Henry Stephenson
Actor

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Henry Stephenson was a British character actor born in 1871 in Granada, British West Indies. He studied at Rugby in England and made his Broadway debut in 1901. He began appearing in films in 1917, but it was not until the 1930s and 40s that he became a firm, dignified presence in Hollywood's classic history-based films. He appeared in many films for RKO, MGM, and Warner Bros., often in royal support roles for Errol Flynn. His last film was Challenge to Lassie in 1949. He was married to character actress Ann Shoemaker and died in San Francisco in 1956 at age 85.
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Who is it? Actor
Birth Day April 16, 1871
Age 148 YEARS OLD
Died On 24 April 1956(1956-04-24) (aged 85)\nSan Francisco, California, U.S.
Birth Sign Taurus
Resting place Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York
Years active 1901–52
Spouse(s) Ann Shoemaker (19??-1956; his death); 1 child
Children Anne Hall

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1901

Harry Stephenson Garraway was born to British parents in Grenada, British West Indies and educated in England. He started acting in his twenties. He appeared on British and American stages and made his Broadway debut in 1901, playing the messenger in A Message from Mars. In the following decades, he performed in more than 30 Broadway plays.

1917

He appeared overall in 90 films from 1917 to 1951. He often played historical figures like Sir Joseph Banks in the Oscar-winning adventure film Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau in Marie Antoinette (1938).

1939

Stephenson worked with film star Errol Flynn in the films Captain Blood, The Charge of the Light Brigade, The Prince and the Pauper, and The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, often as Flynn's paternal friend and superior. He portrayed Sir Thomas Lancing in Tarzan Finds a Son! in 1939, and Sir Guy Henderson in Tarzan and the Amazons in 1945.

1943

He seldom played dark figures; among the exceptions was the snobbish Mr. Bryant in Mr. Lucky in 1943. Stephenson also appeared in literary adaptions, for Example as the friendly Lawyer Havisham in Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) and as Mr. Brownlow in David Lean's film adaptation of Oliver Twist (1948). He made his last film in 1949, but appeared in two television series in 1951 before the end of his career. In 1950, after finishing his role of Cardinal Gaspar de Quiroga in the play That Lady, Stephenson retired from the stage.

1956

He married Actress Ann Shoemaker; the couple had one daughter. Henry Stephenson died in 1956, aged 85. He was survived by his wife and their daughter.

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Tags 1871 births 1956 deaths English male film actors English male silent film actors English male stage actors Deaths from pneumonia Infectious disease deaths in California Burials at Kensico Cemetery 20th-century English male actors British expatriate male actors in the United States

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