Houseley Stevenson

Houseley Stevenson (July 30, 1879 – August 6, 1953) was an 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. Isle of Fury (1936) Rector
2. China Clipper (1936) Doctor
3. Bengal Tiger (1936) Justice of the Peace
4. The White Angel (1936) Surgeon
5. The Law in Her Hands (1936) Appellate Court Chief Judge
6. The Adventurous Blonde (1937) Judge Darrell
7. Midnight Court (1937) Mr. Jones
8. Stolen Holiday (1937) Wedding Official
9. Once a Doctor (1937) Magistrate Kendrick
10. The Body Disappears (1941) Passerby Professor
11. Native Land (1942) white sharecropper
12. The Man Who Returned to Life (1942) Colonel Beebe
13. Happy Land (1943) Sam Watson
14. Crime Doctor (1943) Martin, Parole Board
15. Dakota (1945) Railroad Clerk
16. The Yearling (1946) Mr. Ranger
17. Little Miss Big (1946) Duncan
18. Rendezvous with Annie (1946) Dr. Grimes
19. Somewhere in the Night (1946) Michael Conroy
20. Without Reservations (1946) Turnkey
21. Cheyenne (1947)
22. Secret Beyond the Door (1947) Andy
23. Forever Amber (1947) Mr. Starling
24. Dark Passage (1947) Dr. Walter Coley
25. Thunder in the Valley (1947) Angus MacIvor
26. Time Out of Mind (1947) George
27. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) gardener
28. Ramrod (1947) George Smedley
29. The Brasher Doubloon (1947) Elisha Morningstar
30. Easy Come, Easy Go (1947) Doctor
31. The Paleface (1948) Pioneer
32. Kidnapped (1948) Ebenezer
33. Joan of Arc (1948) The Cardinal of Winchester
34. You Gotta Stay Happy (1948) Jud Tavis
35. Moonrise (1948) Uncle Joe Jingle
36. Apartment for Peggy (1948) Prof. T.J. Beck
37. Four Faces West (1948) Anderson
38. The Vicious Circle (1948) Prof. Barr
39. Smart Woman (1948) Joe Smith
40. Casbah (1948) Anton Duval
41. The Challenge (1948) Captain Sonnenberg
42. All the King's Men (1949) Madison the Editor
43. Song of Surrender (1949) Mr. Abernathy
44. The Gal Who Took the West (1949) Ted
45. Masked Raiders (1949) Uncle Henry Trevett
46. Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949) Dakota
47. Take One False Step (1949) Dr. Montgomery Thatcher
48. Leave It to Henry (1949) Mr. McCluskey
49. Colorado Territory (1949) Prospector
50. Sorrowful Jones (1949) Doc Chesley
51. The Lady Gambles (1949) Pawnbroker
52. Bride of Vengeance (1949) Councillor
53. The Walking Hills (1949) King
54. Knock on Any Door (1949) Junior
55. The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950) Pops
56. Edge of Doom (1950) Mr. Swanson
57. The Gunfighter (1950) Mr. Barlow
58. Sierra (1950) Sam Coulter
59. Cave of Outlaws (1951) Cooley
60. Darling, How Could You! (1951) Old Man
61. The Secret of Convict Lake (1951) Pawnee Sam
62. As Young as You Feel (1951) old man on park bench
63. Hollywood Story (1951) John Miller
64. All That I Have (1951) Dr. Charles Grayson
65. Oklahoma Annie (1952) Blinky
66. The Wild North (1952) Old Man

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	Notes
Mar 22, 1938	May 1938	Schoolhouse on the Lot	J.G. Hamilton	Ritz Theatre NY	Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields playwrights Onslow 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 playwright Produced by the Federal Theatre Project
Mar 19, 1939	Mar 19, 1939	Stop Press	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
Sept 10, 1939	Sept 30, 1939	Journey's End	Bert	Empire Theatre NY	R. C. Sherriff playwright Set 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 playwright adapted by Morris Carnovsky

External links

• Houseley Stevenson at the Internet Movie Database
• Houseley Stevenson at the Internet Broadway Database (as Houseley Stevens)
• Houseley Stevenson at Find a Grave