Houseley Stevenson


Houseley Stevenson 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

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

    Television

Partial listing
Opening dateClosing dateTitleRoleTheatreNotes
Mar 22, 1938May 1938Schoolhouse on the LotJ.G. HamiltonRitz Theatre NYJerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields playwrights
Onslow Stevens also in the cast as Peter Driscoll
June 15, 1938Nov 1938On the RocksViscount BarkingDaly's 63rd Street Theatre NYGeorge Bernard Shaw playwright
Produced by the Federal Theatre Project
Mar 19, 1939Mar 19, 1939Stop PressAlfred 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
Sept 10, 1939Sept 30, 1939Journey's EndBertEmpire Theatre NYR. C. Sherriff playwright
Set in Saint-Quentin, Aisne during World War I
October 25, 1939October 19, 1940The Time of Your LifeArabBooth Theatre NYWilliam Saroyan playwright
The playbill described the character of Arab as "an Eastern philosopher and harmonica player"
March 26, 1946VolponeCorbaccioLas Palmas Theater, HollywoodBen Jonson playwright
adapted by Morris Carnovsky