Henry Stephenson
Known for Acting · 88 credits
- Born
- 1871-04-15
- Died
- 1956-04-24
- Place of birth
- Granada, British West Indies
- 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.
Known For
Movies (88)
The Baroness and the Butler
1938
as Count Albert Sandor
Oliver Twist
1948
as Mr. Brownlow
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
as Joseph Banks
Little Women
1933
as Mr. Laurence
Night and Day
1946
as Omar Cole
Mr. Lucky
1943
as Mr. Bryant
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Count de Mercey
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
as Sir Ronald Ramsgate
Stingaree
1934
as Mr. Hugh Clarkson
Red-Headed Woman
1932
as Charles B. 'Charlie' / 'C.B.' Gaerste
Captain Blood
1935
as Lord Willoughby
Tarzan Finds a Son!
1939
as Sir Thomas Lancing
Conquest
1937
as Count Anastas Walewski
Rendezvous
1935
as Russian Ambassador Gregory
Heartbeat
1946
as Minister
Tarzan and the Amazons
1945
as Sir Guy Henderson, the Archeologist
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
as Sir Charles Macefield
Ivy
1947
as Judge
Suez
1938
as Count Mathieu de Lesseps
Enchantment
1948
as General Fitzgerald
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
as Lord Burghley
The Prince and the Pauper
1937
as Duke of Norfolk
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936
as Havisham
Reckless
1935
as Colonel Harrison Sr.
This Above All
1942
as General Cathaway
The Young in Heart
1938
as Felix Anstruther
The Green Years
1946
as Blakely
The Animal Kingdom
1932
as Rufus Collier
Julia Misbehaves
1948
as Lord Pennystone
Down Argentine Way
1940
as Don Diego Quintana
Thirty Day Princess
1934
as King Anatol XII
The Locket
1946
as Lord Wyndham
Outcast Lady
1934
as Sir Maurice
Beloved Enemy
1936
as Lord Athleigh
Cynara
1932
as John Tring
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935
as Maj. Winslow
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
as Prince Johann
The Perfect Gentleman
1935
as Bishop
A Bill of Divorcement
1932
as Doctor Alliot
The Man Who Lost Himself
1941
as Frederick Collins
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
as John Dyckman Brown I
Spring Parade
1940
as Emperor Franz Joseph
Dark Delusion
1947
as Evans Biddle
Reckless Age
1944
as J. H. Wadsworth
What Every Woman Knows
1934
as Charles Venables
Time Out of Mind
1947
as Wellington Drake
Blind Adventure
1933
as Major Thorne
Half Angel
1936
as Professor Jerome Hargraves
Song of Love
1947
as King Albert
Challenge to Lassie
1949
as Sir Charles Loring
The Hour Before the Dawn
1944
as Gen. Hetherton
The Richest Girl in the World
1934
as John Connors
If I Were Free
1933
as Hector Stribling
It's a Date
1940
as Capt. Andrew
Hearts Divided
1936
as Charles Patterson
Half Way to Shanghai
1942
as Col. Algernon Blimpton
My Lips Betray
1933
as De Conti
Of Human Bondage
1946
as Dr. Tyrell
One More River
1934
as Sir Laurence Mont
The Homestretch
1947
as Don Humberto Balcares
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
as Colonel Prentiss
When You're in Love
1937
as Walter Mitchell
The Night Is Young
1935
as Emperor Franz Josef
Double Harness
1933
as Colonel Sam Colby
Lady from Louisiana
1941
as General Anatole Mirbeau
Tomorrow at Seven
1933
as Thornton Drake
Dramatic School
1938
as Pasquel Sr.
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
as Barney Newmark
The Flame Within
1935
as Dr. Jock Frazier
She Loves Me Not
1934
as Dean Mercer
The Mystery of Mr. X
1934
as Sir Herbert Frensham
Little Old New York
1940
as Robert R. Livingston
The Return of Monte Cristo
1946
as Professor Duval
Guilty as Hell
1932
as Dr. Ernest S. Tindal
Walking on Air
1936
as Mr. Horace Bennett
Give Me Your Heart
1936
as Edward, Lord Farrington
The Mantrap
1943
as Sir Humphrey Quilp
Secrets of Scotland Yard
1944
as Sir Reginald Meade
Wise Girl
1937
as Mr. Fletcher
Man of Two Worlds
1934
as Sir Basil Pemberton
Her Sister's Secret
1946
as Mr. DuBois
All Men Are Enemies
1934
Wild, Wild Susan
1925
as Peter Van Dusen
The Black Panther's Cub
1921
as Clive, Earl of Maudsley
The Spreading Dawn
1917
as Mr. LeRoy
The Tower of Jewels
1919
as David Parrish
Men and Women
1925
as Arnold Kirke
A Society Exile
1919
as Sir Howard Furnival
About 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… With 88 credits spanning from 1917 to 1949, Henry Stephenson has appeared in 88 films and 0 TV shows.
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- The Baroness and the Butler (1938) — as Count Albert Sandor
- Oliver Twist (1948) — as Mr. Brownlow
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) — as Joseph Banks
- Little Women (1933) — as Mr. Laurence
- Night and Day (1946) — as Omar Cole
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