James Stephenson

James Stephenson

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1889-04-14
Deathday: 1941-07-29 (52 years old)

Biography

British stage actor James Stephenson made his film debut quite late in life, at the age of 49, in 1937, making four pictures that year. Warner Bros. got a glimpse of this distinguished gent and signed him to a contract where he indulged himself in urbane villainy. Proving a reliable support in such films as Boy Meets Girl (1938), You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), and the classic adventure The Sea Hawk (1940), he was entrusted by director William Wyler and mega-star Bette Davis to play the sympathetic role of the family attorney Howard Joyce in The Letter (1940). It was the role of a lifetime and he didn't let them down for he earned an Oscar nomination in the process. Stephenson was soon on a roll, playing the titular sleuth in Calling Philo Vance (1940) and was first-billed in the above-average "B" movie Shining Victory (1941) when he died suddenly in 1941 of a heart attack at the rather young age of 53.


Date of Death:  29 July 1941, Pacific Palisades, California  (heart attack)

Filmography

all 33

Movies 33

Squadron Leader Charles Wyatt
International Squadron

International Squadron (1941)

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Inspector Thornton
South of Suez

South of Suez (1940)

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Sir William Clintock
We Are Not Alone

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Movie
Major Henri de Beaujolais
Beau Geste

Beau Geste (1939)

Movie
British Military Intelligence Agent
Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)

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6
Col. Armand Lucien
Devil's Island

Devil's Island (1939)

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Inspector Stephen Gore
Heart of the North

Heart of the North (1938)

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Phillip 'Phil' Corey (Libra)
When Were You Born

When Were You Born (1938)

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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1889-04-14

Deathday
1941-07-29 (52 years old)

Birth Place
Selby, Yorkshire, England, UK

Citizenships
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America

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