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person_profile-James Stephenson

James Stephenson Died at age: 52

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Apr 14, 1889

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Jul 29, 1941

Biography of

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 Philo Vance (1940) and was first-billed in the above-average "B" movie Shining Victory (1941) when he died suddenly in 1941 of a heart attack at the rather young age of 53.

    Date of Death:  29 July 1941, Pacific Palisades, California  (heart attack)

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James Stephenson

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Filmography of

James Stephenson

Found 29 Movies in total

International Squadron

Squadron Leader Charles Wyatt ( Actor )

... 1941

Shining Victory

Dr. Paul Venner ( Actor )

... 1941

Flight from Destiny

Dr. Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens ( Actor )

... 1941

The Letter

Howard Joyce ( Actor )

... 1940

South of Suez

Inspector Thornton ( Actor )

... 1940

... 1940

The Sea Hawk

Abbott ( Actor )

... 1940

River's End

McDowell ( Actor )

... 1940

Murder in the Air

Joe Garvey ( Actor )

... 1940

Calling Philo Vance

Philo Vance ( Actor )

... 1940

We Are Not Alone

Sir William Clintock ( Actor )

... 1939

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Sir Thomas Egerton ( Actor )

... 1939

Espionage Agent

Dr. Anton Rader ( Actor )

... 1939

The Old Maid

Jim Ralston ( Actor )

... 1939

Beau Geste

Major Henri de Beaujolais ( Actor )

... 1939

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

British Military Intelligence Agent ( Actor )

... 1939

Wanted by Scotland Yard

Fingers ( Actor )

... 1939

On Trial

Gerald Trask ( Actor )

... 1939

The Adventures of Jane Arden

Dr. George Vanders ( Actor )

... 1939

Secret Service of the Air

Jim Cameron ( Actor )

... 1939

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

Dr. Mansfield ( Actor )

... 1939

King of the Underworld

Bill Stevens ( Actor )

... 1939

Devil's Island

Col. Armand Lucien ( Actor )

... 1939

Heart of the North

Stephen Gore ( Actor )

... 1938

Nancy Drew… Detective

Challon ( Actor )

... 1938

Boy Meets Girl

Major Thompson ( Actor )

... 1938

Cowboy from Brooklyn

Prof. Landis ( Actor )

... 1938

White Banners

Thomas Bradford ( Actor )

... 1938

When Were You Born

Phillip Corey ( Actor )

... 1938