Houseley Sr. Stevenson
Houseley Sr. Stevenson
The father of actors Houseley Stevenson Jr. and Onslow Stevens, Houseley Stevenson Sr. was one of the founders and principal directors of the famed Pasadena Playhouse. After a four-decade-plus stage career, Stevenson came to films in 1936. At first, he played bits, but as he moved into his sixties the size of his roles increased. The hollow-cheeked, stubble-chinned actor was especially adept at playing elderly derelicts whose dialogue usually ran along the lines of "Whatsa matter, son? Hidin' from the law?" Houseley Stevenson was at his very best in two Humphrey Bogart films: In Dark Passage (1947), he played the seedy plastic surgeon Dr. Coley, while in Knock on Any Door he was seen as the philosophical rummy "Junior." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Houseley Sr. Stevenson:
- Joan of Arc with Ingrid Bergman , Jose Ferrer , Ward Bond , Jimmy Lydon , Francis L. Sullivan , Cecil Kellaway , Irene Rich , Ray Teal , George Coulouris , John Emery , Gene Lockhart , Leif Erickson , John Ireland , Henry Brandon , Ethan Laidlaw , Dennis Hoey , Roy Roberts , J. Carrol Naish , Alan Napier , Herbert Rudley , William Conrad , Jeff Corey , Bob Crosby , James Garner , Greta Granstedt , Frank S. Hagney , Chuck Hamilton , James Sr. Kirkwood , George Magrill , Frank Marlowe , Matt Moore , Harry Hays Morgan , Frances Morris , Herbert Rawlinson , Arthur Space , Minerva Urecal , Charles Wagenheim , Henry Wills , George Zucco , Mary Field
- Without Reservations with Claudette Colbert , John Wayne , Don DeFore , Dona Drake , Thurston Hall , William Benedict , Raymond Burr , Joel Fluellen , Cary Grant , John G. Kellogg , Sam McDaniel , Marvin Miller , Charles Moore , Oscar O'Shea , Lorin Raker , Ruth Roman , Minerva Urecal , Ian Wolfe , Will Wright , Mervyn LeRoy , Charlie Hall
- The Paleface with Bob Hope , Jane Russell , Robert Armstrong , Jackie Searl , Stanley Andrews , Iron Eyes Cody , Henry Brandon , Frank S. Hagney , Skelton Knaggs , Edgar Dearing , Dick Elliott , Dorothy Granger , Al Hill , Ethan Laidlaw , Ted Mapes , John "Skins" Miller , Arthur Space , Duke York , Hall Bartlett
- Dakota with John Wayne , Walter Brennan , Ward Bond , Mike Mazurki , Ona Munson , Paul Fix , Robert Livingston , George Cleveland , Roy Barcroft , Fred Graham , Cliff Lyons , Linda Stirling , Victor Varconi , Robert Blake , Yakima Canutt
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