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Houseley Stevenson (30 July 1879 – 6 August 1953) was a British-American character actor who was born in London on July 30, 1879, and died in Duarte, California on August 6, 1953.

Houseley Stevenson
Stevenson in Gruen Guild Playhouse (1951)
Born(1879-07-30)30 July 1879
London, England, UK
Died6 August 1953(1953-08-06) (aged 74)
Duarte, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1936–1954
Spouse(s)Margurita E. Behrens
(m. 19??)
ChildrenHouseley Stevenson Jr.
Edward Stevenson
Onslow Stevens

He began his movie career in 1936 and had a short career in early television productions. Stevenson performed in live stage productions in New York under the name Houseley Stevens. He was a resident teacher at the Pasadena Playhouse in California.[1] He was the father of actors Houseley Stevenson Jr., Edward Stevenson and Onslow Stevens.[2]


Films


  1. The Law in Her Hands (1936) – Appellate Court Chief Judge (uncredited)
  2. The White Angel (1936) – Surgeon (uncredited)[3]
  3. Bengal Tiger (1936) – Justice of the Peace (uncredited)[3]
  4. China Clipper (1936) – Doctor (uncredited)
  5. Isle of Fury (1936) – The Rector[3]
  6. Once a Doctor (1937) - Magistrate Kendrick[4]
  7. Stolen Holiday (1937) - Wedding Official (uncredited)
  8. Midnight Court (1937) - Mr. Jones - Witness (uncredited)
  9. The Adventurous Blonde (1937) - Judge Darrell (uncredited)[3]
  10. The Body Disappears (1941) – Passerby Professor (uncredited)[5]
  11. Native Land (1942, Documentary) – white sharecropper[6]
  12. The Man Who Returned to Life (1942) - Colonel Beebe (uncreidted)[5]
  13. Crime Doctor (1943) – Martin, Parole Board (uncredited)
  14. Happy Land (1943) – Sam Watson (uncredited)[5]
  15. Dakota (1945) – Railroad Clerk (uncredited)[7]
  16. Without Reservations (1946) - Turnkey (uncredited)[7]
  17. Somewhere in the Night (1946) - Michael Conroy[8]
  18. Rendezvous with Annie (1946) - Dr. Grimes (uncredited)[5]
  19. Little Miss Big (1946) - Duncan[9]
  20. The Yearling (1946) - Mr. Ranger (uncredited)[10]
  21. Easy Come, Easy Go (1947) – Doctor[11]
  22. The Brasher Doubloon (1947) - Elisha Morningstar (uncredited)[12]
  23. Ramrod (1947) - George Smedley[13]
  24. Time Out of Mind (1947) - George[14]
  25. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) - Gardener (uncredited)
  26. Cheyenne (1947) - Stableman (uncredited)[10]
  27. Thunder in the Valley (1947) - Angus MacIvor (uncredited)
  28. Dark Passage (1947) – Dr. Walter Coley[15]
  29. Forever Amber (1947) - Mr. Starling (uncredited)[16]
  30. Secret Beyond the Door (1947) - Andy (uncredited)
  31. The Challenge (1948) - Captain Sonnenberg[11]
  32. Smart Woman (1948) - Joe Smith (uncredited)[5]
  33. Casbah (1948) – Anton Duval[11]
  34. The Vicious Circle (1948) – Professor Barr (uncredited)
  35. Four Faces West (1948) – Anderson[10]
  36. Moonrise (1948) – Uncle Joe Jingle
  37. Apartment for Peggy (1948) – Prof. T.J. Beck (uncredited)
  38. You Gotta Stay Happy (1948) – Jud Tavis[14]
  39. Joan of Arc (1948) – The Cardinal of Winchester
  40. Kidnapped (1948) – Ebenezer[17]
  41. The Paleface (1948) - Pioneer (uncredited)
  42. Knock on Any Door (1949) - Junior (uncredited)[14]
  43. The Walking Hills (1949) - King[10]
  44. Bride of Vengeance (1949) – Councillor[11]
  45. The Lady Gambles (1949) – Pawnbroker[11]
  46. Take One False Step (1949) – Dr. Montgomery, Thatcher[5]
  47. Colorado Territory (1949) – Prospector[10]
  48. Sorrowful Jones (1949) – Doc Chesley[5]
  49. Leave It to Henry (1949) – Mr. McCluskey[5]
  50. Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949) – Dakota[10]
  51. Masked Raiders (1949) - Uncle Henry Trevett[10]
  52. The Gal Who Took the West (1949) - Ted[10]
  53. Song of Surrender (1949) – Mr. Abernathy (uncredited)[5]
  54. All the King's Men (1949) – Madison – the Editor (uncredited)[11]
  55. Sierra (1950) – Sam Coulter[18]
  56. The Gunfighter (1950) - Mr. Barlow (uncredited)[10]
  57. Edge of Doom (1950) - Mr. Swanson
  58. The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950) – Pops[19]
  59. The Du Pont Story (1950) - Henry du Pont's Assistant (uncredited)
  60. Hollywood Story (1951) - John Miller[19]
  61. As Young as You Feel (1951) - Old Man on Park Bench (uncredited)
  62. The Secret of Convict Lake (1951) – Samuel 'Pawnee Sam' Barlow (uncredited)[5]
  63. Darling, How Could You! (1951) – Old Man (uncredited)
  64. All That I Have (1951) – Dr. Charles Grayson[5]
  65. Cave of Outlaws (1951) – Cooley[10]
  66. The Wild North (1952) – Old Man[10]
  67. Oklahoma Annie (1952) – Blinky[10]

Television


Episode: Barchester Towers (1948)[20]
Episode:Spring Green (1948)[21]
Episode: Galahad (date unknown)
Episode: That I May See (1951)
Episode: Joe Santa Claus (1951) – Uncle Willy
Episode: The Old Man (date unknown) – Charles
Episode: Rescue (1952) – Pop Polgase[22]

Stage work


Partial listing

Theatre
Opening date Closing date Title Role Theatre Notes
March 22, 1938May 1938Schoolhouse on the Lot[23]J.G. HamiltonRitz Theatre NYJerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields playwrights[24]
Onslow Stevens also in the cast as Peter Driscoll
June 15, 1938Nov 1938On the Rocks[25]Viscount BarkingDaly's 63rd Street Theatre NYGeorge Bernard Shaw playwright
Produced by the Federal Theatre Project[26]
March 19, 1939March 19, 1939Stop Press[27]Alfred SnellVanderbilt Theatre NYJohn Stradley playwright
The role of Alfred Snell was that of a conservative newspaper publisher who was at odds with his son the union sympathizer[28]
September 10, 1939September 30, 1939Journey's End[29]BertEmpire Theatre NYR. C. Sherriff playwright
Set in Saint-Quentin, Aisne during World War I[30]
October 25, 1939October 19, 1940The Time of Your Life[31]ArabBooth Theatre NYWilliam Saroyan playwright
The playbill described the character of Arab as "an Eastern philosopher and harmonica player"[32]
March 26, 1946VolponeCorbaccioLas Palmas Theater, HollywoodBen Jonson playwright
adapted by Morris Carnovsky[33]

References


  1. "Houseley Stevenson". Fandango. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  2. "Houseley Stevens". IBDB. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  3. Hanson, Patricia King; Gevinson, Alan (1993). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1931–1940, 3 Volume Set. University of California Press. p. 668. ISBN 978-0-520-07908-3.
  4. Paiette, Ann; Kkauppila, Jean (1999). Health Professionals on Screen. Scarecrow Press. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-8108-3636-5.
  5. "Houseley Stevenson". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. AFI. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  6. Pollack, Howard (2012). Marc Blitzstein: His Life, His Work, His World. Oxford University Press. p. 249. ISBN 978-0-19-979159-0.
  7. McGhee, Richard D (1999). John Wayne: Actor, Artist, Hero. Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub. p. 338. ISBN 978-0-7864-0752-1.
  8. Osteen, Mark (2012). Nightmare Alley: Film Noir and the American Dream. The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-4214-0780-7.
  9. Paietta, Ann Catherine; Kauppila, Jean L (1994). Animals on Screen and Radio: An Annotated Sourcebook. Scarecrow Press. p. 173. ISBN 978-0-8108-2939-8.
  10. Pitts, Michael R (2012). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland. pp. 51, 58, 60, 66, 75, 114, 120, 137, 210230, 312, 385, 400, 407. ISBN 978-0-7864-6372-5.
  11. AFI (1999). AFI Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Volume 1. University of California Press. pp. 54, 91, 313, 389, 400, 673, 846. ISBN 978-0-520-21521-4.
  12. Pitts, Michael R (1991). Famous Movie Detectives II. Scarecrow Press. pp. 100, 109. ISBN 978-0-8108-2345-7.
  13. Jensen, Richard D (2010). The Nicest Fella – The Life of Ben Johnson: The world champion rodeo cowboy who became an Oscar-winning movie star. iUniverse. ISBN 978-1-4401-9678-2.
  14. Milne, Jeff (2009). Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: The complete guide to the movie trivia Game. ISBN 978-0-615-28521-4.
  15. McDonnell, Brian; Mayer, Geoff (2007). Encyclopedia of Film Noir. Greenwood. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-313-33306-4.
  16. Davis, Ronald L (1991). Hollywood Beauty: Linda Darnell and the American Dream. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-8061-3330-0.
  17. Marshall, Wendy L (2004). William Beaudine: From Silents to Television. Scarecrow Press. p. 336. ISBN 978-0-8108-5218-1.
  18. Graham, Don (1989). No Name on the Bullet. Viking. p. 350. ISBN 978-0-670-81511-1. OCLC 18817111.
  19. Lyons, Arthur (2000). Death On The Cheap: The Lost B Movies. Da Capo Press. pp. 99, 144. ISBN 978-0-306-80996-5.
  20. "Barchester Towers cast list". TV.com. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  21. "Spring Green cast list". TV.com. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  22. "Rescue Episode cast list". TV.com. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  23. "Schoolhouse on the Lot". IBDB. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  24. Roberts, Jerry (2003). The Great American Playwrights on the Screen: A Critical Guide to Film, TV, Video and DVD. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. pp. 157–160. ISBN 978-1-55783-512-3.
  25. "On the Rocks". IBDB. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  26. Kazacoff, George (1989). Dangerous Theatre: The Federal Theatre Project. P. Lang. pp. 144–148. ISBN 978-0-8204-0752-4.
  27. "Stop Press". IBDB. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  28. Bordman, Gerald Martin (1996). American Theatre : a Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1930–1969. Oxford University Press. p. 179. ISBN 978-0-19-509079-6.
  29. "Journey's End". IBDB. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  30. Villiers, Peter; Gosling, Jonathan (2011). Leading from Example: A Short Guide to the Lessons of Literature. Triarchy Press Ltd. pp. 117–141. ISBN 978-1-908009-35-7.
  31. "The Time of Your Life". IBDB. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  32. Saur, K.G.; Fischer, Heinz-D (2012). Drama / Comedy Awards 1917–1996 (Pulitzer Prize Archive Part D). De Gruyter. p. 97. ISBN 978-3-598-30182-7.
  33. "Out of Town Openings". Billboard: 4. 5 April 1947. Retrieved 19 August 2013.




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