Robert Stanton

Robert Lloyd Stanton (born March 8, 1963) is an American film, television and stage actor, director and playwright. He may be best known for his role in the 1993 film Dennis the Menace as Henry Mitchell, the title character's father. Stanton was born in San Antonio, Texas and raised in Annandale, Virginia, the son of federal workers Billie Loree (née Baker) and Lloyd Winter Stanton, Jr. Stanton trained at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program and began his acting career in Joseph Papp's production of the play Measure for Measure, at the Delacorte Theater in 1985. He was in the resident company of the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts from 1989 to 1991. Stanton made a brief appearance in the 1988 thriller, The House on Carroll Street. In 1992, he appeared in the films A League of Their Own and Bob Roberts. In 1993, he had what may be his most famous role, playing Henry Mitchell in Dennis the Menace.