{{Short description|British-American actor (1879–1953)}} {{Use British English|date=June 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Houseley Stevenson | image = Houseley Stevenson in Gruen Guild Playhouse (Joe Santa Claus).png | image_size = | caption = Stevenson in ''[[Gruen Playhouse|Gruen Guild Playhouse]]'' (1951) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1879|07|30|df=y}} | birth_place = [[London]], England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1953|08|06|1879|07|30|df=y}} | death_place = [[Duarte, California]], U.S. | resting_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1936–1954 | spouse = Margurita E. Behrens | children = 3, including [[Onslow Stevens]] }}
'''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.
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Houseley Stevenson|url=http://www.fandango.com/houseleystevenson,sr/biography/p68186|publisher=Fandango|access-date=August 18, 2013}}</ref> He was the father of actors Houseley Stevenson Jr., Edward Stevenson and [[Onslow Stevens]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Houseley Stevens|url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=61055|publisher=IBDB|access-date=August 18, 2013}}</ref>
==Films== {{div col}} # ''[[The Law in Her Hands]]'' (1936) – Appellate Court Chief Judge (uncredited) # ''[[The White Angel (1936 film)|The White Angel]]'' (1936) – Surgeon (uncredited)<ref name="AFI"/> # ''[[Bengal Tiger (1936 film)|Bengal Tiger]]'' (1936) – Justice of the Peace (uncredited)<ref name="AFI"/> # ''[[China Clipper (1936 film)|China Clipper]]'' (1936) – Doctor (uncredited) # ''[[Isle of Fury]]'' (1936) – The Rector<ref name="AFI">{{cite book|last=Hanson|first=Patricia King|title=The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1931–1940, 3 Volume Set|year=1993|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-07908-3|page=668|author2=Gevinson, Alan}}</ref> # ''[[Once a Doctor]]'' (1937) – Magistrate Kendrick<ref>{{cite book|last=Paiette|first=Ann|title=Health Professionals on Screen|year=1999|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-3636-5|page=224|author2=Kkauppila, Jean}}</ref> # ''[[Stolen Holiday]]'' (1937) – Wedding Official (uncredited) # ''[[Midnight Court (film)|Midnight Court]]'' (1937) – Mr. Jones - Witness (uncredited) # ''[[The Adventurous Blonde]]'' (1937) – Judge Darrell (uncredited)<ref name="AFI"/> # ''[[The Body Disappears]]'' (1941) – Passerby Professor (uncredited)<ref name="AFIOnline"/> # ''[[The Man Who Returned to Life]]'' (1942) – Colonel Beebe (uncredited)<ref name="AFIOnline">{{cite web|title=Houseley Stevenson|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/SearchResult.aspx?s=&Type=PN&Tbl=&CatID=DATABIN_CAST&ID=71151&searchedFor=Houseley_Stevenson_&SortType=ASC&SortCol=RELEASE_YEAR|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=June 29, 2014}}</ref> # ''[[Native Land]]'' (1942, Documentary) – white sharecropper<ref>{{cite book|last=Pollack|first=Howard|title=Marc Blitzstein: His Life, His Work, His World|year=2012|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-979159-0|page=249}}</ref> # ''[[Crime Doctor (film)|Crime Doctor]]'' (1943) – Martin, Parole Board (uncredited) # ''[[Happy Land (film)|Happy Land]]'' (1943) – Sam Watson (uncredited)<ref name="AFIOnline"/> # ''[[Dakota (1945 film)|Dakota]]'' (1945) – Railroad Clerk (uncredited)<ref name="JWayne">{{cite book|last=McGhee|first=Richard D|title=John Wayne: Actor, Artist, Hero|year=1999|publisher=Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub|isbn=978-0-7864-0752-1|page=338}}</ref> # ''[[Without Reservations]]'' (1946) – Turnkey (uncredited)<ref name="JWayne"/> # ''[[Somewhere in the Night (film)|Somewhere in the Night]]'' (1946) – Michael Conroy<ref>{{cite book|last=Osteen|first=Mark|title=Nightmare Alley: Film Noir and the American Dream|year=2012|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=978-1-4214-0780-7|page=94}}</ref> # ''[[Rendezvous with