James Stephenson

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 ...show more
Details
Details
Date of Birth
Apr 13, 1889
Place of Birth
Selby, Yorkshire, England, UK
Date of Death
Jul 29, 1941
Age
52
Known For
Acting
Images
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Movie Credits

1940
Howard Joyce
1939
Major Henri de Beaujolais
1939
Dr. Anton Rader
1941
Dr. Paul Venner
1938
Thomas Bradford
1940
Abbott
1939
Gerald Trask
Movie Credits
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