James Stephenson

James Stephenson

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)

Tentang

Stage Name: James Stephenson

Peran: Acting

Reputasi: 0.1902

Jenis Kelamin: Laki-laki

Tanggal Lahir: 1889-04-13

Lokasi Lahir: Selby, Yorkshire, England, UK

Riwayat Perfilman

1941

International Squadron

Squadron Leader Charles Wyatt

1941

Shining Victory

Dr. Paul Venner

1941

Flight from Destiny

Dr. Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens

1940

The Letter

Howard Joyce

1940

South of Suez

Inspector Thornton

1940

The Sea Hawk

Abbott

1940

River's End

McDowell

1940

Murder in the Air

Joe Garvey

1940

Calling Philo Vance

Philo Vance

1940

Wolf of New York

Hiram Rogers

1939

We Are Not Alone

Sir William Clintock

1939

The Monroe Doctrine

Senor De La Torre

1939

Espionage Agent

Dr. Anton Rader

1939

The Old Maid

Jim Ralston

1939

Beau Geste

Major Henri de Beaujolais

1939

Sons of Liberty

Colonel Tillman

1939

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

British Military Intelligence Agent

1939

On Trial

Gerald Trask

1939

The Adventures of Jane Arden

Dr. George Vanders

1939

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

Dr. Mansfield

1939

King of the Underworld

Bill Stevens

1939

Devil's Island

Col. Armand Lucien

1938

Heart of the North

Stephen Gore

1938

Boy Meets Girl

Major Thompson

1938

Cowboy from Brooklyn

Prof. Landis

1938

White Banners

Thomas Bradford

1938

When Were You Born

Phillip Corey

1938

Mr. Satan

Tim Garnett

1938

The Dark Stairway

Inspector Clarke

1937

You Live and Learn

Sam Brooks