# Houseley Stevenson

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British-American actor (1879–1953)

Houseley Stevenson Stevenson in Gruen Guild Playhouse (1951) Born (1879-07-30)30 July 1879 London, England Died 6 August 1953(1953-08-06) (aged 74) Duarte, California, U.S. 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](/source/London) on July 30, 1879, and died in [Duarte, California](/source/Duarte%2C_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](/source/Pasadena_Playhouse) in California.[1] He was the father of actors Houseley Stevenson Jr., Edward Stevenson and [Onslow Stevens](/source/Onslow_Stevens).[2]

## Films

1. *[The Law in Her Hands](/source/The_Law_in_Her_Hands)* (1936) – Appellate Court Chief Judge (uncredited)

1. *[The White Angel](/source/The_White_Angel_(1936_film))* (1936) – Surgeon (uncredited)[3]

1. *[Bengal Tiger](/source/Bengal_Tiger_(1936_film))* (1936) – Justice of the Peace (uncredited)[3]

1. *[China Clipper](/source/China_Clipper_(1936_film))* (1936) – Doctor (uncredited)

1. *[Isle of Fury](/source/Isle_of_Fury)* (1936) – The Rector[3]

1. *[Once a Doctor](/source/Once_a_Doctor)* (1937) – Magistrate Kendrick[4]

1. *[Stolen Holiday](/source/Stolen_Holiday)* (1937) – Wedding Official (uncredited)

1. *[Midnight Court](/source/Midnight_Court_(film))* (1937) – Mr. Jones - Witness (uncredited)

1. *[The Adventurous Blonde](/source/The_Adventurous_Blonde)* (1937) – Judge Darrell (uncredited)[3]

1. *[The Body Disappears](/source/The_Body_Disappears)* (1941) – Passerby Professor (uncredited)[5]

1. *[The Man Who Returned to Life](/source/The_Man_Who_Returned_to_Life)* (1942) – Colonel Beebe (uncredited)[5]

1. *[Native Land](/source/Native_Land)* (1942, Documentary) – white sharecropper[6]

1. *[Crime Doctor](/source/Crime_Doctor_(film))* (1943) – Martin, Parole Board (uncredited)

1. *[Happy Land](/source/Happy_Land_(film))* (1943) – Sam Watson (uncredited)[5]

1. *[Dakota](/source/Dakota_(1945_film))* (1945) – Railroad Clerk (uncredited)[7]

1. *[Without Reservations](/source/Without_Reservations)* (1946) – Turnkey (uncredited)[7]

1. *[Somewhere in the Night](/source/Somewhere_in_the_Night_(film))* (1946) – Michael Conroy[8]

1. *[Rendezvous with Annie](/source/Rendezvous_with_Annie)* (1946) – Dr. Grimes (uncredited)[5]

1. *[Little Miss Big](/source/Little_Miss_Big)* (1946) – Duncan[9]

1. *[The Yearling](/source/The_Yearling_(film))* (1946) – Mr. Ranger (uncredited)[10]

1. *[Easy Come, Easy Go](/source/Easy_Come%2C_Easy_Go_(1947_film))* (1947) – Doctor (uncredited)[11]

1. *[The Brasher Doubloon](/source/The_Brasher_Doubloon)* (1947) – Elisha Morningstar (uncredited)[12]

1. *[Ramrod](/source/Ramrod_(film))* (1947) – George Smedley[13]

1. *[Time Out of Mind](/source/Time_Out_of_Mind_(1947_film))* (1947) – George[14]

1. *[The Ghost and Mrs. Muir](/source/The_Ghost_and_Mrs._Muir)* (1947) – Gardener (uncredited)

1. *[Cheyenne](/source/Cheyenne_(1947_film))* (1947) – Stableman (uncredited)[10]

1. *[Thunder in the Valley](/source/Thunder_in_the_Valley_(film))* (1947) – Angus MacIvor (uncredited)

1. *[Dark Passage](/source/Dark_Passage_(film))* (1947) – Dr. Walter Coley[15]

1. *[Forever Amber](/source/Forever_Amber_(film))* (1947) – Mr. Starling (uncredited)[16]

1. *[Secret Beyond the Door](/source/Secret_Beyond_the_Door)* (1947) – Andy (uncredited)

1. *[The Challenge](/source/The_Challenge_(1948_film))* (1948) – Captain Sonnenberg[11]

1. *[Smart Woman](/source/Smart_Woman_(1948_film))* (1948) – Joe Smith (uncredited)[5]

1. *[Casbah](/source/Casbah_(film))* (1948) – Anton Duval[11]

1. *[Four Faces West](/source/Four_Faces_West)* (1948) – Anderson[10]

1. *[The Vicious Circle](/source/The_Vicious_Circle_(1948_film))* (1948) – Professor Barr (uncredited)

1. *[Moonrise](/source/Moonrise_(film))* (1948) – Uncle Joe Jingle

1. *[Apartment for Peggy](/source/Apartment_for_Peggy)* (1948) – Prof. T.J. Beck (uncredited)

1. *[You Gotta Stay Happy](/source/You_Gotta_Stay_Happy)* (1948) – Jud Tavis[14]

1. *[Joan of Arc](/source/Joan_of_Arc_(1948_film))* (1948) – The Cardinal of Winchester

