Robert Stevenson
Known for
Films are made by people like Robert Stevenson, a British director responsible for choices the audience only ever sees the result of. The beginning of the record is the part hardest to track down. Most of this work was done in rooms the audience never sees. 'Mary Poppins' is the calling card here. Among the rest of the credits, 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' stands out.
Robert Stevenson
52 Directed
8 Series
Films are made by people like Robert Stevenson, a British director responsible for choices the audience only ever sees the result of. The beginning of the record is the part hardest to track down. Most of this work was done in rooms the audience never sees. 'Mary Poppins' is the calling card here. Among the rest of the credits, 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' stands out.
Movies
Director
Jane Eyre
1943
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Mary Poppins
1964
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The Love Bug
1968
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
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Old Yeller
1957
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Herbie Rides Again
1974
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That Darn Cat!
1965
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Darby O'Gill and the Little People
1959
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The Gnome-Mobile
1967
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The Absent-Minded Professor
1961
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The Shaggy D.A.
1976
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Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
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The Island at the Top of the World
1974
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Kidnapped
1960
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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975
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Son of Flubber
1963
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In Search of the Castaways
1962
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Johnny Tremain
1957
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Back Street
1941
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Owd Bob
1938
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The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936
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Forever and a Day
1943
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The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
1964
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Dishonored Lady
1947
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The Monkey's Uncle
1965
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Tudor Rose
1936
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My Forbidden Past
1951
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King Solomon's Mines
1937
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Joan of Paris
1942
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Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
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The Woman on Pier 13
1950
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Tom Brown's School Days
1940
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To the Ends of the Earth
1948
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My Dog, the Thief
1969
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The Las Vegas Story
1952
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Non-Stop New York
1937
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Young Man's Fancy
1939
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Return to Yesterday
1940
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The Ware Case
1938
Full Filmography
The Shaggy D.A.
Director
1976
Film
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Director
1975
Film
The Island at the Top of the World
Director
1974
Film
Herbie Rides Again
Director
1974
Film
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Director
1971
Film
My Dog, the Thief
Director
1969
Film
The Love Bug
Director
1968
Film
Blackbeard's Ghost
Director
1968
Film
The Gnome-Mobile
Director
1967
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Robert Stevenson still alive?
Robert Stevenson passed away on April 30, 1986 at age 81.
What are the most famous roles of Robert Stevenson?
Robert Stevenson is best known for directing Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Love Bug.
How many movies has Robert Stevenson directed?
Over a 56-year career (since 1930), Robert Stevenson has directed or written 52 films and worked on 8 TV shows.
What was Robert Stevenson's first movie?
The career of Robert Stevenson began with Greek Street (1930).
What is Robert Stevenson's most recent movie or series?
Robert Stevenson's most recent release is The Shaggy D.A., which premiered on December 17, 1976.
What TV shows has Robert Stevenson created or directed?
On television, Robert Stevenson has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Zorro, Gunsmoke, The 20th Century Fox Hour.
Robert Stevenson
1905-03-31 · Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Robert Stevenson (31 March 1905, Buxton, Derbyshire – 30 April 1986) was an English film writer and director. He was educated at Cambridge University where he became the president of both the Liberal Club and the Cambridge Union Society.
He moved to California in the 1940s and ended up directing 19 films for The Walt Disney Company in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, Stevenson is best remembered for directing the Julie Andrews musical Mary Poppins, for which Andrews won the Academy Award for Best Actress and Stevenson received a nomination for Best Director Oscar.
Stevenson divorced his first wife Cecilie and married actress Anna Lee in 1934. They lived on London's Bankside for five years, moving to Hollywood in 1939, where he remained for many years. They had two daughters, Venetia and Caroline, before divorcing in March 1944.
He married Frances Holyoke Howard on October 8, 1944; they later divorced. They had one son, Hugh Howard Stevenson. Robert Stevenson's widow, Ursula Henderson, appeared as herself in the documentary Locked in the Tower: The Men behind Jane Eyre in 2007.Robert Stevenson (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia