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Henry Stephenson
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Henry Stephenson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1871-04-15,Granada, British West Indies
Gender
Male
Biography
From Wikipedia Henry Stephenson Garraway (16 April 1871 – 24 April 1956), sometimes credited as Harry Stephenson, was a British stage and film actor. He portrayed friendly and wise Gentleman in many films of the 1930s and 1940s. Among his roles was Sir Joseph Banks in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Mr. Brownlow in Oliver Twist. Stephenson was educated in Rugby in Warwickshire and started acting in his twenties. He appeared on British and American stages and made his Broadway debut in 1901, playing the messenger in A Message from Mars. In the following decades, he appeared in over 30 Broadway plays. Henry Stephenson made his film debut in 1917 and appeared in a few silent films, but made his mark mostly as an elder man in sound films. Between 1931 and 1932, he appeared in the successful Broadway play Cyanara with over 200 performances. He came to Hollywood for the film version of Cyanara, starring Ronald Colman and with Henry Stephenson in a supporting role. In the same year year, he played the tycoon C.B. Gaerste in Red-Headed Woman and Doctor Alliott in A Bill of Divorcement. The following year, the English-born actor appeared as the intimidating yet warm-hearted Mr. Laurence in Little Women. The tall, white-haired actor specialized in portraying wise, dignified and friendly British gentlemans in supporting roles. He could be "both imposing and benevolent in his patrician portrayals, usually expounding words of wisdom or offering gentlemanly aid." He appeared overall in 90 films from 1917 to 1951, often as a doctor or professor, general, judge or aristocrat. He often played historical figures like Sir Joseph Banks in the oscar-winnig adventure film Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau in Marie Antoinette (1938). Stephenson worked with film star Errol Flynn in the films Captain Blood, The Charge of the Light Brigade, The Prince and the Pauper, and The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex; often as Flynn's paternal friend and superior. He portrayed Sir Thomas Lancing in Tarzan Finds a Son! in 1939 and playing an entirely different role as Sir Guy Henderson in Tarzan and the Amazons in 1945. He seldom played dark figures, among the exceptions was the snobbish Mr. Bryant in Mr. Lucky in 1943. Stephenson also appeared in literature adaptions, for example as the friendly lawyer Havisham in Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) and as Mr. Brownlow in David Lean's literature adaption Oliver Twist (1948). He made his last film in 1949, but appeared in two TV-series in 1951 before the end of his career. In 1950, after finishing his role of Cardinal Gaspar de Quiroga in the drama play, That Lady, Stephenson retired from the stage. He married actress Ann Shoemaker. They had one daughter. Henry Stephenson died in 1956 at the age of 85 years. He was survived by Ann and his daughter.

Filmography

7.5

Oliver Twist
1948-06-28

6.7

Conquest
1937-10-22

Little Lord Fauntleroy

6.9

Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936-03-06

Mutiny on the Bounty

7.3

Mutiny on the Bounty
1935-11-22

Tarzan Finds a Son!

