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. He was the father of actors Houseley Stevenson Jr., Edward Stevenson and Onslow Stevens.
Films
The Law in Her Hands (1936) – Appellate Court Chief Judge (uncredited) The White Angel (1936) – Surgeon (uncredited) Bengal Tiger (1936) – Justice of the Peace (uncredited) China Clipper (1936) – Doctor (uncredited) Isle of Fury (1936) – The Rector Once a Doctor (1937) – Magistrate Kendrick Stolen Holiday (1937) – Wedding Official (uncredited) Midnight Court (1937) – Mr. Jones - Witness (uncredited) The Adventurous Blonde (1937) – Judge Darrell (uncredited) The Body Disappears (1941) – Passerby Professor (uncredited) The Man Who Returned to Life (1942) – Colonel Beebe (uncredited) Native Land (1942, Documentary) – white sharecropper Crime Doctor (1943) – Martin, Parole Board (uncredited) Happy Land (1943) – Sam Watson (uncredited) Dakota (1945) – Railroad Clerk (uncredited) Without Reservations (1946) – Turnkey (uncredited) Somewhere in the Night (1946) – Michael Conroy Rendezvous with Annie (1946) – Dr. Grimes (uncredited) Little Miss Big (1946) – Duncan The Yearling (1946) – Mr. Ranger (uncredited) Easy Come, Easy Go (1947) – Doctor (uncredited) The Brasher Doubloon (1947) – Elisha Morningstar (uncredited) Ramrod (1947) – George Smedley Time Out of Mind (1947) – George The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) – Gardener (uncredited) Cheyenne (1947) – Stableman (uncredited) Thunder in the Valley (1947) – Angus MacIvor (uncredited) Dark Passage (1947) – Dr. Walter Coley Forever Amber (1947) – Mr. Starling (uncredited) Secret Beyond the Door (1947) – Andy (uncredited) The Challenge (1948) – Captain Sonnenberg Smart Woman (1948) – Joe Smith (uncredited) Casbah (1948) – Anton Duval Four Faces West (1948) – Anderson The Vicious Circle (1948) – Professor Barr (uncredited) Moonrise (1948) – Uncle Joe Jingle Apartment for Peggy (1948) – Prof. T.J. Beck (uncredited) You Gotta Stay Happy (1948) – Jud Tavis Joan of Arc (1948) – The Cardinal of Winchester Kidnapped (1948) – Ebenezer The Paleface (1948) – Pioneer (uncredited) Knock on Any Door (1949) – Junior (uncredited) The Walking Hills (1949) – King Bride of Vengeance (1949) – Councillor The Lady Gambles (1949) – Pawnbroker Colorado Territory (1949) – Prospector Take One False Step (1949) – Dr. Montgomery, Thatcher Sorrowful Jones (1949) – Doc Chesley Leave It to Henry (1949) – Mr. McCluskey Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949) – Dakota Masked Raiders (1949) – Uncle Henry Trevett The Gal Who Took the West (1949) – Ted Song of Surrender (1949) – Mr. Abernathy (uncredited) All the King's Men (1949) – Madison – the Editor (uncredited) Sierra (1950) – Sam Coulter The Gunfighter (1950) – Mr. Barlow (uncredited) Edge of Doom (1950) – Mr. Swanson The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950) – Pops The Du Pont Story (1950) – Henry du Pont's Assistant (uncredited) Hollywood Story (1951) – John Miller As Young as You Feel (1951) – Old Man on Park Bench (uncredited) The Secret of Convict Lake (1951) – Samuel 'Pawnee Sam' Barlow (uncredited) Darling, How Could You! (1951) – Old Man (uncredited) All That I Have (1951) – Dr. Charles Grayson Cave of Outlaws (1951) – Cooley The Wild North (1952) – Old Man Oklahoma Annie (1952) – Blinky
Television Kraft Television Theatre Episode: Barchester Towers (1948) Episode:Spring Green (1948) 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 (1952–1953) Episode: The Old Man (date unknown) – Charles Adventures of Superman Episode: Rescue (1952) – Pop Polgase
Stage work Partial listing +Theatre Opening date Closing date Title Role Theatre NotesMarch 22, 1938 May 1938 Schoolhouse on the Lot J.G. Hamilton Ritz Theatre NY Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields playwrightsOnslow Stevens also in the cast as Peter Driscoll June 15, 1938 Nov 1938 On the Rocks Viscount Barking Daly's 63rd Street Theatre NY George Bernard Shaw playwrightProduced by the Federal Theatre Project March 19, 1939 March 19, 1939 Stop Press Alfred Snell Vanderbilt Theatre NY John Stradley playwrightThe role of Alfred Snell was that of a conservative newspaper publisher who was at odds with his son the union sympathizer September 10, 1939 September 30, 1939 Journey's End Bert Empire Theatre NY R. C. Sherriff playwrightSet in Saint-Quentin, Aisne during World War I October 25, 1939 October 19, 1940 The Time of Your Life Arab Booth Theatre NY William Saroyan playwright The playbill described the character of Arab as "an Eastern philosopher and harmonica player"March 26, 1946 Volpone Corbaccio Las Palmas Theater, Hollywood Ben Jonson playwrightadapted by Morris Carnovsky
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(as Houseley Stevens)