Henry Stephenson Garroway
Sign | Aries |
Born | Apr 16, 1871 Granada, British West Indies |
Died | Apr 24, 1956 San Francisco, CA |
Age | Died at 85 |
Final Resting PlaceKensico Cemetery |
Henry Stephenson | |
Job | Actor |
Years active | 1901-52 |
Known for | Historical figures, lords, hero's aristocratic friends, benevolent patricians |
Top Roles | Mr. Brownlow, Sir Joseph Banks, Sir Ronald Ramsgate, Lord Willoughby, Mr. Laurence |
Top Genres | Drama, Romance, Comedy, Musical, Adventure, Film Adaptation |
Top Topics | Book-Based, Romance (Drama), Romance (Comic) |
Top Collaborators | Jack L. Warner (Producer), Hal B. Wallis (Producer), Irving Thalberg (Producer), Darryl F. Zanuck (Producer) |
Shares birthday with | Charlie Chaplin, Peter Ustinov, John Hodiak see more.. |
Henry Stephenson Overview:
Character actor, Henry Stephenson, was born Henry Stephenson Garroway on Apr 16, 1871 in Granada, British West Indies. Stephenson appeared in over 85 film and television roles, playing his share of doctors, Counts, Dukes and Lords. His best known films include Captain Blood (1935, as Lord Willoughby), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936, as Sir Charles Macefield, Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936 as Havisham), The Prince and the Pauper (1937, as the Duke of Norfolk), Marie Antoinette (1938, as Count de Merceyand), and The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939, as Lord Burghley). Stephenson died at the age of 85 on Apr 24, 1956 in San Francisco, CA and was laid to rest in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, Westchester County, NY.
MINI BIO:
Tall and elegant, Henry Stephenson was a key member of Hollywood's prominent British community of the 1930s. Long in America, after considerable experience on the London and Broadway stages, he was often cast in lordly roles, as historical figures of the hero's aristocratic friend.
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Henry Stephenson Quotes:
Gordon Evers: Darling, are you quite sure this isn't heaven?
Sarah Cazenove: I'm quite sure it is.
Gordon Evers: What do you think, Hector?
Hector Stribling: Bless you, my children, but don't deceive yourselves. This not heaven. It's too infernally hot.
Sir Charles Macefield: Well, I'll finish my drink. I have a cowardly aversion to meeting reptiles socially 'til I've had at least one sherry and bitters.
Sir Charles Macefield: [throws letter into the fire] For conspicuous gallantry.
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