1. *[Kidnapped](/source/Kidnapped_(1948_film))* (1948) – Ebenezer[17]

1. *[The Paleface](/source/The_Paleface_(1948_film))* (1948) – Pioneer (uncredited)

1. *[Knock on Any Door](/source/Knock_on_Any_Door)* (1949) – Junior (uncredited)[14]

1. *[The Walking Hills](/source/The_Walking_Hills)* (1949) – King[10]

1. *[Bride of Vengeance](/source/Bride_of_Vengeance)* (1949) – Councillor[11]

1. *[The Lady Gambles](/source/The_Lady_Gambles)* (1949) – Pawnbroker[11]

1. *[Colorado Territory](/source/Colorado_Territory_(film))* (1949) – Prospector[10]

1. *[Take One False Step](/source/Take_One_False_Step)* (1949) – Dr. Montgomery, Thatcher[5]

1. *[Sorrowful Jones](/source/Sorrowful_Jones)* (1949) – Doc Chesley[5]

1. *[Leave It to Henry](/source/Leave_It_to_Henry)* (1949) – Mr. McCluskey[5]

1. *[Calamity Jane and Sam Bass](/source/Calamity_Jane_and_Sam_Bass)* (1949) – Dakota[10]

1. *[Masked Raiders](/source/Masked_Raiders)* (1949) – Uncle Henry Trevett[10]

1. *[The Gal Who Took the West](/source/The_Gal_Who_Took_the_West)* (1949) – Ted[10]

1. *[Song of Surrender](/source/Song_of_Surrender)* (1949) – Mr. Abernathy (uncredited)[5]

1. *[All the King's Men](/source/All_the_King's_Men_(1949_film))* (1949) – Madison – the Editor (uncredited)[11]

1. *[Sierra](/source/Sierra_(film))* (1950) – Sam Coulter[18]

1. *[The Gunfighter](/source/The_Gunfighter_(film))* (1950) – Mr. Barlow (uncredited)[10]

1. *[Edge of Doom](/source/Edge_of_Doom)* (1950) – Mr. Swanson

1. *[The Sun Sets at Dawn](/source/The_Sun_Sets_at_Dawn)* (1950) – Pops[19]

1. *[The Du Pont Story](/source/The_Du_Pont_Story)* (1950) – Henry du Pont's Assistant (uncredited)

1. *[Hollywood Story](/source/Hollywood_Story)* (1951) – John Miller[19]

1. *[As Young as You Feel](/source/As_Young_as_You_Feel)* (1951) – Old Man on Park Bench (uncredited)

1. *[The Secret of Convict Lake](/source/The_Secret_of_Convict_Lake)* (1951) – Samuel 'Pawnee Sam' Barlow (uncredited)[5]

1. *[Darling, How Could You!](/source/Darling%2C_How_Could_You!)* (1951) – Old Man (uncredited)

1. *All That I Have* (1951) – Dr. Charles Grayson[5]

1. *[Cave of Outlaws](/source/Cave_of_Outlaws)* (1951) – Cooley[10]

1. *[The Wild North](/source/The_Wild_North)* (1952) – Old Man[10]

1. *[Oklahoma Annie](/source/Oklahoma_Annie)* (1952) – Blinky[10]

## Television

- *[Kraft Television Theatre](/source/Kraft_Television_Theatre)*

- - Episode: Barchester Towers (1948)[20] - Episode:Spring Green (1948)[21]

- *[Front Page Detective](/source/Front_Page_Detective)* (1951–1952)

- - Episode: Galahad (date unknown)

- *[Family Theater](/source/Family_Theater)*

- - Episode: That I May See (1951)

- *[Gruen Playhouse](/source/Gruen_Playhouse)*

- - Episode: Joe Santa Claus (1951) – Uncle Willy

- *[Rebound](/source/Rebound_(American_TV_series))* (1952–1953)

- - Episode: The Old Man (date unknown) – Charles

- *[Adventures of Superman](/source/Adventures_of_Superman_(TV_series))*

- - Episode: Rescue (1952) – Pop Polgase[22]

## Stage work

Partial listing

Theatre Opening date Closing date Title Role Theatre Notes March 22, 1938 May 1938 Schoolhouse on the Lot[23] J.G. Hamilton Ritz Theatre NY Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields playwrights[24] Onslow Stevens also in the cast as Peter Driscoll June 15, 1938 Nov 1938 On the Rocks[25] Viscount Barking Daly's 63rd Street Theatre NY George Bernard Shaw playwright Produced by the Federal Theatre Project[26] March 19, 1939 March 19, 1939 Stop Press[27] Alfred Snell Vanderbilt Theatre NY John 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, 1939 September 30, 1939 Journey's End[29] Bert Empire Theatre NY R. C. Sherriff playwright Set in Saint-Quentin, Aisne during World War I[30] October 25, 1939 October 19, 1940 The Time of Your Life[31] Arab Booth Theatre NY William Saroyan playwright The playbill described the character of Arab as "an Eastern philosopher and harmonica player"[32] March 26, 1946 Volpone Corbaccio Las Palmas Theater, Hollywood Ben Jonson playwright adapted by Morris Carnovsky[33]

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