Lee Stanley

Lee Stanley was born on May 23, 1943 in USA. Lee Stanley's big-screen debut came with Blackboard Jungle directed by Richard Brooks in 1955, strarring Kid (uncredited). Lee Stanley is known for Gridiron Gang directed by Lee Stanley, Louis Gossett Jr. stars as Self - Host and Glen Bell as Self - Quarterback Coach. The most recent award Lee Stanley achieved is CINE Competition. The upcoming new movie Lee Stanley plays is The Untold Story which will be released on Jan 11, 2019.

Lee got his first supporting role in Hôtel Saint-Gregory (1967) after reading a scene opposite a friend as a favor in an audition for the film. His first screen test was a love scene with Karen Black which led him to become an actor under contract with MGM Studios, where he co-starred in Destination: Zebra, station polaire (1968) with Rock Hudson as well as various Aaron Spelling productions. After years of acting, Lee found a passion for working behind the camera and, in 1971, directed his first feature film, On the Line (1971). His son, Shane Stanley, was the youngest to ever receive an Emmy Award when he was 16 years old for his work on Desperate Passage (1987), which Lee directed and won two Emmys for. That special launched The Desperate Passage Series, which was nominated for thirty-three Emmys and won thirteen over a six year period. Daughter Quinn Gonzalez, from Lee's first marriage, is the granddaughter of legendary songwriter Johnny Burke of the Burke & Van Heusen team, (Misty, Pennies From Heaven, Swingin' on a Star). His film Street Pirates (1994) won him a CINE Golden Eagle Award for Best Documentary. Lee received The Christopher Award as well as many other top humanitarian honors for his work with America's probated youth, which were the theme for many of his TV specials. Lee wrote and directed Held for Ransom (2000) starring Dennis Hopper based on the novel by Lois Duncan Souviens-toi... l'été dernier (1997) as well as co-writing and directing Carman: The Champion (2001) which starred Michael Nouri Patricia Manterola and long time friend Jed Allan. Lee just completed working with his Emmy Award winning son, Shane Stanley on Break Even, a feature film to be released in 2020.