Houseley Stevenson
Birthday: 1879-07-30
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
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Take One False Step
Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presum...
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Moonrise
Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one ...
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Colorado Territory
After escaping from jail, outlaw Wes McQueen is convinced by his old partner in crime to do one last...
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The Lady Gambles
When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the ti...
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The Gal Who Took the West
In order to gain passage to the West, a woman poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud between tw...
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The Sun Sets at Dawn
A reporter investigates the story of a young man who may have been wrongly convicted and sentenced t...
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Thunder in the Valley
The popular Alfred Ollivant novel "Bob, Son of Battle" is the source for this drama about sheep dogs...
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Without Reservations
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train...
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Dark Passage
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove hi...
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Casbah
Pepe Le Moko leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to ...
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Hollywood Story
An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the uns...
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Sierra
Ring Hassard and his father Jeff, wild horse breakers, live in a hidden mountain eyrie as Jeff is wa...
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Cave of Outlaws
Having served a prison sentence for robbery, Pete Carver decides to go back for the hidden loot. But...
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Knock on Any Door
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the cour...
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Secret Beyond the Door
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly ...
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Easy Come, Easy Go
Comedy about an Irish father, who enjoys betting on horses, who keeps interfering with his daughter'...
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Oklahoma Annie
A spunky storekeeper is determined to clean up corruption in her small town, as well as win the hear...
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
In 1900, young widow Lucy Muir learns that her seaside cottage is haunted and forms a unique relatio...
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Time Out of Mind
The son of a wealthy Maine family shocks his relatives by announcing he wants to pursue a career in ...
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Isle of Fury
An island pearl merchant and his new wife make room for a mysterious shipwrecked man....
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The White Angel
In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurs...
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The Man Who Returned to Life
An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an eight-...
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Kidnapped
In Scotland in 1752, seventeen-year-old David Balfour is cheated out of his birthright by his evil ...
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Midnight Court
After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car ...
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All the King's Men
A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wi...
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Bride of Vengeance
The tiny independent duchy of Ferrara is located between Casare Borgia's Rome and Venice, and Borgia...
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Four Faces West
Cowboy Ross McEwen arrives in town. He asks the banker for a loan of $2000. When the banker asks abo...
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Once a Doctor
Dr. Frank Brace (Joe King) is an important doctor with son Jerry (Gordon Oliver) as well as foster...
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Masked Raiders
Texas Rangers Tim Holt and Richard Martin are dispatched to halt a gang of masked outlaws terrorizin...
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Happy Land
An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist beli...
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The Wild North
In the Canadian mountains, a trapper goes on the run accused of a crime and is pursued by a rugged a...
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Crime Doctor
Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to bec...
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Ramrod
A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she dete...
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The Walking Hills
A study in greed in which treasure hunters seek a shipment of gold buried in Death Valley....
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Apartment for Peggy
Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is chan...
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Song of Surrender
In 1906 in Connecticut, Elisha Hunt, the 55-year-old curator of a small government museum, marries A...
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All That I Have
As a wealthy retired surgeon nears the end of his life, he begins to distribute his wealth to those ...
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The Adventurous Blonde
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) i...
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Rendezvous with Annie
A homesick American soldier stationed in England during World War II makes an unauthorized trip to ...
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The Secret of Convict Lake
After a group of convicts escapes from prison, they take refuge in the wilderness. While most of the...
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Leave It to Henry
Henry Latham and town Mayor Colton continue their misadventures in Smalltown, America. This time, tw...
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Sorrowful Jones
A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her fath...
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The Challenge
Bulldog Drummond investigates the murder of a sea captain who died before revealing the location of ...
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The Brasher Doubloon
Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that bel...
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China Clipper
An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China....
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You Gotta Stay Happy
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face th...
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Darling, How Could You!
Two absentee American parents get to know their three children again after spending five years in Pa...
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Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
Drifter Sam Bass shows up in Denton, Texas (soon to host a great horse race) looking for work. Befor...
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Joan of Arc
In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against ...
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Native Land
By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate...
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Little Miss Big
A wealthy eccentric women escapes from a mental institution and finds refuge with a financially stra...
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Cheyenne
Slick gambler James Wylie is apprehended by the law and given the option to forgo a prison sentence ...
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Joe Santa Claus
Disgusted that he's been moved from the hardware department to duties as a department store Santa Cl...
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