo and Running Scared.

The 1970s was Stanley's most prolific period of film making. 1973 saw the release of The Last of Sheila on which Stanley was executive producer for Warner Bros. It had an ensemble cast featuring James Coburn, Raquel Welch, Ian McShane and James Mason, among others. It was directed by Herbert Ross, who Stanley worked with on two other projects, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution and Nijinsky.