---
name: "Landers Stevens"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/landers-stevens"
fi1m_id: "landers-stevens"
imdb_id: "nm0828547"
tmdb_id: 120476
wikidata_id: "Q95816467"
roles: []
born: "17 February 1877"
died: "19 December 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T02:21:04.381210+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."
---

# Landers Stevens

## Identity

Landers Stevens

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/landers-stevens
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** landers-stevens
- **IMDb ID:** nm0828547
- **TMDB ID:** 120476
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95816467
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landers_Stevens, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95816467, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828547/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120476

Actor. Born 17 February 1877 in San Francisco, California, USA. Died 19 December 1940.

## Details

- **Born:** 17 February 1877, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Died:** 19 December 1940
- **Also known as:** John Landers Stevens, J. Landers Stevens
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 77 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Crime 2, Drama 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landers_Stevens, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95816467, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828547/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120476

## Biography

Landers Stevens (1877–1940) was an American stage and film actor. Born John Landers Stevens in San Francisco, he began his career in theatre before moving into motion pictures around 1920. He appeared in prominent roles early on and later took smaller supporting parts, frequently as authority figures.

Stevens is credited in numerous films, including uncredited appearances as a doctor in *The Public Enemy* (1931), 'Doc' in *The Most Dangerous Game* (1932), and a committeeman in *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington* (1939). His final screen role was as a Senate investigator in *Citizen Kane* (1941). He appeared as Judge Watson (uncredited) in *Swing Time* (1936), directed by his son George Stevens. He was also the father of cameraman Jack Stevens and brother of drama critic Ashton Stevens.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Swing Time* (1936), Fi1m 84, as Judge Watson (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/swing-time.md)
- *Little Caesar* (1931), Fi1m 74, as Alvin McClure - Crime Commissioner (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/little-caesar.md)
- *The Public Enemy* (1931), Fi1m 83, as Doctor (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-public-enemy.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

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

- *Citizen Kane* (1941), as Senate Investigator (uncredited) — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/citizen-kane.md)
- *Wildcat Bus* (1940), as Doctor (uncredited)
- *Cross-Country Romance* (1940), as Bishop at Wedding
- *Private Affairs* (1940), as Employee (uncredited)
- *Pop Always Pays* (1940), as Bo Johnson
- *The Man with Nine Lives* (1940), as Doctor Spectator (uncredited)
- *It's a Date* (1940), as Business Executive in Arlen's Office (uncredited)
- *Abe Lincoln in Illinois* (1940), as Minor Role (uncredited)
- *Danger On Wheels* (1940), as Lloyd B. Allen
- *20,000 Men a Year* (1939), as Professor
- *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington* (1939), as Committeeman (uncredited) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/mr-smith-goes-to-washington.md)
- *Golden Boy* (1939), as Ringsider with Ill Woman
- *When Tomorrow Comes* (1939), as Man (uncredited)
- *I Stole a Million* (1939), as Businessman (uncredited)
- *S.O.S Tidal Wave* (1939), Actor
- *The Zero Hour* (1939), as Doctor
- *The Story of Alexander Graham Bell* (1939), as Manager of New England Telephone Exchange
- *The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt* (1939), as Thatcher (uncredited)
- *Kentucky* (1938), as Man at RAce Track
- *One Wild Night* (1938), as Rev. Oscar Twitchby (uncredited)
- *Berth Quakes* (1938), Actor
- *Ears of Experience* (1938), Actor
- *Wife, Doctor and Nurse* (1937), as Dr. Van Cleve
- *Step Lively, Jeeves!* (1937), as Party Guest (uncredited)
- *Slave Ship* (1937), as Owner
- *Bill Cracks Down* (1937), as Dr. Colcord
- *Join the Marines* (1937), as Dr. McCullough
- *We Who Are About to Die* (1937), as Warden Lawton
- *That Girl from Paris* (1936), as Ship Captain (uncredited)
- *The Cowboy Star* (1936), as Jack Kingswell
- *Don't Turn 'em Loose* (1936), as Mr. Graves - Joe's Father
- *Swing Time* (1936), as Judge Watson (uncredited) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/swing-time.md)
- *Postal Inspector* (1936), as Dr. Doyle (uncredited)
- *High Tension* (1936), as Businessman
- *Educating Father* (1936), as Milford (uncredited)
- *Charlie Chan's Secret* (1936), as Coroner
- *Frisco Kid* (1935), as Doctor (uncredited)
- *Counselitis* (1935), Actor
- *Here's to Romance* (1935), as Stage Manager
- *Thunder in the Night* (1935), as Hans
- *Public Hero Number 1* (1935), as Federal Man (uncredited)
- *Dinky* (1935), as Standish's Associate
- *Love Time* (1934), as Major Domo (uncredited)
- *Elinor Norton* (1934), as Conductor
- *Ocean Swells* (1934), as Mr. Harrington
- *Bachelor Bait* (1934), as Mr. Wells (uncredited)
- *The Personality Kid* (1934), as Executive
- *Manhattan Melodrama* (1934), as Inspector (uncredited)
- *Walking Back Home* (1933), as Mr. Fleetwood
- *The Most Dangerous Game* (1932), as Yacht Passenger 'Doc' (uncredited)
- *Hell Divers* (1932), as Admiral
- *The Rainbow Trail* (1932), as Frisby
- *Guilty Hands* (1931), as Chief of Police Bill Mott (uncredited)
- *The Public Enemy* (1931), as Doctor (uncredited) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-public-enemy.md)
- *Little Caesar* (1931), as Alvin McClure - Crime Commissioner (uncredited) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/little-caesar.md)
- *The Gorilla* (1930), as Inspector
- *Frozen Justice* (1929), as Mate Moore
- *The Trial of Mary Dugan* (1929), as Dr. Welcome
- *Irene Rich in 'Lead, Kindly Light'* (1928), Actor
- *Battling Bunyan* (1924), as Pierson
- *Youth Must Have Love* (1922), as Frank Hibbard
- *The Veiled Woman* (1922), as The Doctor
- *A Wonderful Wife* (1922), as Gregory
- *Wild Honey* (1922), as Wolf Montague
- *Handle with Care* (1922), as David Norris
- *A Thousand to One* (1920), as Steven Crawford
- *The Price of Redemption* (1920), as Richard Willoughby

## Gallery

- ![Landers Stevens](https://film.one/media/person/3851456/gallery-3a13120387a6.jpg) Landers Stevens — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Landers_Stevens%2C_stage_actor_%28SAYRE_9584%29.jpg/1280px-Landers_Stevens%2C_stage_actor_%28SAYRE_9584%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Landers Stevens, stage actor Subjects: actors (1914)](https://film.one/media/person/3851456/gallery-f71a860b4185.jpg) Landers Stevens, stage actor Subjects: actors (1914) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Landers_Stevens%2C_stage_actor_%28SAYRE_9359%29.jpg/1280px-Landers_Stevens%2C_stage_actor_%28SAYRE_9359%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Still from the American comedy film Handle with Care (1922) with Grace Darmond and Landers Stevens, on page 66 of the August 27, 1921 Exhibitors Herald.](https://film.one/media/person/3851456/gallery-e401f4b01289.jpg) Still from the American comedy film Handle with Care (1922) with Grace Darmond and Landers Stevens, on page 66 of the August 27, 1921 Exhibitors Herald. — Rockett Film Corporation / Associated Exhibitors, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Handle_with_Care_%281922%29_-_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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