Henry Stephenson [81934]
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.617
Birthplace: Granada, British West Indies
Birthday: 1871-04-15
Deathday: 1956-04-24
Age: 85 years
Movies: 85
Links: Homepage, IMDB
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.

Challenge to Las
1949-10-31
Enchantment
1948-12-25
Julia Misbehaves
1948-08-08
Oliver Twist
1948-06-28
Song of Love
1947-10-09
Ivy
1947-06-26
Dark Delusion
1947-06-24
The Homestretch
1947-05-04
Time Out of Mind
1947-05-03
The Locket
1946-12-20
The Return of Mo
1946-12-19
Her Sister's Sec
1946-09-23
Of Human Bondage
1946-07-05
Night and Day
1946-07-02
Heartbeat
1946-05-01
The Green Years
1946-07-04
Tarzan and the A
1945-04-29
Reckless Age
1944-08-01
Secrets of Scotl
1944-07-26
Two Girls and a
1944-06-14
The Hour Before
1944-05-10
Mr. Lucky
1943-07-01
The Mantrap
1943-04-13
Half Way to Shan
1942-09-18
This Above All
1942-05-12
Rings on Her Fin
1942-03-20
Lady from Louisi
1941-04-22
The Man Who Lost
1941-03-21
Down Argentine W
1940-10-11
Spring Parade
1940-09-27
It's a Date
1940-03-22
Little Old New Y
1940-02-09
The Private Live
1939-11-11
The Adventures o
1939-09-01
Tarzan Finds a S
1939-06-16
Dramatic School
1938-12-09
Suez
1938-10-28
Marie Antoinette
1938-08-26
The Young in Hea
1938-07-06
The Baroness and
1938-02-18
Wise Girl
1937-12-31
Conquest
1937-10-22
The Emperor's Ca
1937-07-02
The Prince and t
1937-04-30
When You're in L
1937-02-12
Beloved Enemy
1936-12-25
The Charge of th
1936-10-20
Walking on Air
1936-09-11
Give Me Your Hea
1936-09-17
Hearts Divided
1936-06-20
Half Angel
1936-05-22
Little Lord Faun
1936-03-06
Captain Blood
1935-12-26
The Perfect Gent
1935-11-22
Mutiny on the Bo
1935-11-22
Rendezvous
1935-10-25
O'Shaughnessy's
1935-09-27
The Flame Within
1935-05-17
Reckless
1935-04-19
Vanessa: Her Lov
1935-03-01
The Night Is You
1935-01-11
What Every Woman
1934-10-18
Outcast Lady
1934-09-28
The Richest Girl
1934-09-21
She Loves Me Not
1934-08-31
One More River
1934-08-06
Stingaree
1934-05-24
Thirty Day Princ
1934-05-18
All Men Are Enem
1934-04-26
The Mystery of M
1934-02-23
Man of Two World
1934-01-13
If I Were Free
1933-12-01
Little Women
1933-11-24
My Lips Betray
1933-11-04
Blind Adventure
1933-08-18
Double Harness
1933-07-21
Tomorrow at Seve
1933-06-01
Cynara
1932-12-24
The Animal Kingd
1932-12-28
A Bill of Divorc
1932-09-28
Guilty as Hell
1932-08-05
Red-Headed Woman
1932-06-25
Wild, Wild Susan
1925-08-04
Men and Women
1925-03-23
A Society Exile
1919-10-07