Biography
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Onslow Stevens (March 29, 1902 – January 5, 1977), born Onslow Ford Stevenson, was an American actor. Son of character actor Housley Stevenson, he was born in Los Angeles, California. He became involved in performing in 1928, appearing in Under the Roof at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, where his entire family worked as performers, directors and teachers. His first major success came from his performance in the Broadway play Stage Door. He then went on to star in over 80 films, at first as the lead actor, but mostly in character roles later in his career.
He spent the last years of his life in a nursing home in Van Nuys, California, where according to his wife he was abused by his fellow patients. He died in suspicious circumstances in 1977, at the age of 75.
He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6349 Hollywood Boulevard.
Selected filmography
- Them! (1954)
- One Too Many (1952)
- Canyon Passage (1946)
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