Henry Stephenson
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Time and sheer volume of work have made Henry Stephenson a veteran actor with a career measured in decades rather than seasons. The filmography leans toward adventure. Careers that pass the 109-year mark are a small club. Of everything on the filmography, 'Mutiny on the Bounty' is the work that traveled the furthest. Among the rest of the work, 'Captain Blood' stands out.
Henry Stephenson
86 Movies
Time and sheer volume of work have made Henry Stephenson a veteran actor with a career measured in decades rather than seasons. The filmography leans toward adventure. Careers that pass the 109-year mark are a small club. Of everything on the filmography, 'Mutiny on the Bounty' is the work that traveled the furthest. Among the rest of the work, 'Captain Blood' stands out.
Movies
Plays Mr. Brownlow
Oliver Twist
1948
Plays Lord Willoughby
Captain Blood
1935
Plays Joseph Banks
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
Plays Mr. Laurence
Little Women
1933
Plays Omar Cole
Night and Day
1946
Plays Mr. Bryant
Mr. Lucky
1943
Plays Sir Ronald Ramsgate
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
Plays Sir Guy Henderson, the Archeologist
Tarzan and the Amazons
1945
Plays Sir Charles Macefield
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
Plays Duke of Norfolk
The Prince and the Pauper
1937
Plays Count de Mercey
Marie Antoinette
1938
Plays Count Albert Sandor
The Baroness and the Butler
1938
Plays John Dyckman Brown I
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
Plays Mr. Hugh Clarkson
Stingaree
1934
Plays Havisham
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936
Plays Lord Burghley
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
Plays Prince Johann
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
Plays Charles B. 'Charlie' / 'C.B.' Gaerste
Red-Headed Woman
1932
Plays Lord Wyndham
The Locket
1946
Plays Felix Anstruther
The Young in Heart
1938
Plays Sir Thomas Lancing
Tarzan Finds a Son!
1939
Plays General Cathaway
This Above All
1942
Plays Russian Ambassador Gregory
Rendezvous
1935
Plays King Albert
Song of Love
1947
Plays Blakely
The Green Years
1946
Plays Rufus
The Animal Kingdom
1932
Plays Mr. Fletcher
Wise Girl
1937
Plays Dean Mercer
She Loves Me Not
1934
Plays Doctor Alliot
A Bill of Divorcement
1932
Plays Walter Mitchell
When You're in Love
1937
Plays Lord Pennystone
Julia Misbehaves
1948
Plays Charles Venables
What Every Woman Knows
1934
Plays Lord Athleigh
Beloved Enemy
1936
Plays General Fitzgerald
Enchantment
1948
Plays Mr. DuBois
Her Sister's Secret
1946
Plays Count Anastas Walewski
Conquest
1937
Plays King Anatol XII
Thirty Day Princess
1934
Plays Professor Duval
The Return of Monte Cristo
1946
Plays Colonel Prentiss
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
Plays Wellington Drake
Time Out of Mind
1947
Plays Count Mathieu de Lesseps
Suez
1938
Plays Colonel Harrison Sr.
Reckless
1935
Plays Dr. Tyrell
Of Human Bondage
1946
Plays John Connors
The Richest Girl in the World
1934
Plays Minister
Heartbeat
1946
Plays General Anatole Mirbeau
Lady from Louisiana
1941
Plays Sir Laurence Mont
One More River
1934
Plays Major Thorne
Blind Adventure
1933
Plays Don Diego Quintana
Down Argentine Way
1940
Plays Maj. Winslow
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935
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Challenge to Lassie
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Challenge to Lassie
Sir Charles Loring
1949
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Enchantment
General Fitzgerald
1948
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Julia Misbehaves
Lord Pennystone
1948
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Oliver Twist
Mr. Brownlow
1948
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Song of Love
King Albert
1947
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Dark Delusion
Evans Biddle
1947
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The Homestretch
Don Humberto Balcares
1947
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Time Out of Mind
Wellington Drake
1947
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The Locket
Lord Wyndham
1946
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Henry Stephenson still alive?
Henry Stephenson passed away on April 24, 1956 at age 85.
What are the most famous roles of Henry Stephenson?
Henry Stephenson is best known for roles in Mutiny on the Bounty, Captain Blood, Oliver Twist.
How many movies has Henry Stephenson been in?
Over a 39-year career (since 1917), Henry Stephenson has appeared in 86 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Henry Stephenson's first movie?
The career of Henry Stephenson began with The Spreading Dawn (1917).
What is Henry Stephenson's most recent movie or series?
Henry Stephenson's most recent release is Challenge to Lassie, which premiered on October 31, 1949.
Henry Stephenson
1871-04-15 · Granada, British West Indies
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.