Houseley Stevenson

Houseley Stevenson

Рождение : 1879-07-30, London, England, UK

Смерть : 1953-08-06

История

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Houseley Stevenson (July 30, 1879 – August 6, 1953) was an American character actor who was born in London on July 30, 1879, and died in Duarte, California on August 6, 1953. He began his movie career in 1936 and had a short career in early television productions. Stevenson performed in live stage productions in New York under the name Houseley Stevens. He was a resident teacher at the Pasadena Playhouse in California. He was the father of actors Houseley Stevenson Jr., Edward Stevenson and Onslow Stevens.

Профиль

Houseley Stevenson

Фильмы

Oklahoma Annie
Blinky
A spunky storekeeper is determined to clean up corruption in her small town, as well as win the heart of the new sheriff. Comedy.
The Wild North
Old Man
In the Canadian mountains, a trapper goes on the run accused of a crime and is pursued by a rugged and determined lawman of the Royal North-West Mounted Police.
Cave of Outlaws
Cooley
Having served a prison sentence for robbery, Pete Carver decides to go back for the hidden loot. But someone is on his trail.
All That I Have
Charles Grayson
Dr. Charles Greyson is a famous and wealthy former surgeon. His nephews have taken him to court to challenge his competency, due to his recent inexplicable gifts of large amounts of cash to the church, and, apparently, to some nefarious scam artists. The film is portrayed as a courtroom drama first painting "Dr. Charlie" as incompetent and easily swindled, then telling his side of events and putting them into context. In the courtroom, and by use of flashback, we hear of Dr. Charlies' move away from impersonal contribution on an institutional level, and preferring to express Christian stewardship directly to people who need it, and by helping spread the word of God by donating to Mission fronts who fight fear, anxiety and destitution around the world. We even find the scam artists having turned a new leaf, and creating new lives for themselves. Message being that all that we are we owe to God, and the profits gained from our God-given abilities require care and thought before sharing.
Darling, How Could You!
Old Man (Uncredited)
Two absentee American parents get to know their three children again after spending five years in Panama.
The Secret of Convict Lake
Samuel 'Pawnee Sam' Barlow (uncredited)
After a group of convicts escapes from prison, they take refuge in the wilderness. While most of the crew are ruthless sociopaths, Jim Canfield is an innocent man who was jailed under false pretenses. When Canfield and his fellow fugitives reach an isolated farming settlement where the men are all away, it creates tension with the local women. Things get direr when rumors of hidden money arise, and Canfield discovers that the man who framed him is part of the community.
Hollywood Story
John Miller, Studio Guard
A producer takes over a small film studio and - sensing that it'll be a good movie- begins investigating an old murder of a silent film director shot in his office years ago. He finds that his life is threatened as he digs deeper into the mystery.
The Sun Sets at Dawn
Pops
A reporter investigates the story of a young man who may have been wrongly convicted and sentenced to be executed.
Edge of Doom
Mr. Swanson
A priest sets out to catch the man who killed one of his colleagues.
Стрелок
Mr. Barlow (uncredited)
Джимми Ринго - человек легенда, самый быстрый стрелок на Диком Западе. Он не стар, но уже утомлен жизнью. Дело в том, что он не может спокойно остановиться ни в одном городе. Везде его преследует, слава самого крутого стрелка. И в каждом салуне находится, какой-нибудь ковбой, который хочет проверить: так ли уж он хорош, как об этом разносит молва. Вот и приходится Джимми убивать, увивать и убивать. В итоге находится один «отморозок», который подло убивает Ринго выстрелом в спину. Его за это не вешают. Но! На него переходит проклятие «самого-кругого-стрелка-убившего-Джимми-Ринго». С этого момента его тоже будут хотеть убить каждом салуне Дикого Запада...
Sierra
Sam Coulter
Ring Hassard and his father Jeff, wild horse breakers, live in a hidden mountain eyrie as Jeff is wanted for a murder he didn't commit. Things change when they take in a lost young lady, Riley Martin, who finds that Ring has "never seen a woman close up." Jeff is injured, Ring runs afoul of horse thieves and the law, and Riley (who is a lawyer) labors to clear the Hassards (who others would prefer dead).
