The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex1939
As Sir Thomas Egerton
TMDb 6.3 / 10
James Stephenson
Born
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 in The Letter (1940). It was the role of a lifetime and he didn't let them down for he earned an Oscar nomination in the process. Stephenson was soon on a roll, playing the titular sleuth in Calling Philo Vance (1940) and was first-billed in the above-average "B" movie Shining Victory (1941) when he died suddenly in 1941 of a heart attack at the rather young age of 53. Date of Death: 29 July 1941, Pacific Palisades, California (heart attack)
Filmography (37)
The Letter1940
As Howard Joyce
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Sea Hawk1940
As Abbott
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Confessions of a Nazi Spy1939
As British Military Intelligence Agent
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Beau Geste1939
As Major Henri de Beaujolais
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Old Maid1939
As Jim Ralston
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Espionage Agent1939
As Dr. Anton Rader
TMDb 6.3 / 10
King of the Underworld1939
As Bill Stevens
TMDb 6.4 / 10
A Dispatch from Reuters1940
As Carew
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Devil's Island1939
As Col. Armand Lucien
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Murder in the Air1940
As Joe Garvey
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Heart of the North1938
As Stephen Gore
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Secret Service of the Air1939
As Jim Cameron
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Torchy Blane in Chinatown1939
As Dr. Mansfield
TMDb 6.8 / 10
We Are Not Alone1939
As Sir William Clintock
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Calling Philo Vance1940
As Philo Vance
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Adventures of Jane Arden1939
As Dr. George Vanders
TMDb 6.3 / 10
When Were You Born1938
As Phillip Corey
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Cowboy from Brooklyn1938
As Prof. Landis
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Flight from Destiny1941
As Dr. Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Sons of Liberty1939
As Colonel Tillman
TMDb 6.3 / 10
White Banners1938
As Thomas Bradford
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Wolf of New York
Wolf of New York1940
As Hiram Rogers
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Nancy Drew… Detective1938
As Challon
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Shining Victory1941
As Dr. Paul Venner
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Boy Meets Girl1938
As Major Thompson
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Monroe Doctrine1939
As Senor De La Torre
TMDb 7.0 / 10
South of Suez1940
As Inspector Thornton
TMDb 4.6 / 10
On Trial1939
As Gerald Trask
TMDb 6.1 / 10
International Squadron1941
As Squadron Leader Charles Wyatt
TMDb 6.3 / 10
You Live and Learn
You Live and Learn1937
As Sam Brooks
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Wanted by Scotland Yard1939
As Fingers
TMDb 8.0 / 10
River's End1940
As McDowell
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Dark Stairway
The Dark Stairway1938
As Inspector Clarke
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Man Who Made Diamonds
The Man Who Made Diamonds1937
As Ben
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Mr. Satan
Mr. Satan1938
As Tim Garnett
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Transatlantic Trouble
Transatlantic Trouble1937
As Lewis
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb