Onslow Stevens
actor
- Birth name:
- Onslow Ford Stevenson
- Born:
- 1902-03-29, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died:
- 1977-01-05, Van Nuys, California, USA
- Professions:
- actor
Biography
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."