Вся королевская рать
Madison, Editor (Uncredited)
США. Мейзон-Сити, 1939 год. Преддверие Второй мировой войны. Вилли Старк — ультраправый политический деятель — стремится к монопольной власти в своем штате. Его «выдрессированная» команда профессиональных журналистов и аналитиков, используя любые средства — подлог, обман, грязный шантаж, насилие и вымогательство, приводит своего лидера к победе на выборах. Старку принадлежит все, что есть в его штате — от скромной недвижимости до гигантских заводов. Он всемогущ и рвется в высшие эшелоны власти…
Song of Surrender
Abernathy
In 1906 in Connecticut, Elisha Hunt, the 55-year-old curator of a small government museum, marries Abigail, the 19-year-old daughter of a local farmer. In addition to the differences in their ages in this May-to-December union, Elizha is a man of culture while Abigail is uneducated. Bruce Edridge, young, handsome and wealthy, comes into her life, and they fall in love. Abigail is now faced with two choices; the chance of wealth versus her present mediocre circumstances, or her love for Bruce versus her loyalty to Elisha.
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
Dakota
Drifter Sam Bass shows up in Denton, Texas (soon to host a great horse race) looking for work. Before long, he attracts the attention of pretty storekeeper Katherine Egan (the sheriff's sister) and that wild frontiers woman, Calamity Jane. Circumstances make Sam richer by a very fast race horse. But his seemingly good luck with horses and women leads him to disaster. Will he be forced into a life of crime?
The Gal Who Took the West
Ted (as old Timer)
In order to gain passage to the West, a woman poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud between two cousins.
Masked Raiders
Henry Trevett
Texas Rangers Tim Holt and Richard Martin are dispatched to halt a gang of masked outlaws terrorizing the frontier. Infiltrating the gang, Holt and Martin learn that the raiders are operating altruistically, robbing from the rich to give to the poor.
Take One False Step
Montgomery Thatcher
Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested.
Sorrowful Jones
Doc Chesley
A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of a child interferes with his free-wheeling lifestyle. Sorrowful must also evade crooked gangsters and indulge in a bit of horse-thieving.
Leave It to Henry
Mr. McCluskey
Henry Latham and town Mayor Colton continue their misadventures in Smalltown, America. This time, twelve-year-old David Latham is testifying at the trial of his father, Henry, who is accused of burning down the McCluskey bridge.
Территория Колорадо
Prospector
Профессиональный преступник Вес Маккуин бежит из тюрьмы, где отбывал очередной срок за грабеж. За его голову обещаны десять тысяч долларов. Его подельник, организовавший побег требует, чтобы он вновь встал на тропу преступлений и организовал ограбление почтового вагона. Беглец достигает территории Колорадского ущелья, где спасает от налета бандитов Фреда Уинслоу и его дочь Джули Энн, которые купили ранчо в этих краях и собираются стать фермерами. Между Весом и Джули возникают симпатии, и парень решает порвать с прошлой жизнью, и стать примерным гражданином, но для этого он должен выполнить свои обещания перед дружками и ограбить поезд...
Леди играет в азартные игры
Pawnbroker
Приехав с мужем на несколько дней в Лас-Вегас, Джоан, незаметно для себя, оказывается втянутой в трясину азартной игры. И чем больше Джоан думает, что может контролировать себя, тем безвозвратнее она уходит вниз, на дно. На кон поставлено все: счастье в браке, будущие дети, собственная жизнь. И Джоан оказывается перед выбором: сделать последнюю ставку или выбрать жизнь.
Bride of Vengeance
Councillor
The tiny independent duchy of Ferrara is located between Casare Borgia's Rome and Venice, and Borgia has plans to conquer Venice via Ferrara. He murders his sister's husband and makes it appear that Alfonso D'Este of Ferrara was behind the killing. To avenge herself against Ferrara and D'Este, Lucretia Borgia marries D'Este and intends to poison him. But...she falls in love with him.
The Walking Hills
Mr. King
A study in greed in which treasure hunters seek a shipment of gold buried in Death Valley.
