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James Stephenson

James Stephenson

Actor · Born 1889-04-13 · Selby, Yorkshire, England, UK

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Biography

British stage actor James Stephenson made his film debut quite late in life, at the age of 49, in 1937, making four pictures that year. Warner Bros. got a glimpse of this distinguished gent and signed him to a contract where he indulged himself in urbane villainy. Proving a reliable support in such films as Boy Meets Girl (1938), You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), and the classic adventure The Sea Hawk (1940), he was entrusted by director William Wyler and mega-star Bette Davis to play the sympathetic role of the family attorney Howard Joyce in The Letter (1940). It was the role of a lifetime and he didn't let them down for he earned an Oscar nomination in the process. Stephenson was soon on a roll, playing the titular sleuth in Calling Philo Vance (1940) and was first-billed in the above-average "B" movie Shining Victory (1941) when he died suddenly in 1941 of a heart attack at the rather young age of 53. Date of Death:  29 July 1941, Pacific Palisades, California  (heart attack)

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Letter (1940) — Howard Joyce
  2. The Sea Hawk (1940) — Abbott
  3. Beau Geste (1939) — Major Henri de Beaujolais
  4. The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) — Sir Thomas Egerton
  5. The Old Maid (1939) — Jim Ralston
  6. Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) — British Military Intelligence Agent
  7. King of the Underworld (1939) — Bill Stevens
  8. Nancy Drew… Detective (1938) — Challon
  9. A Dispatch from Reuters (1940) — Carew
  10. Devil's Island (1939) — Col. Armand Lucien
  11. Calling Philo Vance (1940) — Philo Vance
  12. When Were You Born (1938) — Phillip Corey
  13. Sons of Liberty (1939) — Colonel Tillman
  14. Espionage Agent (1939) — Dr. Anton Rader
  15. Flight from Destiny (1941) — Dr. Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens
  16. Shining Victory (1941) — Dr. Paul Venner
  17. Murder in the Air (1940) — Joe Garvey
  18. White Banners (1938) — Thomas Bradford
  19. Boy Meets Girl (1938) — Major Thompson
  20. Secret Service of the Air (1939) — Jim Cameron
  21. We Are Not Alone (1939) — Sir William Clintock
  22. The Monroe Doctrine (1939) — Senor De La Torre
  23. River's End (1940) — McDowell
  24. South of Suez (1940) — Inspector Thornton
  25. Heart of the North (1938) — Stephen Gore
  26. On Trial (1939) — Gerald Trask
  27. The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939) — Dr. George Vanders
  28. Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939) — Dr. Mansfield
  29. International Squadron (1941) — Squadron Leader Charles Wyatt
  30. Wolf of New York (1940) — Hiram Rogers
  31. Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938) — Prof. Landis
  32. Wanted by Scotland Yard (1939) — Fingers
  33. You Live and Learn (1937) — Sam Brooks
  34. Transatlantic Trouble (1937) — Lewis
  35. The Dark Stairway (1938) — Inspector Clarke
  36. The Man Who Made Diamonds (1937) — Ben
  37. Mr. Satan (1938) — Tim Garnett