Cast

Henry Stephenson

Acting

Cast

Henry Stephenson

Known for

Acting

Born

1871-04-15

From

Granada, British West Indies

Died

1956-04-24

Also known as Henry Stephenson Garraway, Henry Stephenson Garroway, Harry Stephenson

Biography

From Wikipedia Henry Stephenson Garraway (16 April 1871 – 24 April 1956), sometimes credited as Harry Stephenson, was a British stage and film actor. He portrayed friendly and wise Gentleman in many films of the 1930s and 1940s. Among his roles was Sir Joseph Banks in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Mr. Brownlow in Oliver Twist. Stephenson was educated in Rugby in Warwickshire and 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 appeared in over 30 Broadway plays. Henry Stephenson made his film debut in 1917 and appeared in a few silent films, but made his mark mostly as an elder man in sound films. Between 1931 and 1932, he appeared in the successful Broadway play Cyanara with over 200 performances. He came to Hollywood for the film version of Cyanara, starring Ronald Colman and with Henry Stephenson in a supporting role. In the same year year, he played the tycoon C.B. Gaerste in Red-Headed Woman and Doctor Alliott in A Bill of Divorcement. The following year, the English-born actor appeared as the intimidating yet warm-hearted Mr. Laurence in Little Women. The tall, white-haired actor specialized in portraying wise, dignified and friendly British gentlemans in supporting roles. He could be "both imposing and benevolent in his patrician portrayals, usually expounding words of wisdom or offering gentlemanly aid." He appeared overall in 90 films from 1917 to 1951, often as a doctor or professor, general, judge or aristocrat. He often played historical figures like Sir Joseph Banks in the oscar-winnig adventure film Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau in Marie Antoinette (1938). 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 playing an entirely different role as Sir Guy Henderson in Tarzan and the Amazons in 1945. He seldom played dark figures, among the exceptions was the snobbish Mr. Bryant in Mr. Lucky in 1943. Stephenson also appeared in literature adaptions, for example as the friendly lawyer Havisham in Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) and as Mr. Brownlow in David Lean's literature adaption Oliver Twist (1948). He made his last film in 1949, but appeared in two TV-series in 1951 before the end of his career. In 1950, after finishing his role of Cardinal Gaspar de Quiroga in the drama play, That Lady, Stephenson retired from the stage. He married actress Ann Shoemaker. They had one daughter. Henry Stephenson died in 1956 at the age of 85 years. He was survived by Ann and his daughter.

Henry Stephenson

Henry Stephenson

Biography

The Baroness and the Butler

Oliver Twist

Mr. Lucky

She Loves Me Not

When You're in Love

Two Girls and a Sailor

Her Sister's Secret

Captain Blood

Stingaree

The Green Years

Mutiny on the Bounty

The Emperor's Candlesticks

Red-Headed Woman

Little Women

Night and Day

Wise Girl

Tarzan and the Amazons

This Above All

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Marie Antoinette

Lady from Louisiana

The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Animal Kingdom

A Bill of Divorcement

Tarzan Finds a Son!

Song of Love

Rings on Her Fingers

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Julia Misbehaves

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Thirty Day Princess

Of Human Bondage

One More River

The Prince and the Pauper

Time Out of Mind

The Locket

The Night Is Young

The Perfect Gentleman

Blind Adventure

The Young in Heart

The Mantrap

Guilty as Hell

It's a Date

My Lips Betray

Heartbeat

Down Argentine Way

Half Angel

The Black Panther's Cub

Conquest

The Tower of Jewels

Little Old New York

Suez

Rendezvous

The Man Who Lost Himself

Half Way to Shanghai

Reckless

Outcast Lady

The Richest Girl in the World

Ivy

The Hour Before the Dawn

The Mystery of Mr. X

Cynara

Tomorrow at Seven

Dramatic School

Enchantment

Beloved Enemy

Give Me Your Heart

Man of Two Worlds

Spring Parade

The Flame Within

Double Harness

What Every Woman Knows

Challenge to Lassie

Hearts Divided

Vanessa: Her Love Story

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

The Return of Monte Cristo