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| Birth name | Harry Frederick Wilcoxon |
| Born | 8 September, 1905 Dominica, British West Indies |
| Died | 6 March, 1984 Los Angeles, California, USA (heart failure; cancer) |
| Spouse(s) | Heather Angel (?-?) (divorced) Joan Woodbury (1939-?) (divorced) 3 children |
Harry Frederick Wilcoxon, known as Henry Wilcoxon or Harry Wilcoxon, (September 8, 1905 – March 6, 1984) was an actor born in Dominica, British West Indies, and best known as a leading man in many of Cecil B. DeMille's films. His first major film role was starring in Cecil B. de Mille's Cleopatra (1934) with Claudette Colbert; he played Marc Antony, and Wilcoxon was given the lead role of Richard the Lion-Hearted in DeMille's big-budget film The Crusades (1935) opposite Loretta Young. The film, however, was a financial failure. He later acted in de Mille's remake of his own The Ten Commandments (1956) as the pharaoh's captain of the guards. After DeMille died, Wilcoxon worked sporadically and accepted minor acting roles, including a memorable turn as the golfer-turned-atheist Bishop Pickering in the 1980 comedy classic Caddyshack. In later life he was a film producer.
Partial filmography
- Cleopatra (1934)
- The Crusades (1935)
- The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
- Souls at Sea (1937)
- If I Were King (1938)
- Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)
- Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
- That Hamilton Woman (1941)
- Scotland Yard (1941)
- The Corsican Brothers (1941)
- Mrs. Miniver (1942)
- Unconquered (1947)
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
- Samson and Delilah (1949)
- The Miniver Story (1950)
- The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
- Scaramouche (1952)
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
- The War Lord (1965)
- The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968)
- Man in the Wilderness (1971)
- Caddyshack (1980)
Memoir
- Wilcoxon, Henry and Orrison, Katherine (1991). Lionheart in Hollywood. New York: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2476-0.