Annie]]'' (1946) – Dr. Grimes (uncredited)<ref name="AFIOnline"/> # ''[[Little Miss Big]]'' (1946) – Duncan<ref>{{cite book|last=Paietta|first=Ann Catherine|title=Animals on Screen and Radio: An Annotated Sourcebook|year=1994|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-2939-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/animalsonscreenr00paie/page/173 173]|author2=Kauppila, Jean L|url=https://archive.org/details/animalsonscreenr00paie/page/173}}</ref> # ''[[The Yearling (film)|The Yearling]]'' (1946) – Mr. Ranger (uncredited)<ref name="Pitts"/> # ''[[Easy Come, Easy Go (1947 film)|Easy Come, Easy Go]]'' (1947) – Doctor (uncredited)<ref name="AFIOne">{{cite book|last=AFI|title=AFI Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Volume 1|year=1999|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-21521-4|pages=[https://archive.org/details/americanfilminst00amer/page/54 54,91,313,389,400,673,846]|url=https://archive.org/details/americanfilminst00amer/page/54}}</ref> # ''[[The Brasher Doubloon]]'' (1947) – Elisha Morningstar (uncredited)<ref>{{cite book|last=Pitts|first=Michael R|title=Famous Movie Detectives II|year=1991|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-2345-7|pages=[https://archive.org/details/famousmoviedetec0000pitt/page/100 100, 109]|url=https://archive.org/details/famousmoviedetec0000pitt/page/100}}</ref> # ''[[Ramrod (film)|Ramrod]]'' (1947) – George Smedley<ref>{{cite book|last=Jensen|first=Richard D|title=The Nicest Fella – The Life of Ben Johnson: The world champion rodeo cowboy who became an Oscar-winning movie star|year=2010|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-1-4401-9678-2}}</ref> # ''[[Time Out of Mind (1947 film)|Time Out of Mind]]'' (1947) – George<ref name="Bacon">{{cite book|last=Milne|first=Jeff|title=Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: The complete guide to the movie trivia Game|year=2009|isbn=978-0-615-28521-4}}</ref> # ''[[The Ghost and Mrs. Muir]]'' (1947) – Gardener (uncredited) # ''[[Cheyenne (1947 film)|Cheyenne]]'' (1947) – Stableman (uncredited)<ref name="Pitts"/> # ''[[Thunder in the Valley (film)|Thunder in the Valley]]'' (1947) – Angus MacIvor (uncredited) # ''[[Dark Passage (film)|Dark Passage]]'' (1947) – Dr. Walter Coley<ref>{{cite book|last=McDonnell|first=Brian|title=Encyclopedia of Film Noir|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediafilm00maye_462|url-access=limited|year=2007|publisher=Greenwood|isbn=978-0-313-33306-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediafilm00maye_462/page/n171 157]|author2=Mayer, Geoff}}</ref> # ''[[Forever Amber (film)|Forever Amber]]'' (1947) – Mr. Starling (uncredited)<ref>{{cite book|last=Davis|first=Ronald L|title=Hollywood Beauty: Linda Darnell and the American Dream|year=1991|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-3330-0|page=192}}</ref> # ''[[Secret Beyond the Door]]'' (1947) – Andy (uncredited) # ''[[The Challenge (1948 film)|The Challenge]]'' (1948) – Captain Sonnenberg<ref name="AFIOne"/> # ''[[Smart Woman (1948 film)|Smart Woman]]'' (1948) – Joe Smith (uncredited)<ref name="AFIOnline"/> # ''[[Casbah (film)|Casbah]]'' (1948) – Anton Duval<ref name="AFIOne"/> # ''[[Four Faces West]]'' (1948) – Anderson<ref name="Pitts"/> # ''[[The Vicious Circle (1948 film)|The Vicious Circle]]'' (1948) – Professor Barr (uncredited) # ''[[Moonrise (film)|Moonrise]]'' (1948) – Uncle Joe Jingle # ''[[Apartment for Peggy]]'' (1948) – Prof. T.J. Beck (uncredited) # ''[[You Gotta Stay Happy]]'' (1948) – Jud Tavis<ref name="Bacon"/> # ''[[Joan of Arc (1948 film)|Joan of Arc]]'' (1948) – The Cardinal of Winchester # ''[[Kidnapped (1948 film)|Kidnapped]]'' (1948) – Ebenezer<ref>{{cite book|last=Marshall|first=Wendy L|title=William Beaudine: From Silents to Television|year=2004|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-5218-1|page=336}}</ref> # ''[[The Paleface (1948 film)|The Paleface]]'' (1948) – Pioneer (uncredited) # ''[[Knock on Any Door]]'' (1949) – Junior (uncredited)<ref name="Bacon"/> # ''[[The Walking Hills]]'' (1949) – King<ref name="Pitts"/> # ''[[Bride of Vengeance]]'' (1949) – Councillor<ref name="AFIOne"/> # ''[[The Lady Gambles]]'' (1949) – Pawnbroker<ref name="AFIOne"/> # ''[[Colorado Territory (film)|Colorado Territory]]'' (1949) – Prospector<ref name="Pitts"/> # ''[[Take One False Step]]'' (1949) – Dr. Montgomery, Thatcher<ref name="AFIOnline"/> # ''[[Sorrowful Jones]]'' (1949) – Doc Chesley<ref name="AFIOnline"/> # ''[[Leave It to Henry]]'' (1949) – Mr. McCluskey<ref name="AFIOnline"/> # ''[[Calamity Jane and Sam Bass]]'' (1949) – Dakota<ref name="Pitts">{{cite book|last=Pitts|first=Michael R|title=Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films|year=2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-6372-5|pages=51,58,60,66,75,114,120,137,210230,312,385,400,407}}</ref> # ''[[Masked Raiders]]'' (1949) – Uncle Henry Trevett<ref name="Pitts"/> # ''[[The Gal Who Took the West]]'' (1949) – Ted<ref name="Pitts"/> # ''[[Song of Surrender]]'' (1949) – Mr. Abernathy (uncredited)<ref name="AFIOnline"/> # ''[[All the King's Men (1949 film)|All the King's Men]]'' (1949) – Madison – the Editor (uncredited)<ref name="AFIOne"/> # ''[[Sierra (film)|Sierra]]'' (1950) – Sam Coulter<ref>{{cite book | title=No Name on the Bullet | page=[https://archive.org/details/nonameonbulletbi00grah/page/350 350] | publisher=Viking | last=Graham | first=Don | year=1989 | isbn=978-0-670-81511-1 | oclc=18817111 | url=https://archive.org/details/nonameonbulletbi00grah/page/350 }}</ref> # ''[[The Gunfighter (film)|The Gunfighter]]'' (1950) – Mr. Barlow (uncredited)<ref name="Pitts"/> # ''[[Edge of Doom]]'' (1950) – Mr. Swanson # ''[[The Sun Sets at Dawn]]'' (1950) – Pops<ref name="Cheap">{{cite book|last=Lyons|first=Arthur|title=Death On The Cheap: The Lost B Movies|year=2000|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=978-0-306-80996-5|pages=99,144}}</ref> # ''[[The Du Pont Story]]'' (1950) – Henry du Pont's Assistant (uncredited) # ''[[Hollywood Story]]'' (1951) – John Miller<ref name="Cheap"/> # ''[[As Young as You Feel]]'' (1951) – Old Man on Park Bench (uncredited) # ''[[The Secret of Convict Lake]]'' (1951) – Samuel 'Pawnee Sam' Barlow (uncredited)<ref name="AFIOnline"/> # ''[[Darling, How Could You!]]'' (1951) – Old Man (uncredited) # ''All That I Have'' (1951) – Dr. Charles Grayson<ref name="AFIOnline"/> # ''[[Cave of Outlaws]]'' (1951) – Cooley<ref name="Pitts"/> # ''[[The Wild North]]'' (1952) – Old Man<ref name="Pitts"/> # ''[[Oklahoma Annie]]'' (1952) – Blinky<ref name="Pitts"/> {{div col end}}
==Television== *''[[Kraft Television Theatre]]'' ::Episode: Barchester Towers (1948)<ref>{{cite web|title=Barchester Towers cast list|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/kraft-television-theatre/barchester-towers-1246700/cast/|publisher=TV.com|access-date=August 18, 2013}}</ref> ::Episode:Spring Green (1948)<ref>{{cite web|title=Spring Green cast list|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/kraft-television-theatre/spring-green-1251436/cast/|publisher=TV.com|access-date=August 18, 2013}}</ref> *''[[Front Page Detective]]'' (1951–1952) ::Episode: Galahad (date unknown) *''[[Family Theater]]'' ::Episode: That I May See (1951) *''[[Gruen Playhouse]]'' ::Episode: Joe Santa Claus (1951) – Uncle Willy *''[[Rebound (American TV series)|Rebound]]'' (1952–1953) ::Episode: The Old Man (date unknown) – Charles *''[[Adventures of Superman (TV series)|Adventures of Superman]]'' ::Episode: Rescue (1952) – Pop Polgase<ref>{{cite web|title=Rescue Episode cast list|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/adventures-of-superman/rescue-90349/|publisher=TV.com|access-date=August 18, 2013}}</ref>
