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 Cant 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 didnt 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)

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Beau Geste

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South of Suez

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Devil's Island

Col. Armand Lucien

Фильм 1939

The Sea Hawk

Abbott

Фильм 1940

King of the Underworld

Bill Stevens

Фильм 1939

The Old Maid

Jim Ralston

Фильм 1939

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Sir Thomas Egerton

Фильм 1939

Nancy Drew… Detective

Challon

Фильм 1938

The Letter

Howard Joyce

Фильм 1940

Murder in the Air

Joe Garvey

Фильм 1940

Espionage Agent

Dr. Anton Rader

Фильм 1939

The Monroe Doctrine

Senor De La Torre

Фильм 1939

Flight from Destiny

Dr. Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens

Фильм 1941

Wolf of New York

Hiram Rogers

Фильм 1940

Secret Service of the Air

Jim Cameron

Фильм 1939

On Trial

Gerald Trask

Фильм 1939

River's End

McDowell

Фильм 1940

Calling Philo Vance

Philo Vance

Фильм 1940

The Adventures of Jane Arden

Dr. George Vanders

Фильм 1939

When Were You Born

Phillip Corey

Фильм 1938

Shining Victory

Dr. Paul Venner

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Sons of Liberty

Colonel Tillman

Фильм 1939

White Banners

Thomas Bradford

Фильм 1938

Wanted by Scotland Yard

Fingers

Фильм 1939

Cowboy from Brooklyn

Prof. Landis

Фильм 1938

Boy Meets Girl

Major Thompson

Фильм 1938

You Live and Learn

Sam Brooks

Фильм 1937

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

British Military Intelligence Agent

Фильм 1939

We Are Not Alone

Sir William Clintock

Фильм 1939

Heart of the North

Stephen Gore

Фильм 1938

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

Dr. Mansfield

Фильм 1939

A Dispatch from Reuters

Carew

Фильм 1940

Transatlantic Trouble

Lewis

Фильм 1937

The Dark Stairway

Inspector Clarke

Фильм 1938

The Man Who Made Diamonds

Ben

Фильм 1937

International Squadron

Squadron Leader Charles Wyatt

Фильм 1941

Mr. Satan

Tim Garnett

Фильм 1938