# Walter Stanton

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{{Short description|English actor}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Walter Stanton
| image         = Walter Stanton Burch (1855–1943).png
| alt           = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software -->
| caption       = Profiled in ''[Collier's](/source/Collier's)'' in 1925
| birth_name    = Walter Stanton Burch
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1855|06|30}}
| birth_place   = London, England
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1943|10|29|1855|06|30}} 
| death_place   = [Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_California), US
| other_names   = 
| occupation    = Actor and entertainer
| years_active  = 1879–1930
| known_for     = The Giant Rooster
| notable_works = 
| spouse        = {{Marriage|[Tina Corri](/source/Tina_Corri)|October 15, 1885||end=div.}}
| children      = {{ubl|[Val Stanton](/source/Val_Stanton)|[Ernie Stanton](/source/Ernie_Stanton)}}
}}

'''Walter Stanton Burch''' (June 30, 1855 – October 29, 1943), known professionally as "The Giant Rooster", was an English-American actor and entertainer.

==Acting career==
He started out performing animal mimics in 1879 as his way to make money. He stated that his father was a mimic and that he had inherited that same gift.

In 1883, he was featured as "The Human Barnyard" at Keith's Dime Theatre in [Boston](/source/Boston).<ref name=Forty>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b9ccAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA44 |title=Forty Years a Rooster |magazine=[Collier's](/source/Collier's) |volume=75 |number=6 |page=44 |date=1925-02-07 |access-date=2026-01-20 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

He started being animal impersonators in 1885 such as a turkey, duck, raven, pigeon, and eventually his main role as a rooster an toured through theatre's and fairs throughout [Europe](/source/Europe), [Australia](/source/Australia), [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand), [America](/source/America) and many more locations. In 1888, he was officially featured as "The Giant Rooster" on the stage at Barnum & Bailey circus.

thumb|Walter Stanton, Made up like a giant rooster, in his set-to with a gamecock

In 1890, he was described as the "stellar attraction" for months at the Paris Hippodrome. He was on billboards and banners as "Monsieur Stanton: Chantecler". He was also described as a "household word" throughout France. Poet [Edmond Rostand](/source/Edmond_Rostand) was in the audience in one of his shows and applauded him. He would also work with [Maude Adams](/source/Maude_Adams) in those shows.<ref name=Forty/>

Around that time in the 1890s and early 1900s, he would work beside his wife and do duet shows; also eventually with his son Val when he was a teenager.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mr. Walter Stanton |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-era-walter-stanton-annie-tina-co/119855237/  |newspaper=[The Era](/source/The_Era_(newspaper)) |publication-place=London |page=26 |date=1893-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260120164753/https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?clippingId=119855237 |archive-date=2026-01-20 |url-status=deviated |access-date=2026-01-20 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Circus of Varieties, Newgate, Rochdale |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-rochdale-observer-walter-and-annie-w/185591128/ |newspaper=[Rochdale Observer](/source/Rochdale_Observer) |page=1 |date=1897-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260120165015/https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?clippingId=185591128 |archive-date=2026-01-20 |url-status=deviated |access-date=2026-01-20 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Walter was also a tutor during this time. He not only tutored his sons; he also went on to tutor [Charlie Chaplin](/source/Charlie_Chaplin).<ref>{{cite news |title=Stanley Theatre Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-journal-stanton-brothers-taugh/162953940/ |newspaper=[The Daily Journal](/source/The_Daily_Journal_(New_Jersey)) |publication-place=Vineland, New Jersey |page=4 |date=1929-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260120165618/https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?clippingId=162953940 |archive-date=2026-01-20 |url-status=deviated |access-date=2026-01-20 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He married opera singer [Tina Corri](/source/Tina_Corri) on October 15, 1885 in [Liverpool, England](/source/Liverpool%2C_England).<ref>{{cite web |title=Walter and Annie Corri marriage |url=https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2197/images/48045_83024005507_0436-00160?pId=3151656 |publisher=[Ancestry.com](/source/Ancestry.com) |access-date=23 December 2025 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> They had their two sons, Valentine and Ernest in 1886 and 1890. They eventually divorced.

They immigrated to the United States through [Chicago](/source/Chicago) in 1898.<ref>{{cite web |title=1900 U.S. Census |url=https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4113700_00745?pid=10114940|publisher=[Ancestry.com](/source/Ancestry.com) |access-date=29 January 2026 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==Family==
Other than his wife, His two sons, [Val](/source/Val_Stanton) and [Ernie](/source/Ernie_Stanton) went on to become famous actors and athletes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/portland-sunday-telegram-val-and-ernie-s/189392463/ |title=Val and Ernie Stanton Born in Show Business |newspaper=[Portland Sunday Telegram](/source/Portland_Sunday_Telegram) |page=19 |date=1924-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260120165955/https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?clippingId=189392463 |archive-date=2026-01-20 |url-status=deviated |access-date=2026-01-20 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Filmography==
*''[The Mechanical Head](/source/The_Mechanical_Head)'' (1903) as Actor
*''[Burlesque Cock Fight](/source/Burlesque_Cock_Fight)'' (1903) as Himself

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:Animal impersonators
Category:English emigrants to the United States

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