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Henry Stephenson is a Actor British born on 15 april 1871 at Grenada

Henry Stephenson

Henry Stephenson
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Birth name Harry Stephenson Garraway
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 15 april 1871 at Grenada
Death 24 april 1956 (at 85 years) at San Francisco (USA)

See Henry Kenyon Stephenson for the British politicians and business owners; see a Henry Frederick Stephenson for Admiral and explorer Sir H. F. Stephenson

Henry Stephenson (16 April 1871 – 24 April 1956) was a British stage and film actor. He portrayed friendly and wise gentlemen in many films of the 1930s and 1940s. Among his roles were Sir Joseph Banks in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Mr. Brownlow in Oliver Twist (1948).

Biography

Élevé en Angleterre, il débute aux États-Unis en 1901, au théâtre à Broadway, où il joue régulièrement jusqu'en 1932. Il figure dans quelques films muets, à partir de 1917, mais sa carrière au cinéma démarre véritablement en 1932, avec au total 90 films tournés pour la RKO Pictures, la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer et la Warner Bros. Pictures, aux côtés notamment de Jean Harlow ou d'Errol Flynn. Après un dernier film en 1949, il jouera encore une fois à Broadway en 1949-1950 et fera quelques apparitions à la télévision, dans des séries, en 1951.

Son épouse était l'actrice américaine Ann Shoemaker (1891-1978).

Best films

This Above All (1942)
(Actor)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Henry Stephenson (84 films)

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Actor

Challenge to Lassie, 1h16
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Donald Crisp, Edmund Gwenn, Geraldine Brooks, Pal, Sara Allgood, Alan Webb
Roles Sir Charles Loring
Rating61% 3.093433.093433.093433.093433.09343
Jock Gray (Donald Crisp) raises his collie Lassie to be an extraordinary sheep dog and companion. When he is beaten to death by robbers after he retires, Lassie keeps vigil over his grave and refuses to let anyone else take ownership of her. However, the law requires that all dogs be leashed and licensed by a legal owner. With no owner to pay her license and her only "home" being the church graveyard, Lassie faces an uncertain future.
Oliver Twist, 1h56
Directed by David Lean, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure, Crime, Melodrama
Themes Films about children, L'enfance marginalisée
Actors Alec Guinness, Robert Newton, John Howard Davies, Kay Walsh, Anthony Newley, Francis L. Sullivan
Roles Mr. Brownlow
Rating77% 3.89653.89653.89653.89653.8965
A young woman in labour makes her way to a parish workhouse and dies after giving birth to a boy, who is systematically named Oliver Twist (John Howard Davies) by the workhouse authorities. As the years go by, Oliver and the rest of the child inmates suffer from the callous indifference of the officials in charge: beadle Mr. Bumble (Francis L. Sullivan) and matron Mrs. Corney (Mary Clare). At the age of nine, the hungry children draw straws; Oliver loses and has to ask for a second helping of gruel ("Please sir, I want some more").
Julia Misbehaves, 1h39
Directed by Jack Conway
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Cesar Romero, Lucile Watson
Roles Lord Pennystone
Rating67% 3.394743.394743.394743.394743.39474
In 1936 London, mature showgirl Julia Packett (Greer Garson) leads a precarious life. She pretends to be contemplating suicide in order to finagle some money out of a male friend in order to pay her bills. Then, she receives a wedding invitation from her daughter Susan (Elizabeth Taylor). As a young woman, Julia had married wealthy William Packett (Walter Pidgeon). However, after fourteen months of marriage, his disapproving mother (Lucile Watson) had managed to break them up. Julia returned to show business, but left her infant daughter with her husband, so that the child could be raised in more secure circumstances.
Enchantment, 1h40
Directed by Irving Reis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children, Political films
Actors David Niven, Teresa Wright, Evelyn Keyes, Farley Granger, Jayne Meadows, Leo G. Carroll
Roles General Fitzgerald
Rating71% 3.59283.59283.59283.59283.5928
In World War II London, a bold American servicewoman named Grizel Dane (Evelyn Keyes) pays a visit to her granduncle, aged General Sir Roland 'Rollo' Dane (David Niven), looking for a place to stay. At first reluctant to disturb his routine, Rollo soon gives in.
The Homestretch, 1h39
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Cornel Wilde, Maureen O'Hara, Glenn Langan, Helen Walker, James Gleason, Henry Stephenson
Roles Don Humberto Balcares
Rating63% 3.1868153.1868153.1868153.1868153.186815
Jock Wallace and Kitty Brant are rival thoroughbred horse breeders. He outbids her for a promising but injured horse, Abby R, paying $500 for it, angering the owner's niece, Leslie Hale, who feels the horse is worth much more.
Time Out of Mind, 1h28
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Phyllis Calvert, Robert Hutton, Ella Raines, Eddie Albert, Leo G. Carroll, Helena Carter
Roles Wellington Drake
Rating62% 3.133923.133923.133923.133923.13392
The son of a wealthy Maine family shocks his relatives by announcing he wants to pursue a career in music.
Song of Love, 1h59
Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Piano
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Paul Henreid, Robert Walker, Henry Daniell, Leo G. Carroll, Elsa Janssen
Roles King Albert
Rating66% 3.3461653.3461653.3461653.3461653.346165
Fictionalized romance in the 19th century of musicians Clara Wieck Schumann (Katharine Hepburn), Robert Schumann (Paul Henreid) and Johannes Brahms (Robert Walker). Clara gives up her thriving career as a concert pianist to devote herself to her struggling composer husband Robert. Unable to cope with disappointment and failure, Robert dies in an asylum, leaving poor Clara to cope with seven children and mounting debts.
Ivy
Ivy (1947)
, 1h39
Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Joan Fontaine, Patric Knowles, Herbert Marshall, Richard Ney, Cedric Hardwicke, Lucile Watson
Roles Judge
Rating70% 3.5405553.5405553.5405553.5405553.540555
Ivy Lexton (Joan Fontaine) is a woman with a hunger to seduce men. Though she already has a husband, Jervis (Richard Ney), and is having an affair with Dr. Roger Gretorex (Patric Knowles), Ivy becomes obsessed with wealthy Miles Rushworth (Herbert Marshall), and is determined to have him.
Dark Delusion, 1h30
Directed by Willis Goldbeck
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors James Craig, Lionel Barrymore, Lucille Bremer, Edward Arnold, Jayne Meadows, Henry Stephenson
Roles Evans Biddle
Rating60% 3.0489653.0489653.0489653.0489653.048965
Dr. Gillespie (Barrymore) asks a young surgeon, Dr. Tommy Coalt (Craig), to go to the small town of Bayhurst to replace a local doctor while he is on assignment to the Occupation effort in post-WWII Europe. There, Coalt is asked to sign mental-health commitment papers on a beautiful young socialite, Cynthia Grace (Bremer). Coalt thinks there is something amiss, and begins his own investigation.
Night and Day, 2h8
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Monty Woolley, Mary Martin, Jane Wyman, Dorothy Malone
Roles Omar Cole
Rating60% 3.0483853.0483853.0483853.0483853.048385
La vie du compositeur américain Cole Porter, depuis ses années à Yale dans les années 10 jusqu'à son apogée durant les années 40.
The Locket
The Locket (1946)
, 1h25
Directed by John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Laraine Day, Brian Aherne, Robert Mitchum, Gene Raymond, Sharyn Moffett, Ricardo Cortez
Roles Lord Wyndham
Rating70% 3.5440053.5440053.5440053.5440053.544005
A story told in a number of flashbacks from different points of view, this psychological drama tells the story of a bride-to-be (Day) who, as a child, was falsely accused of theft. She grows up to become a kleptomaniac, inveterate liar, and eventually a murderess.
The Green Years, 2h7
Directed by Victor Saville
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Hume Cronyn, Gladys Cooper, Dean Stockwell, Jessica Tandy
Roles Blakely
Rating69% 3.491443.491443.491443.491443.49144
Robert Shannon, a young orphan, is sent to live with his Scottish grandparents. His great grandfather becomes the lad's mentor/father figure, helping him overcome the challenges of youth, and mollifying the cold stinginess of Robert's grandfather. The young Robert suffers life's trials, and the kind, old great grandfather, despite given to drink and tall tales, is always there to help him rebound. In time, the intelligent Robert grows into a teenager, and comes to love his childhood friend Allison. He proceeds to attend medical college, and attains a career before marrying his sweetheart.
Heartbeat
Heartbeat (1946)
, 1h42
Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Ginger Rogers, Basil Rathbone, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Adolphe Menjou, Melville Cooper, Mikhail Rasumny
Roles Minister
Rating58% 2.9481152.9481152.9481152.9481152.948115
Professor Aristide (Basil Rathbone) runs a school for pickpockets in Paris. He takes on pupils like Yves (Mikhail Rasumny) and young Arlette (Ginger Rogers) by testing their dishonesty. He takes Arlette even though she fails by only taking bread; she's a runaway from a reform school where she's supposed to stay until she turns 21.
The Return of Monte Cristo, 1h32
Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Louis Hayward, George Macready, Una O'Connor, Barbara Britton, Henry Stephenson
Roles Prof. Duval
Rating66% 3.3179953.3179953.3179953.3179953.317995
The grandson of the Count of Monte Cristo is falsely accused of a crime and imprisoned on Devil's Island. He escapes and seeks revenge against those responsible for his imprisonment.
Of Human Bondage, 1h45
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker, Alexis Smith, Edmund Gwenn, Patric Knowles, Janis Paige
Roles Dr. Tyrell
Rating62% 3.1477353.1477353.1477353.1477353.147735
Philip (Paul Henreid), an impoverished, clubfooted, failed artist, is attending medical school in London, using a trust set up for him by a wealthy uncle for tuition. When he initially meets Mildred (Eleanor Parker), she pays scant attention to him and he finds her common and crass, but his wounded pride spurs him to return to the restaurant where she works, hoping to spark her interest. He invites her to accompany him to the theatre and, because she has nothing else to do, Mildred accepts. Philip spends what little money he has on her before she breaks a date with him and an ugly argument ensues. When he discovers she apparently has run off to marry one of her regular customers, Miller (Richard Aherne), he initially is happy to be free from his emotional bondage to her.