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Henry Stephenson‌

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Birthday

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Henry Stephenson

Granada, British West Indies

Henry Stephenson

Granada, British West Indies

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1871-04-15

Popularity

star2.2

Biography

From Wikipedia Henry Stephenson Garraway (16 April 1871 – 24 April 1956), sometimes credited as Harry Stephenson, was a British stage and film actor. He portrayed friendly and wise Gentleman in many films of the 1930s and 1940s. Among his roles was Sir Joseph Banks in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Mr. Brownlow in Oliver Twist. Stephenson was educated in Rugby in Warwickshire and started acting in his twenties. He appeared on British and American stages and made his Broadway debut in 1901, playing the messenger in A Message from Mars. In the following decades, he appeared in over 30 Broadway plays. Henry Stephenson made his film debut in 1917 and appeared in a few silent films, but made his mark mostly as an elder man in sound films. Between 1931 and 1932, he appeared in the successful Broadway play Cyanara with over 200 performances. He came to Hollywood for the film version of Cyanara, starring Ronald Colman and with Henry Stephenson in a supporting role. In the same year year, he played the tycoon C.B. Gaerste in Red-Headed Woman and Doctor Alliott in A Bill of Divorcement. The following year, the English-born actor appeared as the intimidating yet warm-hearted Mr. Laurence in Little Women. The tall, white-haired actor specialized in portraying wise, dignified and friendly British gentlemans in supporting roles. He could be "both imposing and benevolent in his patrician portrayals, usually expounding words of wisdom or offering gentlemanly aid." He appeared overall in 90 films from 1917 to 1951, often as a doctor or professor, general, judge or aristocrat. He often played historical figures like Sir Joseph Banks in the oscar-winnig adventure film Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau in Marie Antoinette (1938). Stephenson worked with film star Errol Flynn in the films Captain Blood, The Charge of the Light Brigade, The Prince and the Pauper, and The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex; often as Flynn's paternal friend and superior. He portrayed Sir Thomas Lancing in Tarzan Finds a Son! in 1939 and playing an entirely different role as Sir Guy Henderson in Tarzan and the Amazons in 1945. He seldom played dark figures, among the exceptions was the snobbish Mr. Bryant in Mr. Lucky in 1943. Stephenson also appeared in literature adaptions, for example as the friendly lawyer Havisham in Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) and as Mr. Brownlow in David Lean's literature adaption Oliver Twist (1948). He made his last film in 1949, but appeared in two TV-series in 1951 before the end of his career. In 1950, after finishing his role of Cardinal Gaspar de Quiroga in the drama play, That Lady, Stephenson retired from the stage. He married actress Ann Shoemaker. They had one daughter. Henry Stephenson died in 1956 at the age of 85 years. He was survived by Ann and his daughter.

Movie Credits

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist‌
star7.5
calendar 1948

Conquest

Conquest‌
star6.6
calendar 1937

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy‌
star6.8
calendar 1936

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty‌
star7.3
calendar 1935

Tarzan Finds a Son!

Tarzan Finds a Son!‌
star6.1
calendar 1939

Heartbeat

Heartbeat‌
star4.8
calendar 1946

The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper‌
star6.8
calendar 1937

Challenge to Lassie

Challenge to Lassie‌
star4.8
calendar 1949

Down Argentine Way

Down Argentine Way‌
star6.0
calendar 1940

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette‌
star6.3
calendar 1938

The Young in Heart

The Young in Heart‌
star6.6
calendar 1938

Beloved Enemy

Beloved Enemy‌
star6.1
calendar 1936

The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade‌
star6.4
calendar 1936

