Robert Stevenson
Directing
Born: March 31, 1905 · Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Died: April 30, 1986 (aged 81)
Highest Rated
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
Mary Poppins
1964
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
The Love Bug
1968
Herbie Rides Again
1974
Old Yeller
1957
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Zorro
1957
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961
That Darn Cat!
1965
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
1959
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
Jane Eyre
1943
Photos (2)
TV Shows (1)
Self / Appearances (1)
Directing (57)
Gunsmoke
Director
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Director
Zorro
Director
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Director
Mary Poppins
Director
Cavalcade of America
Director
Jane Eyre
Director
The Love Bug
Director
The Wonderful World of Disney
Director
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Director
Herbie Rides Again
Director
General Electric Theater
Director
Old Yeller
Director
That Darn Cat!
Director
The Absent-Minded Professor
Director
Blackbeard's Ghost
Director
The Star and the Story
Director
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Director
The Gnome-Mobile
Director
Joan of Paris
Director
Dishonored Lady
Director
The Shaggy D.A.
Director
Son of Flubber
Director
The Island at the Top of the World
Director
In Search of the Castaways
Director
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Director
Macao
Co-Director
Kidnapped
Director
Johnny Tremain
Director
Owd Bob
Director
Back Street
Director
Forever and a Day
Director
Falling for You
Director
The Las Vegas Story
Director
King Solomon's Mines
Director
Walk Softly, Stranger
Director
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Director
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
Director
The Miracle on 34th Street
Director
My Forbidden Past
Director
The Only Girl
Assistant Director
My Dog, the Thief
Director
The Monkey's Uncle
Director
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
Director
Tom Brown's School Days
Director
Tudor Rose
Director
Return to Yesterday
Director
The Woman on Pier 13
Director
To the Ends of the Earth
Director
Young Man's Fancy
Director
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
Director
The Ware Case
Director
The Liberty Story
Director
Non-Stop New York
Director
Know Your Ally: Britain
Director
The Best Doggoned Dog in the World
Director
The Camels Are Coming
Director
Writing (18)
Jane Eyre
Screenplay
A Night in Montmartre
Scenario Writer
Kidnapped
Writer
Balaclava
Scenario Writer
Falling for You
Screenplay
Greek Street
Writer
The Battle
Writer
Tudor Rose
Writer
Return to Yesterday
Screenplay
Lord Babs
Writer
Windbag the Sailor
Writer
The Case of the Frightened Lady
Screenplay
Sunshine Susie
Scenario Writer
Michael and Mary
Writer
The Ware Case
Scenario Writer
The Faithful Heart
Scenario Writer
Love on Wheels
Screenplay
Paradise for Two
Writer
