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Stanley "Stan" Kersh, is a supporting antagonist in the 2025 HBO Max supernatural horror TV series IT: Welcome to Derry.
He was the abusive husband of Ingrid Kersh, son-in-law of Robert "Bob" Gray, he worked as a butcher at Derry, Maine, where he was secretly a member of the Legion of White Decency alongside Clint Bowers and Al Malkin.
Stanley Kersh was likely born in the 1890s in Derry Maine, not much is known about his past but it is likely he was a racist at some point he meets and marries a women named Ingrid Gray who's father Robert "Bob" Gray was murdered in 1908 by the entity known as It which took the form of him known as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Eventually he got a job as a butcher in the city of Derry where he sold meet unbeknownst to him his wife was having an affair with "convicted child killer" Hank Grogan. One day Charlotte Hanlon came into the butcher shop asking for a piece of meat meanwhile in the street three teenage boys attacked a young boy wearing glasses only stopping when Charlotte intervened.
A few days later when Lilly Bainbridge visited Ingrid at her house Stanley drunkenly demanded she cook his steak before heading into the living room eventually after her "papa" was awaken she called Clint Bowers and told him where Hank Grogan was joining his fellow Legion of White Decency members he and Clint Bowers drove to the Black Spot where a stand off between the patrons and Legion members before Clint decided it wasn't worth having a shoot out once they left they locked the doors and began throwing Molotov Cocktails into the building causing a fire and shooting any of the Patrons inside and if they managed to get out after believing Hank to be dead.
All members leave except Stanley, whose car won't start. Ingrid steps out of the woods in her old Periwinkle outfit, telling Stanley this is who she is. Stan tells her she's going to be black and blue if she doesn't remove the makeup and costume as Ingrid says "Hello Papa." The confused Stanley turns around and sees Pennywise holding a giant cleaver. Pennywise severs Stanley's head by the jawline, partially beheading him with the cleaver. Pennywise then feasts on part of Stanley's severed head before revealing the deadlights to Ingrid, leaving her catatonic.
Trivia[]
He shares first name with one of the main protagonists of the original It novel, Stanley Uris.
He is currently the only member of the Legion of White Decency to face any comeuppance.
