James Stephenson

James Stephenson

Acting
Born 1889-04-13 Died 1941-07-29 Selby, Yorkshire, England, UK 37 credits

Awards

Nominated for 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 nominated

  • 1941 Best Supporting Actor Nominated The Letter

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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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Filmography
Beau Geste
Beau Geste
1939 · ★ 7.0 · Major Henri de Beaujolais
The Sea Hawk
The Sea Hawk
1940 · ★ 7.2 · Abbott
The Letter
The Letter
1940 · ★ 7.3 · Howard Joyce
The Old Maid
The Old Maid
1939 · ★ 7.1 · Jim Ralston
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939 · ★ 6.3 · Sir Thomas Egerton
Devil's Island
Devil's Island
1939 · Col. Armand Lucien
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939 · British Military Intelligence Agent
A Dispatch from Reuters
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940 · Carew
King of the Underworld
King of the Underworld
1939 · Bill Stevens
Nancy Drew… Detective
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938 · Challon
The Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine
1939 · Senor De La Torre
Secret Service of the Air
Secret Service of the Air
1939 · Jim Cameron
The Adventures of Jane Arden
The Adventures of Jane Arden
1939 · Dr. George Vanders
Wolf of New York
Wolf of New York
1940 · Hiram Rogers
When Were You Born
When Were You Born
1938 · Phillip Corey
Calling Philo Vance
Calling Philo Vance
1940 · Philo Vance
We Are Not Alone
We Are Not Alone
1939 · Sir William Clintock
Murder in the Air
Murder in the Air
1940 · Joe Garvey
River's End
River's End
1940 · McDowell
Sons of Liberty
Sons of Liberty
1939 · Colonel Tillman
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939 · Dr. Mansfield
Heart of the North
Heart of the North
1938 · Stephen Gore
Boy Meets Girl
Boy Meets Girl
1938 · Major Thompson
South of Suez
South of Suez
1940 · Inspector Thornton
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938 · Prof. Landis
On Trial
On Trial
1939 · Gerald Trask
White Banners
White Banners
1938 · Thomas Bradford
International Squadron
International Squadron
1941 · Squadron Leader Charles Wyatt
Shining Victory
Shining Victory
1941 · Dr. Paul Venner
Mr. Satan
Mr. Satan
1938 · Tim Garnett
Espionage Agent
Espionage Agent
1939 · Dr. Anton Rader
Flight from Destiny
Flight from Destiny
1941 · Dr. Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens
The Dark Stairway
The Dark Stairway
1938 · Inspector Clarke
You Live and Learn
You Live and Learn
1937 · Sam Brooks
Transatlantic Trouble
Transatlantic Trouble
1937 · Lewis
The Man Who Made Diamonds
The Man Who Made Diamonds
1937 · Ben
Wanted by Scotland Yard
Wanted by Scotland Yard
1939 · Fingers
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