Robert Stevenson
Directing
1905-03-31 · Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
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
Filmography
'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic
2002 · Movie
The Shaggy D.A.
1976 · Movie
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975 · Movie
The Island at the Top of the World
1974 · Movie
Herbie Rides Again
1974 · Movie
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971 · Movie
My Dog, the Thief
1969 · Movie
The Love Bug
1968 · Movie
Blackbeard's Ghost
1968 · Movie
The Gnome-Mobile
1967 · Movie
That Darn Cat!
1965 · Movie
The Monkey's Uncle
1965 · Movie
Mary Poppins
1964 · Movie
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
1964 · Movie
Son of Flubber
1963 · Movie
In Search of the Castaways
1962 · Movie
The Wonderful World of Disney
1961 · Series
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961 · Movie
Kidnapped
1960 · Movie
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
1959 · Movie
I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
1959 · Movie
Old Yeller
1957 · Movie
The Best Doggoned Dog in the World
1957 · Movie
Zorro
1957 · Series
Johnny Tremain
1957 · Movie
The Liberty Story
1957 · Movie
On Trial
1956 · Series
The Miracle on 34th Street
1955 · Movie
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
The Star and the Story
1955 · Series
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
1955 · Movie
Heart of Gold
1953 · Movie
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Series
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Series
Macao
1952 · Movie
The Las Vegas Story
1952 · Movie
My Forbidden Past
1951 · Movie
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950 · Movie
The Woman on Pier 13
1950 · Movie
To the Ends of the Earth
1948 · Movie
Dishonored Lady
1947 · Movie
Know Your Ally: Britain
1944 · Movie
Jane Eyre
1943 · Movie
Forever and a Day
1943 · Movie
Joan of Paris
1942 · Movie
Back Street
1941 · Movie
The Case of the Frightened Lady
1940 · Movie
Tom Brown's School Days
1940 · Movie
Return to Yesterday
1940 · Movie
Young Man's Fancy
1939 · Movie
The Ware Case
1938 · Movie
Owd Bob
1938 · Movie
Paradise for Two
1937 · Movie
Non-Stop New York
1937 · Movie
King Solomon's Mines
1937 · Movie
Jack of All Trades
1936 · Movie
Windbag the Sailor
1936 · Movie
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936 · Movie
Tudor Rose
1936 · Movie
Little Friend
1934 · Movie
The Camels Are Coming
1934 · Movie
The Battle
1934 · Movie
Early to Bed
1933 · Movie
The Only Girl
1933 · Movie
Falling for You
1933 · Movie
Happy Ever After
1932 · Movie
Love on Wheels
1932 · Movie
The Faithful Heart
1932 · Movie
Lord Babs
1932 · Movie
Sunshine Susie
1931 · Movie
Michael and Mary
1931 · Movie
A Night in Montmartre
1931 · Movie
The Ringer
1931 · Movie
Greek Street
1930 · Movie
Balaclava
1928 · Movie
Christopher Closeup
Series