---
name: "Houseley Stevenson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/houseley-stevenson"
fi1m_id: "houseley-stevenson"
imdb_id: "nm0828950"
tmdb_id: 99217
wikidata_id: "Q16003071"
roles: []
born: "30 July 1879"
died: "6 August 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T04:12:30.782552+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Houseley Stevenson

## Identity

Houseley Stevenson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/houseley-stevenson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** houseley-stevenson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0828950
- **TMDB ID:** 99217
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16003071
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houseley_Stevenson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16003071, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828950/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99217

Actor. Born 30 July 1879 in London, England, UK. Died 6 August 1953.

## Details

- **Born:** 30 July 1879, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 6 August 1953
- **Also known as:**  Housley Stevens Sr., Housely Stevens, Houseley Stevenson Sr., Housely Stevenson Sr., Housley Stevenson Sr., Housely Stevenson, Housley Stevenson
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, Fantasy 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houseley_Stevenson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16003071, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828950/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/99217

## Biography

Houseley Stevenson (30 July 1879 – 6 August 1953) was a British-American character actor. Born in London, he began his film career in 1936. He performed in live stage productions in New York under the name Houseley Stevens and was a resident teacher at the Pasadena Playhouse in California.

His film roles include the Gardener (uncredited) in *The Ghost and Mrs. Muir* (1947), Dr. Walter Coley in *Dark Passage* (1947), the Cardinal of Winchester in *Joan of Arc* (1948) and Madison, Editor (uncredited) in *All the King's Men* (1949). He also appeared in early television productions, including *Adventures of Superman* (1952). Stevenson was the father of actors Houseley Stevenson Jr., Edward Stevenson and Onslow Stevens.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *All the King's Men* (1949), Fi1m 74, as Madison, Editor (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/all-the-kings-men.md)
- *Secret Beyond the Door* (1947), Fi1m 60, as Andy (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/secret-beyond-the-door.md)
- *The Ghost and Mrs. Muir* (1947), Fi1m 84, as Gardener (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ghost-and-mrs-muir.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Adventures of Superman* (1952), series, as Pop Polgase
- *Oklahoma Annie* (1952), as Blinky
- *The Wild North* (1952), as Old Man
- *Joe Santa Claus* (1951), as Uncle Willy
- *Cave of Outlaws* (1951), as Cooley
- *All That I Have* (1951), as Charles Grayson
- *Darling, How Could You!* (1951), as Old Man (Uncredited)
- *The Secret of Convict Lake* (1951), as Samuel 'Pawnee Sam' Barlow (uncredited)
- *Hollywood Story* (1951), as John Miller, Studio Guard
- *The Sun Sets at Dawn* (1950), as Pops
- *Edge of Doom* (1950), as Mr. Swanson
- *The Gunfighter* (1950), as Mr. Barlow (uncredited)
- *Sierra* (1950), as Sam Coulter
- *All the King's Men* (1949), as Madison, Editor (uncredited) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/all-the-kings-men.md)
- *Song of Surrender* (1949), as Abernathy
- *Calamity Jane and Sam Bass* (1949), as Dakota
- *The Gal Who Took the West* (1949), as Ted (as old Timer)
- *Take One False Step* (1949), as Montgomery Thatcher
- *Masked Raiders* (1949), as Henry Trevett
- *Sorrowful Jones* (1949), as Doc Chesley
- *Leave It to Henry* (1949), as Mr. McCluskey
- *Colorado Territory* (1949), as Prospector
- *The Lady Gambles* (1949), as Pawnbroker
- *Bride of Vengeance* (1949), as Councillor
- *The Walking Hills* (1949), as Mr. King
- *Knock on Any Door* (1949), as Junior (uncredited)
- *Joan of Arc* (1948), as The Cardinal of Winchester
- *Kidnapped* (1948), as Ebenezer
- *You Gotta Stay Happy* (1948), as Jud Tavis
- *Moonrise* (1948), as Uncle Joe Jingle
- *Apartment for Peggy* (1948), as Prof. T.J. Beck
- *Four Faces West* (1948), as Anderson
- *Smart Woman* (1948), as Joe Smith
- *The Challenge* (1948), as Captain Sonnenberg
- *Casbah* (1948), as Anton Duval
- *Secret Beyond the Door* (1947), as Andy (uncredited) — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/secret-beyond-the-door.md)
- *Thunder in the Valley* (1947), as Angus MacIvor
- *Forever Amber* (1947), Actor
- *Dark Passage* (1947), as Dr. Walter Coley
- *Cheyenne* (1947), as Stableman (uncredited)
- *The Ghost and Mrs. Muir* (1947), as Gardener (uncredited) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ghost-and-mrs-muir.md)
- *Time Out of Mind* (1947), as George
- *Ramrod* (1947), as George Smedley
- *Easy Come, Easy Go* (1947), as Doctor
- *The Brasher Doubloon* (1947), as Elisha Morningstar (uncredited)
- *Rendezvous with Annie* (1946), as Dr. Grimes (uncredited)
- *Without Reservations* (1946), as Turnkey (uncredited)
- *Little Miss Big* (1946), as Duncan
- *Happy Land* (1943), as Sam Watson (uncredited)
- *Crime Doctor* (1943), as Martin, Parole Board
- *Native Land* (1942), as White Sharecropper
- *The Man Who Returned to Life* (1942), as Colonel Beebe
- *The Adventurous Blonde* (1937), as Darell (uncredited)
- *Midnight Court* (1937), as Mr. Jones - Witness
- *Once a Doctor* (1937), as Magistrate Kendrick
- *Isle of Fury* (1936), as The Rector
- *China Clipper* (1936), as Doctor (uncredited)
- *The White Angel* (1936), as Surgeon (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Houseley Stevenson](https://film.one/media/person/1236295/gallery-1552597d4846.png) Houseley Stevenson — TV episode screenshot (ABC), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Houseley_Stevenson_in_Gruen_Guild_Playhouse_%28Joe_Santa_Claus%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Houseley Stevenson](https://film.one/media/person/1236295/gallery-187f1c5c5e62.jpg) Houseley Stevenson — Image via TMDB

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