James Stephenson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1889-04-13 (52 years old)

Deathday

1941-07-29

Place of Birth

Selby, Yorkshire, England, UK

James Stephenson

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 lifeti...

Acting

1939

Devil's Island

as Col. Armand Lucien

1940

The Sea Hawk

as Abbott

1939

King of the Underworld

as Bill Stevens

1939

Beau Geste

as Major Henri de Beaujolais

1939

The Old Maid

as Jim Ralston

1940

The Letter

as Howard Joyce

1940

Murder in the Air

as Joe Garvey

1939

Espionage Agent

as Dr. Anton Rader

1939

The Monroe Doctrine

as Senor De La Torre

1941

Flight from Destiny

as Dr. Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens

1940

Wolf of New York

as Hiram Rogers

1939

1939

On Trial

as Gerald Trask

1940

River's End

as McDowell

1940

Calling Philo Vance

as Philo Vance

1939

The Adventures of Jane Arden

as Dr. George Vanders

1938

When Were You Born

as Phillip Corey

1941

Shining Victory

as Dr. Paul Venner

1939

Sons of Liberty

as Colonel Tillman

1938

White Banners

as Thomas Bradford

1938

Cowboy from Brooklyn

as Prof. Landis

1938

Boy Meets Girl

as Major Thompson

1940

South of Suez

as Inspector Thornton

1937

You Live and Learn

as Sam Brooks

1939

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

as British Military Intelligence Agent

1939

We Are Not Alone

as Sir William Clintock

1938

Heart of the North

as Stephen Gore

1939

1938

The Dark Stairway

as Inspector Clarke

1941

International Squadron

as Squadron Leader Charles Wyatt

1938

Mr. Satan

as Tim Garnett

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