Person Details

Birthday: 1905-03-31 17:28:00

Death: 1986-04-30 17:28:00

Aliases: Robert Edward Stevenson

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 73

TV Involvements: 9


Most Famous Work

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​

Most Famous Work

Zorro
Average
8

Zorro

(1957) Director
Mary Poppins
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8

Mary Poppins

(1964) Director
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

(1955) Director
Gunsmoke
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7

Gunsmoke

(1955) Director
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
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7

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

(1971) Director
Herbie Rides Again
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6

Herbie Rides Again

(1974) Director
Cavalcade of America
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4

Cavalcade of America

(1952) Director
Blackbeard's Ghost
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7

Blackbeard's Ghost

(1968) Director

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1952 Co-Pilot
1950 Assistant Clerk (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1976 Director
1975 Director
1974 Director
Director
1971 Director
1969 Director
1968 Director
Director
1967 Director
1965 Director
Director
1964 Director
Director
1963 Director
1962 Director
1961 Director
Director
1959 Director
Director
Director
1957 Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
1955 Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
1953 Director
1952 Director
Director
1951 Director
1950 Director
Director
1948 Director
1947 Director
1944 Director
1943 Director
Director
1942 Director
1941 Director
1940 Director
Director
1939 Director
1938 Director
Director
1937 Director
Director
1936 Director
Director
Director
1934 Director
1933 Assistant Director
Director
1932 Director
Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
1940 Additional Dialogue
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1934 Associate Producer
1933 Supervising Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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