Personal Info
James Stephenson
Acting
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 William Wyler and mega-star Bette Davis to play the sympathetic role of the family attorney Howard Joyce…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Flight from Destiny
as Dr. Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens
Shining Victory
as Dr. Paul Venner
International Squadron
as Squadron Leader Charles Wyatt
The Sea Hawk
as Abbott
The Letter
as Howard Joyce
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Carew
South of Suez
as Inspector Thornton
Murder in the Air
as Joe Garvey
Wolf of New York
as Hiram Rogers
Calling Philo Vance
as Philo Vance