6.1

Tarzan Finds a Son!
1939-06-16

4.8

Heartbeat
1946-05-01

The Prince and the Pauper

6.8

The Prince and the Pauper
1937-04-30

Challenge to Lassie

4.8

Challenge to Lassie
1949-10-31

Down Argentine Way

6

Down Argentine Way
1940-10-11

Marie Antoinette

6.3

Marie Antoinette
1938-08-26

The Young in Heart

6.5

The Young in Heart
1938-07-06

6.1

Beloved Enemy
1936-12-25

6.4

The Locket
1946-12-20

The Charge of the Light Brigade

6.4

The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936-10-20

6.8

Ivy
1947-06-26

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

6.2

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939-11-11

7.2

Captain Blood
1935-12-26

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

6.8

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939-09-01

6.9

Mr. Lucky
1943-07-01

6.729

Little Women
1933-11-24

5.3

Reckless
1935-04-19

When You're in Love

6.7

When You're in Love
1937-02-12

Two Girls and a Sailor

5.7

Two Girls and a Sailor
1944-06-14

Julia Misbehaves

6.5

Julia Misbehaves
1948-08-08

Thirty Day Princess

6.8

Thirty Day Princess
1934-05-18

A Bill of Divorcement

6.4

A Bill of Divorcement
1932-09-28

The Baroness and the Butler

5.2

The Baroness and the Butler
1938-02-18

The Emperor's Candlesticks

5.2

The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937-07-02

4.8

Rendezvous
1935-10-25

6

The Mantrap
1943-04-13

Tarzan and the Amazons

6.3

Tarzan and the Amazons
1945-04-29

Red-Headed Woman

6.6

Red-Headed Woman
1932-06-25

The Animal Kingdom

5.7

The Animal Kingdom
1932-12-28

The Green Years

6.4

The Green Years
1946-07-04

6.6

This Above All
1942-05-12

5

If I Were Free
1933-12-01

She Loves Me Not

5.7

She Loves Me Not
1934-08-31

The Richest Girl in the World

5.6

The Richest Girl in the World
1934-09-21

6.4

It's a Date
1940-03-22

Half Way to Shanghai

0

Half Way to Shanghai
1942-09-18

5.8

Guilty as Hell
1932-08-05

The Mystery of Mr. X

7

The Mystery of Mr. X
1934-02-23

7

Wise Girl
1937-12-31

Of Human Bondage

6

Of Human Bondage
1946-07-05

Tomorrow at Seven

6

Tomorrow at Seven
1933-06-01

Blind Adventure

5.5

Blind Adventure
1933-08-18

4.8

Cynara
1932-12-24

5.9

Stingaree
1934-05-24

Vanessa: Her Love Story

6

Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935-03-01

5

Hearts Divided
1936-06-20

Give Me Your Heart

6

Give Me Your Heart
1936-09-17

Secrets of Scotland Yard

5.3

Secrets of Scotland Yard
1944-07-26

6.8

Double Harness
1933-07-21

Dramatic School

6.2

Dramatic School
1938-12-09

6.3

Outcast Lady
1934-09-28

The Night Is Young

5

The Night Is Young
1935-01-11

A Society Exile

0

A Society Exile
1919-10-07

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

6

O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935-09-27

What Every Woman Knows

7

What Every Woman Knows
1934-10-18

6.8

Spring Parade
1940-09-27

Man of Two Worlds

6

Man of Two Worlds
1934-01-13

The Homestretch

0

The Homestretch
1947-05-04

Little Old New York

4

Little Old New York
1940-02-09

The Flame Within

5.2

The Flame Within
1935-05-17

Lady from Louisiana

5.2

Lady from Louisiana
1941-04-22

5.4

Suez
1938-10-28

0

Men and Women
1925-03-23

The Hour Before the Dawn

5

The Hour Before the Dawn
1944-05-10

5.8

Walking on Air
1936-09-11

6.7

Enchantment
1948-12-25

0

Half Angel
1936-05-22

Her Sister's Secret

6.5

Her Sister's Secret
1946-09-23

6

Dark Delusion
1947-06-24

0

My Lips Betray
1933-11-04

The Perfect Gentleman

4.5

The Perfect Gentleman
1935-11-22

The Return of Monte Cristo

6.5

The Return of Monte Cristo
1946-12-19

Time Out of Mind

5

Time Out of Mind
1947-05-03

5.3

One More River
1934-08-06

The Man Who Lost Himself

4

The Man Who Lost Himself
1941-03-21

0

Reckless Age
1944-08-01

All Men Are Enemies

0

All Men Are Enemies
1934-04-26

Rings on Her Fingers

6.5

Rings on Her Fingers
1942-03-20

5.7

Night and Day
1946-07-02

6.7

Song of Love
1947-10-09

Wild, Wild Susan

0

Wild, Wild Susan
1925-08-04