Стучись в любую дверь
Junior (uncredited)
Ник Романо — хулиган, живущий в квартале для бедняков. Его обвиняют в убийстве полицейского, и за это молодому человеку грозит смертная казнь. Единственный, кто соглашается ему помочь, — адвокат Эндрю Мортон, который в юности сам пережил подобную ситуацию. Сможет ли он убедить суд, что Ник не прирожденный убийца, а всего лишь жертва обстоятельств?
Жанна Д'Арк
The Cardinal of Winchester
В Северной Франции, истерзанной постоянными междоусобными войнами с бургундцами и многолетней войной с англичанами, в простой крестьянской семье Жака д`Арка родилась дочь Жанна. В возрасте 12-ти лет Жанна впервые познала божественный свет, и голос промолвил, что Богом на неё возложена миссия спасти Францию и изгнать англичан. Весной 1429 года девушка добралась до крепости на Луаре и добилась встречи с королем. Владыка поверил юной деве и поставил ее во главе отряда рыцарей. Рыцари Жанны Де Арк освобождали одну область Франции за другой…
Kidnapped
Ebenezer
In Scotland in 1752, seventeen-year-old David Balfour is cheated out of his birthright by his evil uncle Ebenezer.
You Gotta Stay Happy
Jud Tavis
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin Payne, who just wants to sleep. She then persuades him to take her to California.
Восход луны
Uncle Joe Jingle
Дэнни Хокинс, на котором лежит тень трагичного прошлого, совершает непреднамеренное убийство, спасая девушку от рук негодяев. Оказавшись перед мучительным выбором, он пытается спастись бегством не только от полиции, но и от себя самого.
Apartment for Peggy
Prof. T.J. Beck
Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be who charms him into renting out his attic as an apartment for her and her husband Jason, a former GI struggling to finish college.
Four Faces West
Anderson
Cowboy Ross McEwen arrives in town. He asks the banker for a loan of $2000. When the banker asks about securing a loan that large, McEwen shows him his six-gun collateral. The banker hands over the money in exchange for an I.O.U., signed "Jefferson Davis". McEwen rides out of town and catches a train, but not before being bitten by a rattler. On the train, a nurse, Miss Hollister, tends to his wound. A posse searches the train, but McEwen manages to escape notice. However a mysterious Mexican has taken note of the cowboy, and that loudmouthed brat is still nosing around. Who will be the first to claim the reward for the robber's capture?
Smart Woman
Joe Smith
A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past.
The Challenge
Captain Sonnenberg
Bulldog Drummond investigates the murder of a sea captain who died before revealing the location of his hidden gold.
Крепость
Anton Duval
Виртуозный похититель бриллиантов Пепе Ле Моко бежит из Парижа в Касбах, французский район Алжира, и там организовывает новый воровской притон. Единственный человек, который не дает ему по-настоящему развернуться, — инспектор Слиймен, мечтающий вытащить вора за пределы Касбаха.
Черная полоса
Dr. Walter Coley
Винсенту Перри, заключенному пожизненно в Сан-Квентин за убийство жены, спустя 10 лет удается бежать. На пустынном шоссе его подсаживает Ирен Дженсен, которая предлагает ему помощь и укрытие. Полиция идет по пятам, и Винсент делает пластическую операцию, чтобы получить передышку и начать поиски подлинного убийцы. Только тогда он будет в безопасности и сможет постараться забыть о вычеркнутых из жизни 10 годах. Но убийца сам находит его и отсчет жертв продолжается…
Призрак и миссис Мьюр
Passerby at Fairley Residence (uncredited)
Западная Британия. Недавно овдовевшая Люси Мьюр, снимает на побережье уединенный дом по подозрительно низкой цене. В этом доме раньше жил молодой, крепкий капитан торгового флота Даниэль Грегг, случайно погибший от отравления угарным газом.
Time Out Of Mind
George
The son of a wealthy Maine family shocks his relatives by announcing he wants to pursue a career in music.
Ramrod
George Smedley
A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman and a crew of Ivey's enemies. Ivey fights back with violence and destruction, but Dave is determined to counter him legally... a feeling not shared by his associates. Connie's boast that, as a woman, she doesn't need guns proves justified, but plenty of gunplay results.
Easy Come, Easy Go
Doctor
Comedy about an Irish father, who enjoys betting on horses, who keeps interfering with his daughter's romance with a serviceman.
