Houseley Stevenson

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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All the King's Men (1949)

All The King's Men is the story of the rise of politician Willie Stark from a rural county seat to the governor's mansion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Rossen
CAST:  Broderick Crawford  •  John Ireland  •  Joanne Dru  •  John Derek

All The King's Men is the story of the rise of politician Willie Stark from a rural county seat to the governor's mansion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Rossen
CAST:  Broderick Crawford  •  John Ireland  •  Joanne Dru  •  John Derek

Colorado Territory (1949)

In Colorado territory, outlaw Wes McQueen escapes jail to pull a railroad robbery but, upon meeting pretty settler Julie Ann, he wonders about going straight. Western remake of High Sierra with Joel McCrea taking over the Humphrey Bogart role.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  Joel McCrea  •  Virginia Mayo  •  Dorothy Malone  •  Henry Hull

In Colorado territory, outlaw Wes McQueen escapes jail to pull a railroad robbery but, upon meeting pretty settler Julie Ann, he wonders about going straight. Western remake of High Sierra with Joel McCrea taking over the Humphrey Bogart role.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  Joel McCrea  •  Virginia Mayo  •  Dorothy Malone  •  Henry Hull

Dark Passage (1947)

A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Delmer Daves
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Lauren Bacall  •  Bruce Bennett  •  Agnes Moorehead

A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Delmer Daves
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Lauren Bacall  •  Bruce Bennett  •  Agnes Moorehead

Edge of Doom (1950)

A priest sets out to catch the man who killed one of his colleagues.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Robson
CAST:  Dana Andrews  •  Farley Granger  •  Joan Evans  •  Robert Keith

A priest sets out to catch the man who killed one of his colleagues.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Robson
CAST:  Dana Andrews  •  Farley Granger  •  Joan Evans  •  Robert Keith

Moonrise (1948)

Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, he makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s fiancée, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Borzage
CAST:  Dane Clark  •  Gail Russell  •  Ethel Barrymore  •  Allyn Joslyn

Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, he makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s fiancée, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Borzage
CAST:  Dane Clark  •  Gail Russell  •  Ethel Barrymore  •  Allyn Joslyn

Ramrod (1947)

A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André de Toth
CAST:  Joel McCrea  •  Veronica Lake  •  Don DeFore  •  Donald Crisp

A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André de Toth
CAST:  Joel McCrea  •  Veronica Lake  •  Don DeFore  •  Donald Crisp

The Brasher Doubloon (1947)

Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that belonged in her deceased husband's collection. Marlowe begins investigating, but quickly finds himself entangled in a series of unexplained murders.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Brahm
CAST:  George Montgomery  •  Nancy Guild  •  Florence Bates  •  Roy Roberts

Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that belonged in her deceased husband's collection. Marlowe begins investigating, but quickly finds himself entangled in a series of unexplained murders.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Brahm
CAST:  George Montgomery  •  Nancy Guild  •  Florence Bates  •  Roy Roberts

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

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A young British widow rents a seaside cottage and soon becomes haunted by the ghost of its former owner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph L. Mankiewicz
CAST:  Gene Tierney  •  Rex Harrison  •  George Sanders  •  Edna Best

A young British widow rents a seaside cottage and soon becomes haunted by the ghost of its former owner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph L. Mankiewicz
CAST:  Gene Tierney  •  Rex Harrison  •  George Sanders  •  Edna Best

The Gunfighter (1950)

The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Gregory Peck  •  Helen Westcott  •  Millard Mitchell  •  Jean Parker

The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  Gregory Peck  •  Helen Westcott  •  Millard Mitchell  •  Jean Parker

The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)

After a group of convicts escapes from prison, they take refuge in the wilderness. While most of the crew are ruthless sociopaths, Jim Canfield is an innocent man who was jailed under false pretenses. When Canfield and his fellow fugitives reach an isolated farming ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Gordon
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Gene Tierney  •  Ethel Barrymore  •  Zachary Scott

After a group of convicts escapes from prison, they take refuge in the wilderness. While most of the crew are ruthless sociopaths, Jim Canfield is an innocent man who was jailed under false pretenses. When Canfield and his fellow fugitives reach an isolated farming ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Gordon
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Gene Tierney  •  Ethel Barrymore  •  Zachary Scott

Joan of Arc (1948)

In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the weak Dauphin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Ingrid Bergman  •  Francis L. Sullivan  •  J. Carrol Naish  •  Ward Bond

