Robert Stevenson
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-03-31
Day of Death
1986-04-30 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
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.
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Acting
(2002)
'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic
as Self (archive footage)
(1950)
Where Danger Lives
as Assistant Clerk (uncredited)
Crew
(1976)
The Shaggy D.A.
Director
(1975)
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Director
(1974)
Herbie Rides Again
Director
(1974)
(1971)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Director
(1969)
My Dog, the Thief
Director
(1968)
The Love Bug
Director
(1968)
Blackbeard's Ghost
Director
(1967)
The Gnome-Mobile
Director
(1965)
That Darn Cat!
Director
(1965)
The Monkey's Uncle
Director
(1964)
Mary Poppins
Director
(1964)
(1963)
Son of Flubber
Director
(1962)
In Search of the Castaways
Director
(1961)
The Absent-Minded Professor
Director
(1960)
Kidnapped
Director, Writer
(1959)
(1959)
(1957)
Old Yeller
Director
(1957)
Johnny Tremain
Director
(1957)
(1957)
The Liberty Story
Director
(1955)
The Miracle on 34th Street
Director
(1955)
(1952)
The Las Vegas Story
Director
(1952)
Macao
Co-Director
(1951)
My Forbidden Past
Director
(1950)
The Woman on Pier 13
Director
(1950)
Walk Softly, Stranger
Director
(1948)
To the Ends of the Earth
Director
(1947)
Dishonored Lady
Director
(1944)
Know Your Ally: Britain
Director
(1943)
Jane Eyre
Director, Screenplay
(1943)
Forever and a Day
Director
(1942)
Joan of Paris
Director
(1941)
Back Street
Director
(1940)
The Case of the Frightened Lady
Screenplay
(1940)
Tom Brown's School Days
Additional Dialogue, Director
(1940)
Return to Yesterday
Screenplay, Director
(1939)
Young Man's Fancy
Director
(1938)
Owd Bob
Director
(1938)
The Ware Case
Director, Scenario Writer
(1937)
King Solomon's Mines
Director
(1937)
Non-Stop New York
Director
(1937)
Paradise for Two
Writer
(1936)
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Director
(1936)
Jack of All Trades
Director
(1936)
Tudor Rose
Director, Writer
(1934)
The Camels Are Coming
Director
(1934)
Little Friend
Associate Producer
(1934)
The Battle
Writer
(1933)
Falling for You
Director, Screenplay
(1933)
The Only Girl
Assistant Director
(1933)
Early to Bed
Supervising Producer, Dialogue
(1932)
Lord Babs
Writer
(1932)
Love on Wheels
Screenplay
(1932)
The Faithful Heart
Scenario Writer
(1932)
Happy Ever After
Director
(1931)
Michael and Mary
Writer
(1931)
A Night in Montmartre
Scenario Writer
(1931)
The Ringer
Writer
(1931)
Sunshine Susie
Scenario Writer
(1930)
Greek Street
Writer
(1928)
Balaclava
Scenario Writer