
James Stephenson
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 Will...
Known For
Filmography

Flight from Destiny
1941
as Dr. Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens

Shining Victory
1941
as Dr. Paul Venner

International Squadron
1941
as Squadron Leader Charles Wyatt

The Sea Hawk
1940
as Abbott

The Letter
1940
as Howard Joyce

Murder in the Air
1940
as Joe Garvey
Wolf of New York
1940
as Hiram Rogers

River's End
1940
as McDowell

Calling Philo Vance
1940
as Philo Vance

South of Suez
1940
as Inspector Thornton

A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
as Carew

Devil's Island
1939
as Col. Armand Lucien

King of the Underworld
1939
as Bill Stevens

Beau Geste
1939
as Major Henri de Beaujolais

The Old Maid
1939
as Jim Ralston

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
as Sir Thomas Egerton

Espionage Agent
1939
as Dr. Anton Rader

The Monroe Doctrine
1939
as Senor De La Torre

Secret Service of the Air
1939
as Jim Cameron

On Trial
1939
as Gerald Trask

The Adventures of Jane Arden
1939
as Dr. George Vanders

Sons of Liberty
1939
as Colonel Tillman

Wanted by Scotland Yard
1939
as Fingers

Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
as British Military Intelligence Agent

We Are Not Alone
1939
as Sir William Clintock

Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939
as Dr. Mansfield

Nancy Drew… Detective
1938
as Challon

When Were You Born
1938
as Phillip Corey

White Banners
1938
as Thomas Bradford

Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
as Prof. Landis

Boy Meets Girl
1938
as Major Thompson

Heart of the North
1938
as Stephen Gore
The Dark Stairway
1938
as Inspector Clarke
Mr. Satan
1938
as Tim Garnett
You Live and Learn
1937
as Sam Brooks
Transatlantic Trouble
1937
as Lewis
The Man Who Made Diamonds
1937
as Ben