Also, Stanley was contractually obliged to stay away from the set, so he went and lived wild in the outback, existing almost entirely on weed.
When colleagues finally discovered him, they sneaked him back on set as a dog-man, where he stayed as an extra - always in costume - for the last weeks of production. It's an insane story.
"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951