BIO

Onslow Stevens was born Onslow Ford Stevenson in Los Angeles, in 1902.   His theatrical family was a fixture at the Pasadena Playhouse and included actor father Houseley Stevenson (1879-1953), film costume designer Edward Stevenson (1906-1968) and film production manager/editor Houseley Stevenson Jr. (1914-1997).

Stevens began acting at the Pasadena Playhouse as a young man before making his film debut for RKO Radio Pictures in 1931 at the age of 29.   He became a busy supporting actor, appearing in more than 85 motion pictures through 1962.   Chronic alcoholism dampened his later career.

Stevens also debuted on Broadway in the hit play Stage Door (1936-1937) and was cast in another 7 productions through 1957.

He married five times:

1. Phyllis Cooper (m. 1934), divorced;
2. Ann Buchanan (m. 1936-1942), divorced;
3. Vicki Clark (m. 1944-1946), divorced;
4. Marley Shofner (m. 1959-1960), divorced;
5. Rose Heit (1961-1977);

Stevens was severely injured in a nursing home under suspicious circumstances and succumbed to pneumonia in Los Angeles, in 1977, at the age of 74.

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