Robert Stevenson

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1905-03-31

Deathday 1986-04-30 (81 years old)

Place of Birth Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK

Also Known As Robert Edward Stevenson

Robert Stevenson

Biography

Robert Stevenson (31 March 1905, Buxton, Derbyshire – 30 April 1986) was an English film writer and director. He was educated at Cambridge University where he became the president of both the Liberal Club and the Cambridge Union Society. He moved to California in the 1940s and ended up directing 19 films for The Walt Disney Company in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, Stevenson is best remembered for directing the Julie Andrews musical Mary Poppins, for which Andrews won the Academy Award for Best Actress and Stevenson received a nomination for Best Director Oscar. Stevenson divorced his first wife Cecilie and married actress Anna Lee in 1934. They lived on London's Bankside for five years, moving to Hollywood in 1939, where he remained for many years. They had two daughters, Venetia and Caroline, before divorcing in March 1944. He married Frances Holyoke Howard on October 8, 1944; they later divorced. They had one son, Hugh Howard Stevenson. Robert Stevenson's widow, Ursula Henderson, appeared as herself in the documentary Locked in the Tower: The Men behind Jane Eyre in 2007. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Stevenson (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

Known For

Director

1976
The Shaggy D.A.

as Director

1974
Herbie Rides Again

as Director

1971
1969
My Dog the Thief

as Director

1968
The Love Bug

as Director

1968
Blackbeard's Ghost

as Director

1967
The Gnome-Mobile

as Director

1965
That Darn Cat!

as Director

1965
The Monkey's Uncle

as Director

1964
Mary Poppins

as Director

1963
Son of Flubber

as Director

1960
Kidnapped

as Director

1957
Old Yeller

as Director

1957
Johnny Tremain

as Director

1957
The Liberty Story

as Director

1957
Zorro

as Director

1955
Gunsmoke

as Director

1955
1953
1952
1952
Macao

as Co-Director

1952
1951
My Forbidden Past

as Director

1950
1950
1948
1947
Dishonored Lady

as Director

1944
1943
Jane Eyre

as Director

1943
Forever and a Day

as Director

1942
Joan of Paris

as Director

1941
Back Street

as Director

1940
1940
1939
Young Man's Fancy

as Director

1938
Owd Bob

as Director

1938
The Ware Case

as Director

1937
1937
Non-Stop New York

as Director

1936
Jack of All Trades

as Director

1936
Tudor Rose

as Director

1934
1933
Falling for You

as Director

1933
The Only Girl

as Assistant Director

1932
Happy Ever After

as Director

Writer

1960
Kidnapped

as Writer

1943
Jane Eyre

as Screenplay

1940
Return to Yesterday

as Screenplay

1938
The Ware Case

as Scenario Writer

1937
1936
Tudor Rose

as Writer

1934
The Battle

as Writer

1933
Falling for You

as Screenplay

1933
Early to Bed

as Dialogue

1932
Lord Babs

as Writer

1932
Love on Wheels

as Screenplay

1932
The Faithful Heart

as Scenario Writer

1931
1931
A Night in Montmartre

as Scenario Writer

1931
The Ringer

as Writer

1931
Sunshine Susie

as Scenario Writer

1930
Greek Street

as Writer

1928
Balaclava

as Scenario Writer

Actor

2002
'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic

as Self (archive footage)

1952
1950
Where Danger Lives

as Assistant Clerk (uncredited)

Producer

1934
Little Friend

as Associate Producer

1933
Early to Bed

as Supervising Producer

Crew

1940
Tom Brown's School Days

as Additional Dialogue