Onslow Stevens

Onslow Ford Stevenson (born March 29, 1902 in Los Angeles , California - † January 5, 1977 in Van Nuys , Los Angeles, California) was an American actor .

Life

Onslow Ford Stevenson was the son of actor Houseley Stevenson and the older brother of actor Housely Stevenson junior and costume designer Edward Stevenson . From the mid-1920s he worked with his family at the Pasadena Community Playhouse , where he made his theater debut. He then moved to New York City , where he played on Broadway . He made his film debut in the 1931 film drama The Gay Diplomat, directed by Richard Boleslawski , in a minor supporting role alongside Betty Compson and Purnell Pratt . Up to and including 1962 he was seen in more than 120 productions, in the 1950s and 1960s mainly in various television series.

Stevens suffered a hip fracture in 1977 and died after completing pneumonia in a nursing home at the age of 74 . He was married four times in his life. Stevens got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6349 Hollywood Blvd.

Filmography (selection)

Movie

1931: The Gay Diplomat

1932: The White Chief ( The Golden West )

1932: Radio Police Patrol ( Radio Patrol )

1933: The star attorney in Manhattan ( Counselor at Law )

1933: A Woman Doesn't Forget ( Only Yesterday )

1934: The Shadow of Mr. Stanfield ( The Vanishing Shadow )

1935: Playing with Fire ( Grand Exit )

1935: Life Returns

1936: Under Two Flags ( Under Two Flags )

1936: Manhunt ( Murder with Pictures )

1940: Mystery Sea Raider

1945: Dracula's House ( House of Dracula )

1946: Fire on the Horizon ( Canyon Passage )

1948: Warning! Nuclear spies! ( Walk a Crooked Mile )

1948: The Marshal's Mistress ( The Gallant Blade )

1948: Night Has a Thousand Eyes ( Night Has a Thousand Eyes )

1949: Bomba, the Jungle Boy ( Bomba, the Jungle Boy )

1950: Diamond hunt in the jungle ( Mark of the Gorilla )

1951: Castle of Vengeance ( Lorna Doone )

1951: Sirocco - Between Cairo and Damascus ( Sirocco )

1952: Manhunt in San Francisco ( The San Francisco Story )

1953: The burning arrow ( The Charge at Feather River )

1954: Formicula ( Them! )

1954: They Rode West ( They Rode West )

1955: Panther Cat ( New York Confidential )

1956: The Ten Commandments ( The Ten Commandments )

1956: You or I ( Outside the Law )

1956: My will is law ( Tribute to a Bad Man )

1958: Tarawa bridgehead ( Tarawa Beachhead )

1958: Life is a Lie ( Lonelyhearts )

1958: The Buccaneer ( Buccaneer )

1960: Fruits of a Passion ( All the Fine Young Cannibals )

1962: Always point 7 ( The Couch )

series

1952–1953: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (two episodes)
1953–1956: The Ford Television Theater (three episodes)
1954–1955: City Detective (three episodes)
1956–1959: Playhouse 90 (two episodes)
1957–1958: The Court of Last Resort (two episodes)
1958–1960: Wagon Train (four episodes)

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personal data
SURNAME	Stevens, Onslow
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Stevenson, Onslow Ford (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 29, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	Los Angeles , California, United States
DATE OF DEATH	5th January 1977
Place of death	Van Nuys , Los Angeles, California, United States