Henry Stephenson
1871-04-15 ( 153 years old ) in Granada, British West Indies

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.

Movies

Challenge to Lassie 1949-10-31
Enchantment 1948-12-25
Julia Misbehaves 1948-08-08
Oliver Twist 1948-06-28
Song of Love 1947-10-09
Ivy 1947-06-26
Dark Delusion 1947-06-24
The Homestretch 1947-05-04
Time Out of Mind 1947-05-03
The Locket 1946-12-20
The Return of Monte Cristo 1946-12-19
Her Sister's Secret 1946-09-23
Of Human Bondage 1946-07-05
The Green Years 1946-07-04
Night and Day 1946-07-02
Heartbeat 1946-05-01
Tarzan and the Amazons 1945-04-29
Reckless Age 1944-08-01
Secrets of Scotland Yard 1944-07-26
Two Girls and a Sailor 1944-06-14
The Hour Before the Dawn 1944-05-10
Mr. Lucky 1943-07-01
The Mantrap 1943-04-13
Half Way to Shanghai 1942-09-18
This Above All 1942-05-12
Rings on Her Fingers 1942-03-20
Lady from Louisiana 1941-04-22
The Man Who Lost Himself 1941-03-21
Down Argentine Way 1940-10-11
Spring Parade 1940-09-27
It's a Date 1940-03-22
Little Old New York 1940-02-09
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939-11-11
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1939-09-01
Tarzan Finds a Son! 1939-06-16
Dramatic School 1938-12-09
Suez 1938-10-28
Marie Antoinette 1938-08-26
The Young in Heart 1938-07-06
The Baroness and the Butler 1938-02-18
Wise Girl 1937-12-31
Conquest 1937-10-22
The Emperor's Candlesticks 1937-07-02
The Prince and the Pauper 1937-04-30
When You're in Love 1937-02-12
Beloved Enemy 1936-12-25
The Charge of the Light Brigade 1936-10-20
Give Me Your Heart 1936-09-17
Walking on Air 1936-09-11
Hearts Divided 1936-06-20
Half Angel 1936-05-22
Little Lord Fauntleroy 1936-03-06
Captain Blood 1935-12-26
Mutiny on the Bounty 1935-11-22
The Perfect Gentleman 1935-11-22
Rendezvous 1935-10-25
O'Shaughnessy's Boy 1935-09-27
The Flame Within 1935-05-17
Reckless 1935-04-19
Vanessa: Her Love Story 1935-03-01
The Night Is Young 1935-01-11
What Every Woman Knows 1934-10-18
Outcast Lady 1934-09-28
The Richest Girl in the World 1934-09-21
She Loves Me Not 1934-08-31
One More River 1934-08-06
Stingaree 1934-05-24
Thirty Day Princess 1934-05-18
All Men Are Enemies 1934-04-26
The Mystery of Mr. X 1934-02-23
Man of Two Worlds 1934-01-13
If I Were Free 1933-12-01
Little Women 1933-11-24
My Lips Betray 1933-11-04
Blind Adventure 1933-08-18
Double Harness 1933-07-21
Tomorrow at Seven 1933-06-01
The Animal Kingdom 1932-12-28
Cynara 1932-12-24
A Bill of Divorcement 1932-09-28
Guilty as Hell 1932-08-05
Red-Headed Woman 1932-06-25
Wild, Wild Susan 1925-08-04
Men and Women 1925-03-23
A Society Exile 1919-10-07

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