The Locket

The Locket‌
star6.4
calendar 1946

Ivy

Ivy‌
star6.8
calendar 1947

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex‌
star6.2
calendar 1939

Captain Blood

Captain Blood‌
star7.2
calendar 1935

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes‌
star6.8
calendar 1939

Mr. Lucky

Mr. Lucky‌
star6.9
calendar 1943

Little Women

Little Women‌
star6.7
calendar 1933

Reckless

Reckless‌
star5.3
calendar 1935

When You're in Love

When You're in Love‌
star6.7
calendar 1937

Two Girls and a Sailor

Two Girls and a Sailor‌
star5.7
calendar 1944

Julia Misbehaves

Julia Misbehaves‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

Thirty Day Princess

Thirty Day Princess‌
star6.8
calendar 1934

A Bill of Divorcement

A Bill of Divorcement‌
star6.4
calendar 1932

The Emperor's Candlesticks

The Emperor's Candlesticks‌
star5.2
calendar 1937

The Baroness and the Butler

The Baroness and the Butler‌
star5.2
calendar 1938

Rendezvous

Rendezvous‌
star4.8
calendar 1935

The Mantrap

The Mantrap‌
star6.0
calendar 1943

Tarzan and the Amazons

Tarzan and the Amazons‌
star6.3
calendar 1945

Red-Headed Woman

Red-Headed Woman‌
star6.6
calendar 1932

The Animal Kingdom

The Animal Kingdom‌
star5.7
calendar 1932

The Green Years

The Green Years‌
star6.4
calendar 1946

This Above All

This Above All‌
star6.6
calendar 1942

If I Were Free

If I Were Free‌
star5.0
calendar 1933

She Loves Me Not

She Loves Me Not‌
star5.6
calendar 1934

The Richest Girl in the World

The Richest Girl in the World‌
star5.6
calendar 1934

It's a Date

It's a Date‌
star6.4
calendar 1940

Half Way to Shanghai

Half Way to Shanghai‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Guilty as Hell

Guilty as Hell‌
star5.8
calendar 1932

The Mystery of Mr. X

The Mystery of Mr. X‌
star7.0
calendar 1934

Wise Girl

Wise Girl‌
star7.0
calendar 1937

Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage‌
star6.0
calendar 1946

Tomorrow at Seven

Tomorrow at Seven‌
star6.0
calendar 1933

Blind Adventure

Blind Adventure‌
star5.5
calendar 1933

Cynara

Cynara‌
star4.8
calendar 1932

Stingaree

Stingaree‌
star5.9
calendar 1934

Vanessa: Her Love Story

Vanessa: Her Love Story‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Hearts Divided

Hearts Divided‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

Give Me Your Heart

Give Me Your Heart‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Secrets of Scotland Yard

Secrets of Scotland Yard‌
star5.3
calendar 1944

Double Harness

Double Harness‌
star6.8
calendar 1933

Dramatic School

Dramatic School‌
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calendar 1938

Outcast Lady

Outcast Lady‌
star6.3
calendar 1934

The Night Is Young

The Night Is Young‌
star5.0
calendar 1935

A Society Exile

A Society Exile‌
star0.0
calendar 1919

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

O'Shaughnessy's Boy‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

What Every Woman Knows

What Every Woman Knows‌
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calendar 1934

Spring Parade

Spring Parade‌
star6.8
calendar 1940

Man of Two Worlds

Man of Two Worlds‌
star6.0
calendar 1934

The Homestretch

The Homestretch‌
star0.0
calendar 1947

Little Old New York

Little Old New York‌
star4.0
calendar 1940

The Flame Within

The Flame Within‌
star5.2
calendar 1935

Lady from Louisiana

Lady from Louisiana‌
star5.2
calendar 1941

Suez

Suez‌
star5.4
calendar 1938

Men and Women

Men and Women‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

The Hour Before the Dawn

The Hour Before the Dawn‌
star5.0
calendar 1944

Walking on Air

Walking on Air‌
star5.8
calendar 1936

Enchantment

Enchantment‌
star6.4
calendar 1948

Half Angel

Half Angel‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Her Sister's Secret

Her Sister's Secret‌
star6.5
calendar 1946

Dark Delusion

Dark Delusion‌
star6.0
calendar 1947

My Lips Betray

My Lips Betray‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

The Perfect Gentleman

The Perfect Gentleman‌
star4.5
calendar 1935

The Return of Monte Cristo

The Return of Monte Cristo‌
star6.5
calendar 1946

Time Out of Mind

Time Out of Mind‌
star5.0
calendar 1947

One More River

One More River‌
star5.3
calendar 1934

The Man Who Lost Himself

The Man Who Lost Himself‌
star4.0
calendar 1941

Reckless Age

Reckless Age‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

All Men Are Enemies

All Men Are Enemies‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

Rings on Her Fingers

Rings on Her Fingers‌
star6.5
calendar 1942

Night and Day

Night and Day‌
star5.7
calendar 1946

Song of Love

Song of Love‌
star6.7
calendar 1947

Wild, Wild Susan

Wild, Wild Susan‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

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