William Stack

(1882-1949)

William Stack was born in the United States, but he began his acting career in London at the Court Theatre in 1908. Between 1914 and 1916, he played with the Old Vic Company, and in 1920, he joined the Ben Greet Company where he played Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice. In 1922, he performed with the New Shakespeare Company in Stratford-on-Avon; he had parts in Twelfth Night, Cymbeline, Othello, Hamlet, and Julius Caesar.

The Internet Movie Database lists sixty-three films he appeared in between 1918 and 1945; he moved back and forth between England and the US for his films, but his stage performances were usually in England.