Onslow Stevens(1902-1977)
- Actor
Son of character actor
Houseley Stevenson, brother of
actor Houseley Stevenson Jr.,
Onslow Stevens was highly active from mid-1920s at the Pasadena
Community Playhouse, where his entire family worked frequently as
performers, directors and teachers. he scored a major success on
Broadway in "Stage Door" in 1936. He played many leading roles and even
more character parts over the years. Although at first a stalwart and
reliable figure in films, in later years his career was adversely
affected by alcohol. Nevertheless, he was a familiar and respected
performer for many years. His final months were spent in a Van Nuys,
California, nursing home where, in November 1976, he suffered a broken
hip under unclear circumstances. Pneumonia set in and he died in
January 1977. A coroner's inquest ruled that the broken hip had
occurred "at the hands of another, not an accident."
Houseley Stevenson, brother of
actor Houseley Stevenson Jr.,
Onslow Stevens was highly active from mid-1920s at the Pasadena
Community Playhouse, where his entire family worked frequently as
performers, directors and teachers. he scored a major success on
Broadway in "Stage Door" in 1936. He played many leading roles and even
more character parts over the years. Although at first a stalwart and
reliable figure in films, in later years his career was adversely
affected by alcohol. Nevertheless, he was a familiar and respected
performer for many years. His final months were spent in a Van Nuys,
California, nursing home where, in November 1976, he suffered a broken
hip under unclear circumstances. Pneumonia set in and he died in
January 1977. A coroner's inquest ruled that the broken hip had
occurred "at the hands of another, not an accident."