James Stephenson (actor)

James Stephenson
Featured in trailer for The Letter (1940)
Born
James Albert Stephenson

(1889-04-14)14 April 1889
Selby, West Riding of Yorkshire,[1] England
Died29 July 1941(1941-07-29) (aged 52)
Pacific Palisades, California, US
OccupationActor
Years active1937–1941
SpouseLorna Anderson Stephenson

James Albert Stephenson (14 April 1889 – 29 July 1941) was a British stage and film actor. He took up film acting at 49 and after a typically slow start delivered an Academy Award-nominated performance in the William Wyler-directed melodrama, The Letter in 1940. The roles offered to Stephenson dramatically improved following this performance, but he died just a year later at 52.

  1. ^ Before 1 April 1974 Selby was in the West Riding of Yorkshire