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Houseley Stevenson
Stevenson in Gruen Guild Playhouse (1951)
Born	(1879-07-30)30 July 1879 London, England
Died	6 August 1953(1953-08-06) (aged 74) Duarte, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1936–1954
Spouse	Margurita E. Behrens
Children	3, including Onslow Stevens

Houseley Stevenson (30 July 1879 – 6 August 1953) 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.^[1] He was the father of actors Houseley Stevenson Jr., Edward Stevenson and Onslow Stevens.^[2]

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Films

The Law in Her Hands (1936) – Appellate Court Chief Judge (uncredited)
The White Angel (1936) – Surgeon (uncredited)^[3]
Bengal Tiger (1936) – Justice of the Peace (uncredited)^[3]
China Clipper (1936) – Doctor (uncredited)
Isle of Fury (1936) – The Rector^[3]
Once a Doctor (1937) – Magistrate Kendrick^[4]
Stolen Holiday (1937) – Wedding Official (uncredited)
Midnight Court (1937) – Mr. Jones - Witness (uncredited)
The Adventurous Blonde (1937) – Judge Darrell (uncredited)^[3]
The Body Disappears (1941) – Passerby Professor (uncredited)^[5]
The Man Who Returned to Life (1942) – Colonel Beebe (uncreidted)^[5]
Native Land (1942, Documentary) – white sharecropper^[6]
Crime Doctor (1943) – Martin, Parole Board (uncredited)
Happy Land (1943) – Sam Watson (uncredited)^[5]
Dakota (1945) – Railroad Clerk (uncredited)^[7]
Without Reservations (1946) – Turnkey (uncredited)^[7]
Somewhere in the Night (1946) – Michael Conroy^[8]
Rendezvous with Annie (1946) – Dr. Grimes (uncredited)^[5]
Little Miss Big (1946) – Duncan^[9]
The Yearling (1946) – Mr. Ranger (uncredited)^[10]
Easy Come, Easy Go (1947) – Doctor (uncredited)^[11]
The Brasher Doubloon (1947) – Elisha Morningstar (uncredited)^[12]
Ramrod (1947) – George Smedley^[13]
Time Out of Mind (1947) – George^[14]
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) – Gardener (uncredited)
Cheyenne (1947) – Stableman (uncredited)^[10]
Thunder in the Valley (1947) – Angus MacIvor (uncredited)
Dark Passage (1947) – Dr. Walter Coley^[15]
Forever Amber (1947) – Mr. Starling (uncredited)^[16]
Secret Beyond the Door (1947) – Andy (uncredited)
The Challenge (1948) – Captain Sonnenberg^[11]
Smart Woman (1948) – Joe Smith (uncredited)^[5]
Casbah (1948) – Anton Duval^[11]
Four Faces West (1948) – Anderson^[10]
The Vicious Circle (1948) – Professor Barr (uncredited)
Moonrise (1948) – Uncle Joe Jingle
Apartment for Peggy (1948) – Prof. T.J. Beck (uncredited)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948) – Jud Tavis^[14]
Joan of Arc (1948) – The Cardinal of Winchester
Kidnapped (1948) – Ebenezer^[17]
The Paleface (1948) – Pioneer (uncredited)
Knock on Any Door (1949) – Junior (uncredited)^[14]
The Walking Hills (1949) – King^[10]
Bride of Vengeance (1949) – Councillor^[11]
The Lady Gambles (1949) – Pawnbroker^[11]
Colorado Territory (1949) – Prospector^[10]
Take One False Step (1949) – Dr. Montgomery, Thatcher^[5]
Sorrowful Jones (1949) – Doc Chesley^[5]
Leave It to Henry (1949) – Mr. McCluskey^[5]
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949) – Dakota^[10]
Masked Raiders (1949) – Uncle Henry Trevett^[10]
The Gal Who Took the West (1949) – Ted^[10]
Song of Surrender (1949) – Mr. Abernathy (uncredited)^[5]
All the King's Men (1949) – Madison – the Editor (uncredited)^[11]
Sierra (1950) – Sam Coulter^[18]
The Gunfighter (1950) – Mr. Barlow (uncredited)^[10]
Edge of Doom (1950) – Mr. Swanson
The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950) – Pops^[19]
The Du Pont Story (1950) – Henry du Pont's Assistant (uncredited)
Hollywood Story (1951) – John Miller^[19]
As Young as You Feel (1951) – Old Man on Park Bench (uncredited)
The Secret of Convict Lake (1951) – Samuel 'Pawnee Sam' Barlow (uncredited)^[5]
Darling, How Could You! (1951) – Old Man (uncredited)
All That I Have (1951) – Dr. Charles Grayson^[5]
Cave of Outlaws (1951) – Cooley^[10]
The Wild North (1952) – Old Man^[10]
Oklahoma Annie (1952) – Blinky^[10]

Television

Kraft Television Theatre

Episode: Barchester Towers (1948)^[20]

Episode:Spring Green (1948)^[21]

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^[22]

Stage work

Partial listing

Theatre
Opening date	Closing date	Title	Role	Theatre	Notes
March 22, 1938	May 1938	Schoolhouse on the Lot^[23]	J.G. Hamilton	Ritz Theatre NY	Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields playwrights^[24] Onslow Stevens also in the cast as Peter Driscoll
June 15, 1938	Nov 1938	On the Rocks^[25]	Viscount Barking	Daly's 63rd Street Theatre NY	George Bernard Shaw playwright Produced by the Federal Theatre Project^[26]
March 19, 1939	March 19, 1939	Stop Press^[27]	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^[28]
September 10, 1939	September 30, 1939	Journey's End^[29]	Bert	Empire Theatre NY	R. C. Sherriff playwright Set in Saint-Quentin, Aisne during World War I^[30]
October 25, 1939	October 19, 1940	The Time of Your Life^[31]	Arab	Booth Theatre NY	William Saroyan playwright The playbill described the character of Arab as "an Eastern philosopher and harmonica player"^[32]
March 26, 1946		Volpone	Corbaccio	Las Palmas Theater, Hollywood	Ben Jonson playwright adapted by Morris Carnovsky^[33]

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