stock company
noun
1
: a corporation or joint-stock company of which the capital is represented by stock
2
: a theatrical company attached to a repertory theater
especially
: one without outstanding stars
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The other newspaper in Litchfield was the Litchfield Independent, which was a stock company of Edward P. Peterson, Al Sanders and Nathan C. Martin.
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Terry Shaw, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2024
But Morgan had appeared opposite Jack Webb in the film noir movies Dark City (1950), Appointment with Danger (1951), and Pete Kelly’s Blues (1955), and was an early regular member of Jack Webb's stock company of actors on the original Dragnet radio show.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Joan Benedict Steiger, who was part of the original stock company for Candid Camera and later became the wife of actor Rod Steiger, died June 24 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications from a stroke.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 July 2024
Benedict was a member of Allen Funt’s stock company for Candid Camera.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2024
The song plays as the stock company Robin Hood is introduced.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Sep. 2023
While a student at the old Calvert Hall College on Mulberry Street in downtown Baltimore, Bushman began acting in 1896, taking walk-on parts with a Baltimore stock company, while modeling for the Maryland Institute College of Art and the Charcoal Club.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 23 Apr. 2021
Another word about the Emmett/Furla Oasis Films stock company behind so many of these films: Tyler Jon Olson, the wounded brother, is in ten of these; Lydia Hull, the doc’s wife, is in six.
—Donald Liebenson, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2021
Nolan likes to use a stock company of actors, with not only Branagh, but Murphy, Damon and Modine serving as return collaborators.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 22 Feb. 2022
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Terry Shaw, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2024
But Morgan had appeared opposite Jack Webb in the film noir movies Dark City (1950), Appointment with Danger (1951), and Pete Kelly’s Blues (1955), and was an early regular member of Jack Webb's stock company of actors on the original Dragnet radio show.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Joan Benedict Steiger, who was part of the original stock company for Candid Camera and later became the wife of actor Rod Steiger, died June 24 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications from a stroke.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 July 2024
Benedict was a member of Allen Funt’s stock company for Candid Camera.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2024
The song plays as the stock company Robin Hood is introduced.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Sep. 2023
While a student at the old Calvert Hall College on Mulberry Street in downtown Baltimore, Bushman began acting in 1896, taking walk-on parts with a Baltimore stock company, while modeling for the Maryland Institute College of Art and the Charcoal Club.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 23 Apr. 2021
Another word about the Emmett/Furla Oasis Films stock company behind so many of these films: Tyler Jon Olson, the wounded brother, is in ten of these; Lydia Hull, the doc’s wife, is in six.
—Donald Liebenson, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2021
Nolan likes to use a stock company of actors, with not only Branagh, but Murphy, Damon and Modine serving as return collaborators.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 22 Feb. 2022
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“Stock company.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stock%20company. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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