In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the weak Dauphin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Ingrid Bergman  •  Francis L. Sullivan  •  J. Carrol Naish  •  Ward Bond

Secret Beyond the Door (1947)

After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Joan Bennett  •  Michael Redgrave  •  Anne Revere  •  Barbara O'Neil

After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Joan Bennett  •  Michael Redgrave  •  Anne Revere  •  Barbara O'Neil

Rendezvous with Annie (1946)

A homesick American soldier stationed in England during World War II makes an unauthorized trip to see his wife and returns to England with only two people knowing he was home for a few hours. When she learns that she is pregnant, she does not disclose that her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  Eddie Albert  •  Faye Marlowe  •  Gail Patrick  •  Phillip Reed

A homesick American soldier stationed in England during World War II makes an unauthorized trip to see his wife and returns to England with only two people knowing he was home for a few hours. When she learns that she is pregnant, she does not disclose that her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  Eddie Albert  •  Faye Marlowe  •  Gail Patrick  •  Phillip Reed

The Adventurous Blonde (1937)

The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Glenda Farrell  •  Barton MacLane  •  Anne Nagel  •  Tom Kennedy

The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Glenda Farrell  •  Barton MacLane  •  Anne Nagel  •  Tom Kennedy

Midnight Court (1937)

After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Ann Dvorak  •  John Litel  •  Carlyle Moore Jr.  •  Joseph Crehan

After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Ann Dvorak  •  John Litel  •  Carlyle Moore Jr.  •  Joseph Crehan

Isle of Fury (1936)

An island fugitive and his bride make room for a shipwrecked detective.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Margaret Lindsay  •  Donald Woods  •  E. E. Clive

An island fugitive and his bride make room for a shipwrecked detective.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Margaret Lindsay  •  Donald Woods  •  E. E. Clive

Little Miss Big (1946)

A wealthy eccentric women escapes from a mental institution and finds refuge with a financially strapped barber and his two daughters  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erle C. Kenton
CAST:  Fay Holden  •  Beverly Simmons  •  Frederick Brady  •  Peggy Webber

A wealthy eccentric women escapes from a mental institution and finds refuge with a financially strapped barber and his two daughters  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erle C. Kenton
CAST:  Fay Holden  •  Beverly Simmons  •  Frederick Brady  •  Peggy Webber

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949)

Drifter Sam Bass shows up in Denton, Texas (soon to host a great horse race) looking for work. Before long, he attracts the attention of pretty storekeeper Katherine Egan (the sheriff's sister) and that wild frontiers woman, Calamity Jane. Circumstances make Sam ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  Yvonne De Carlo  •  Howard Duff  •  Lloyd Bridges  •  Dorothy Hart

Drifter Sam Bass shows up in Denton, Texas (soon to host a great horse race) looking for work. Before long, he attracts the attention of pretty storekeeper Katherine Egan (the sheriff's sister) and that wild frontiers woman, Calamity Jane. Circumstances make Sam ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  Yvonne De Carlo  •  Howard Duff  •  Lloyd Bridges  •  Dorothy Hart

Masked Raiders (1949)

Texas Rangers Tim Holt and Richard Martin are dispatched to halt a gang of masked outlaws terrorizing the frontier. Infiltrating the gang, Holt and Martin learn that the raiders are operating altruistically, robbing from the rich to give to the poor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  Tim Holt  •  Richard Martin  •  Marjorie Lord  •  Gary Gray

Texas Rangers Tim Holt and Richard Martin are dispatched to halt a gang of masked outlaws terrorizing the frontier. Infiltrating the gang, Holt and Martin learn that the raiders are operating altruistically, robbing from the rich to give to the poor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  Tim Holt  •  Richard Martin  •  Marjorie Lord  •  Gary Gray

Four Faces West (1948)

Cowboy Ross McEwen arrives in town. He asks the banker for a loan of $2000. When the banker asks about securing a loan that large, McEwen shows him his six-gun collateral. The banker hands over the money in exchange for an I.O.U., signed "Jefferson Davis". McEwen ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Joel McCrea  •  Frances Dee  •  Charles Bickford  •  Joseph Calleia

Cowboy Ross McEwen arrives in town. He asks the banker for a loan of $2000. When the banker asks about securing a loan that large, McEwen shows him his six-gun collateral. The banker hands over the money in exchange for an I.O.U., signed "Jefferson Davis". McEwen ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Joel McCrea  •  Frances Dee  •  Charles Bickford  •  Joseph Calleia
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