
James Stephenson
Highest Rated: 100% The Letter (1940)
Lowest Rated: 100% The Letter (1940)
Birthday: Apr 14, 1889
Birthplace: Selby, Yorkshire, England, UK
A tall, often mustachioed character actor with clipped phrasing and a dignified, intelligent manner, James Stephenson was a typically crisp British type and had acted onstage in his native land for a number of years before being signed by Warner Bros. in Hollywood. He had played in films in England produced by Warner Bros.' subsidiary First National, including such modest fare as "The Man Who Made Diamonds," "The Perfect Crime," and "Transatlantic Trouble" (all 1937) before performing in his first US release, "White Banners" (1938). For several years he played supporting roles in programmers and star vehicles like the Dick Powell musical, "The Cowboy from Brooklyn" (1938) and "B" pictures including a Dick Foran Western, "Heart of the North" (1938), a minor but enjoyable astrology-themed mystery, "When Were You Born?" (1938) and a failed attempt to launch a film series around a well-known cartoon heroine, "The Adventures of Jane Arden" (1939). Stephenson played smooth professional types like doctors and businessmen, alternately sympathetic and criminal, acquitting himself competently in routine roles, though not well-cast in Westerns given his accent.
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | International Squadron | Squadron Leader Charles Wyatt (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shining Victory | Dr. Paul Venner (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flight From Destiny | Dr. Lawrence `'Larry'` Stevens (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | South of Suez | Inspector Thornton (Character) | - | 1940 |
100% | 82% | The Letter | Howard Joyce (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 20% | Calling Philo Vance | Philo Vance (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 17% | Murder in the Air | Joe Garvey (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 38% | Devil's Island | Col. Armand Lucien (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Dispatch From Reuters | Carew (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wolf of New York | Hiram Rogers (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 30% | King of the Underworld | Bill Stevens (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | On Trial | Gerald Trask (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Monroe Doctrine | Senor De La Torre (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 20% | Secret Service of the Air | Jim Cameron (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Espionage Agent | Dr. Anton Rader (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 76% | The Old Maid | Jim Ralston (Character) | - | 1939 |
100% | 85% | Beau Geste | Maj. Henri de Beaujolais (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Adventures of Jane Arden | Dr. George Vanders (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Torchy Blane in Chinatown | Dr. Mansfield (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 53% | Confessions of a Nazi Spy | British Military Intelligence agent (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 71% | White Banners | Thomas Bradford (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heart of the North | Unknown (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cowboy From Brooklyn | Prof. Landis (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You Live and Learn | Sam Brooks (Character) | - | 1937 |
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