Henry Stephenson

Henry Stephenson

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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1871-04-15
Place of Birth: Granada, British West Indies
Also Known As: Henry Stephenson Garraway, Henry Stephenson Garroway, Harry Stephenson

Movies List of Henry Stephenson

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Oliver Twist

1948 Movie
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Conquest

1937 Movie
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Mutiny on the Bounty

1935 Movie
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Tarzan Finds a Son!

1939 Movie
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Heartbeat

1946 Movie
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Challenge to Lassie

1949 Movie
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Down Argentine Way

1940 Movie
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Marie Antoinette

1938 Movie
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The Young in Heart

1938 Movie
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Beloved Enemy

1936 Movie
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The Locket

1946 Movie
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Ivy

1947 Movie
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Captain Blood

1935 Movie
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Mr. Lucky

1943 Movie
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Little Women

1933 Movie
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Reckless

1935 Movie
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When You're in Love

1937 Movie
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Julia Misbehaves

1948 Movie
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Thirty Day Princess

1934 Movie
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A Bill of Divorcement

1932 Movie
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Rendezvous

1935 Movie
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The Mantrap

1943 Movie
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Red-Headed Woman

1932 Movie
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The Animal Kingdom

1932 Movie
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The Green Years

1946 Movie
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This Above All

1942 Movie
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If I Were Free

1933 Movie
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She Loves Me Not

1934 Movie
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It's a Date

1940 Movie
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Half Way to Shanghai

1942 Movie
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Guilty as Hell

1932 Movie
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The Mystery of Mr. X

1934 Movie
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Wise Girl

1937 Movie
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Of Human Bondage

1946 Movie
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Tomorrow at Seven

1933 Movie
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Blind Adventure

1933 Movie
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Cynara

1932 Movie
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Stingaree

1934 Movie
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Hearts Divided

1936 Movie
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Give Me Your Heart

1936 Movie
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Double Harness

1933 Movie
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Dramatic School

1938 Movie
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Outcast Lady

1934 Movie
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The Night Is Young

1935 Movie
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A Society Exile

1919 Movie
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O'Shaughnessy's Boy

1935 Movie
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Spring Parade

1940 Movie
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Man of Two Worlds

1934 Movie
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The Homestretch

1947 Movie
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Little Old New York

1940 Movie
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The Flame Within

1935 Movie
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Lady from Louisiana

1941 Movie
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Suez

1938 Movie
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Men and Women

1925 Movie
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Walking on Air

1936 Movie
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Enchantment

1948 Movie
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Half Angel

1936 Movie
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Her Sister's Secret

1946 Movie
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Dark Delusion

1947 Movie
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My Lips Betray

1933 Movie
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The Perfect Gentleman

1935 Movie
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Time Out of Mind

1947 Movie
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One More River

1934 Movie
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Reckless Age

1944 Movie
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All Men Are Enemies

1934 Movie
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Rings on Her Fingers

1942 Movie
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Night and Day

1946 Movie
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Song of Love

1947 Movie
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Wild, Wild Susan

1925 Movie