==Stage work== Partial listing {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Theatre |- ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Opening date ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Closing date !scope="col" | Title !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Theatre ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | scope="row" |March 22, 1938 ||May 1938 || Schoolhouse on the Lot<ref>{{cite web|title=Schoolhouse on the Lot|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=7942|publisher=IBDB|access-date=August 18, 2013}}</ref> || J.G. Hamilton || [[Walter Kerr Theatre|Ritz Theatre]] NY || [[Jerome Chodorov]] and [[Joseph Fields]] playwrights<ref>{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Jerry|title=The Great American Playwrights on the Screen: A Critical Guide to Film, TV, Video and DVD|year=2003|publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books|isbn=978-1-55783-512-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/greatamericanpla00robe_0/page/157 157–160]|url=https://archive.org/details/greatamericanpla00robe_0/page/157}}</ref><br>[[Onslow Stevens]] also in the cast as Peter Driscoll |- | scope="row" | June 15, 1938 || Nov 1938 || On the Rocks<ref>{{cite web|title=On the Rocks|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=12468|publisher=IBDB|access-date=August 18, 2013}}</ref> ||Viscount Barking || Daly's 63rd Street Theatre NY || [[George Bernard Shaw]] playwright<br>Produced by the [[Federal Theatre Project]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Kazacoff|first=George|title=Dangerous Theatre: The Federal Theatre Project|year=1989|publisher=P. Lang|isbn=978-0-8204-0752-4|pages=144–148}}</ref> |- |scope="row" | March 19, 1939 || March 19, 1939 || Stop Press<ref>{{cite web|title=Stop Press|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=12439|publisher=IBDB|access-date=August 18, 2013}}</ref> || Alfred Snell || [[Vanderbilt Theatre]] NY || John Stradley playwright<br>The role of Alfred Snell was that of a conservative newspaper publisher who was at odds with his son the union sympathizer<ref>{{cite book|last=Bordman|first=Gerald Martin|title=American Theatre : a Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1930–1969|year=1996|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-509079-6|page=179}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | September 10, 1939 || September 30, 1939 || [[Journey's End]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Journey's End|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=13190|publisher=IBDB|access-date=August 18, 2013}}</ref> || Bert || [[Empire Theatre (41st Street)|Empire Theatre]] NY|| [[R. C. Sherriff]] playwright<br>Set in [[Saint-Quentin, Aisne]] during [[World War I]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Villiers|first=Peter|title=Leading from Example: A Short Guide to the Lessons of Literature|year=2011|publisher=Triarchy Press Ltd|isbn=978-1-908009-35-7|pages=117–141|author2=Gosling, Jonathan}}</ref> |- |scope="row" | October 25, 1939 || October 19, 1940 || [[The Time of Your Life]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Time of Your Life|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=13201|publisher=IBDB|access-date=August 18, 2013}}</ref> || Arab ||[[Booth Theatre]] NY|| [[William Saroyan]] playwright<br> The playbill described the character of Arab as "an Eastern philosopher and harmonica player"<ref>{{cite book|last=Saur|first=K.G.|title=Drama / Comedy Awards 1917–1996 (Pulitzer Prize Archive Part D)|year=2012|publisher=De Gruyter|isbn=978-3-598-30182-7|page=97|author2=Fischer, Heinz-D}}</ref> |- | scope="row" |March 26, 1946 || || [[Volpone]] || Corbaccio || Las Palmas Theater, Hollywood ||[[Ben Jonson]] playwright<br>adapted by [[Morris Carnovsky]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Out of Town Openings|magazine=Billboard|date=April 5, 1947|page=4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PQwEAAAAMBAJ&q=play+%22Houseley+Stevenson%22&pg=PT43|access-date=August 19, 2013}}</ref> |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0828950|Houseley Stevenson}} * {{IBDB name}} (as Houseley Stevens)
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