Кровавые деньги
Elisha Morningstar (uncredited)
Филип Марлоу ввязывается в историю, когда хромой жулик Лесли Мёрдок крадёт редкий дублон у своей матери, чтобы обменять его у фотографа киножурнала на фильм, необходимый в целях шантажа. Причастность Марлоу к этому делу столкнула его с девушкой, которая впадает в истерику от прикосновения мужчины; с женщиной, убившей своего мужа; с тремя трупами; с несколькими драками, в которых он теряет свои часы; с секретарем, которая уверена, что она убила своего босса, и с сыном (его можно назвать «сукиным сыном» по двум определениям), который шантажирует свою овдовевшую мать.
Rendezvous with Annie
Dr. Grimes
A homesick American soldier stationed in England during World War II makes an unauthorized trip to see his wife and returns to England with only two people knowing he was home for a few hours. When she learns that she is pregnant, she does not disclose that her husband had paid her a visit as to not get him into trouble. The townspeople are unanimous in their condemnation of her. But, after his discharge, he enlists the aid of a nightclub singer, the only other person who knew he came home.
Безоговорочно
Turnkey (uncredited)
Писательница Кит Мэдден отправляется в Голливуд, где должны экранизировать её известный бестселлер. В поезде она встречается с бравым военным моряком Расти, который не знает о её успехах на литераторском поприще. Кит проникается к нему взаимной симпатией и начинает считать, что Расти идеально подходит на главную роль в будущей экранизации. Однако вскоре выясняется, что Расти относится к её книге весьма критически.
Little Miss Big
Duncan
A wealthy eccentric women escapes from a mental institution and finds refuge with a financially strapped barber and his two daughters
Happy Land
Sam Watson
An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence.
Crime Doctor
Martin, Parole Board
Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to become a Physician and the country's leading criminal psychologist.
Native Land
White Sharecropper
By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate in more socially progressive film and stage productions. Robeson committed his support to Paul Strand and Leo Hurwitz’s political semidocumentary Native Land. With Robeson’s narration and songs, this beautifully shot and edited film exposes violations of Americans’ civil liberties and is a call to action for exploited workers around the country. Scarcely shown since its debut, Native Land represents Robeson’s shift from narrative cinema to the leftist documentaries that would define the final chapter of his controversial film career.
The Man Who Returned to Life
An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an eight-year absence.
The Adventurous Blonde
Darell (uncredited)
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.
Midnight Court
Mr. Jones - Witness
After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.
Once a Doctor
Magistrate Kendrick
Dr. Frank Brace (Joe King) is an important doctor with son Jerry (Gordon Oliver) as well as foster son Steven (Donald Woods). The sons are both interns at Frank's hospital. Steven is the better doctor who takes blame for Jerry's mistakes.Steven has his license revoked when he is blamed for two deaths. Steven goes through years of hell trying to redeem himself.
Остров ярости
The Rector
На небольшом острове в районе Южных морей Вэл Стивенс и Люсиль Гордон вступают в брак, когда из-за шторма рядом с островом терпит кораблекрушение судно. Вэл и его работники успевают спасти только капитана Дивера и его таинственного пассажира Эрика Блэка. Доктор Харди, врач острова, с подозрением относится к вновь прибывшим и задает весьма каверзные вопросы. Он первым догадывается, что через некоторое время между Эриком и Люсиль вспыхивает чувство и чтобы предотвратить возможность их оставить наедине, он советует Эрику совершить поездку с Вэлом на другой остров, где местные ныряльщики отказываются добывать жемчуг, потому что чего-то боятся в воде…
Китайская заколка
Doctor (uncredited)
An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.
The White Angel
Surgeon (uncredited)
In mid-nineteenth century England the medical establishment does not recognize the value of skilled nurses, cleanliness, nutrition and kindness. Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly changes all of this.