Mark Stevens

Actor: Mark Stevens

Born: Feb 13, 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio
Died: Sep 15, 1994
Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer
Active: '40s-'60s
Major Genres: Drama, Crime
Career Highlights: The Snake Pit, Mutiny, Oh, You Beautiful Doll
First Major Screen Credit: Within These Walls (1945)

Biography

After studying to become a painter, Mark Stevens became active in Canadian theatrical work. He then launched a radio career as an announcer at a small station in Akron, Ohio. In 1944, Stevens was brought to Hollywood by Warner Bros., where he was billed as Stephen Richards. He graduated to top billing in RKO's From This Day Forward (1945), playing a returning war hero making an uneasy adjustment to civilian life. Critics panned the film but praised Stevens, who was then snatched up by 20th Century-Fox for a series of plum starring roles, including songwriter Joe E. Howard in the 1947 musical biopic I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now? and the husband of mental patient Olivia De Havilland in The Snake Pit (1949). When it seemed as though his film career had ground to a halt, Stevens moved to television, where in 1953 he became the fourth actor to essay the role of detective Martin Kane. The following year, he succeeded Pat McVey in the part of crusading journalist Steve Wilson on the weekly TVer Big Town. During both of his TV-series stints, Stevens publicly derided the quality of the material he'd been handed, demanding full script control and the opportunity to direct. Upon returning to the Big Screen, Stevens produced and directed a brace of serviceable programmers: Cry Vengeance (1954) and Timetable (1956). After closing out his Hollywood career in 1964, Mark Stevens repaired to Europe, where he directed his last film to date, the German-Spanish co-production Sunscorched (1966). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Mark Stevens
in The Dark Corner (1946)
Born	Richard William Stevens December 13, 1916(1916-12-13) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Died	September 15, 1994 (aged 77) Majores, Spain
Other name(s)	Stephen Richards
Years active	1943–1987
Spouse(s)	Annelle Hayes (m. 1945–1962)

Mark Stevens (December 13, 1916 – September 15, 1994) was an American actor.

1 Career
- 1.1 Death
2 Notes
3 External links

Career

Born Richard William Stevens in Cleveland, Ohio, he first studied to become a painter before becoming active in theater work. He then launched a radio career as an announcer in Akron, Ohio.

Moving to Hollywood, he became a Warner Brothers contract actor at $100 a week in 1943. The studio darkened and straightened his curly ginger-colored hair and covered his freckles. At first he was billed as Stephen Richards, but it was changed to Mark Stevens at the suggestion of Darryl Zanuck when he moved to 20th Century Fox.

Stevens emerged as a film noir leading man in such films as Within These Walls (1945) and The Dark Corner (1946), the latter pairing him with Lucille Ball. He played an FBI man going undercover to arrest a gangster played by Richard Widmark in The Street with No Name (1948), and appeared as Olivia de Havilland's loyal husband in The Snake Pit. Stevens also performed in musicals including I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now? (1947) and Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949).^[1]

From 1954-1956, he played a newspaper managing editor in the CBS series Big Town, having replaced Patrick McVey, who starred in the role from 1950-1954.

In the 1950s Stevens was also a television actor, producer and writer. He worked in semi-retirement in the 1960s in Europe.^[2] In the 80's he appeared in television shows Magnum, P.I. and Murder, She Wrote.

Death

On September 15, 1994, Stevens died of cancer in Majores, Spain, at the age of seventy-seven.^[3]

For his contribution to the television industry, Mark Stevens has a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, located at 6637 Hollywood Blvd.

Notes

External links

Mark Stevens at the Internet Movie Database
Mark Stevens at TV.com

Persondata
NAME	Stevens, Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Stevens, Richard William; Richards, Stephen
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor
DATE OF BIRTH	December 13, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH	September 15, 1994
PLACE OF DEATH	Majores, Spain

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