Warren Stevens
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 2, 1919
- Died
- March 27, 2012 (aged 92)
- Birthplace
- Clark's Summit, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Warren Albert Stevens was an American stage, screen, and television actor. A founding member of The Actor's Studio in New York, Stevens received notice on Broadway in the late 1940s, and thereafter was offered a Hollywood contract at 20th Century Fox. His first Broadway role was in The Life of Galileo; his first movie role followed in The Frogmen. As a young studio contract player, Stevens had little choice of material, and he appeared in films that included Phone Call from a Stranger, Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie, and Gorilla at Large. A memorable movie role was that of the ill-fated "Doc" Ostrow in the science fiction film Forbidden Planet. He also had supporting roles in The Barefoot Contessa with Humphrey Bogart and Intent to Kill. Despite occasional parts in big films, Stevens was unable to break out consistently into A-list movies, so he carved out a career in television as a journeyman dramatic actor. He co-starred as Lt. William Storm in Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers, a prime time adventure series set in India. Stevens also provided the voice of John Bracken in season one of Bracken's World. He played the role of Elliot Carson in the daytime series Return to Peyton Place during its two-year run. He appeared in over 150 prime time shows from the 1950s to the early 1980s, including: Golden Age anthology series (Actors Studio, Campbell Playhouse, The Web, Justice, Philco Television Playhouse, Studio One, The United States Steel Hour, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, Route 66, Mysteries Hawaiian Eye, Perry Mason, The Untouchables, Climax!, Checkmate, Surfside 6, 77 Sunset Strip, Behind Closed Doors, I Spy, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Ironside, The Mod Squad, Mannix, Cannon, Griff, and Mission: Impossible, as well as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, One Step Beyond, and Mission: Impossible. He also starred in a variety of Westerns: Laramie, The Rebel, The Man Called Shenandoah), Wagon Train, The Alaskans, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Daniel Boone, The Virginian Rawhide, and Have Gun, Will Travel, as well as Tombstone Territory and Stoney Burke. In 1970, he appeared as Paul Carson on "The Men From Shiloh" (rebranded name for The Virginian in the episode titled "Hannah.") Stevens' appearance in the 1955 movie Robbers' Roost introduced him to Richard Boone, who hired him for a continuing television role on The Richard Boone Show, an award-winning NBC anthology series which lasted for the 1963–1964 season. In his later years, Stevens' appearances were infrequent. He guest-starred in ER in March 2006 and had two roles in 2007.
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Filmography
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Movie · as Self
Carts
Movie · as Fred Tait
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Movie · as Self
The Trail to Hope Rose
Movie · as Samuel Drigger
ER
TV · as Jim Coker · 1 ep
Samurai Cop
Movie · as Man in Film Lab
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Major Whitmore (segment "A Day in Beaumont") · 1 ep
Stroker Ace
Movie · as Jim Catty
Falcon Crest
TV · as Senator Bundy Silverlake · 2 eps
High Ice
Movie · as MSgt. Lomax
The Rebels
TV · as Ambrose Waverly · 2 eps
The Amazing Captain Nemo
Movie · as Miller
The Student Body
Movie · as Dr. Blalock
Quincy, M.E.
TV · 1 ep
Wonder Woman
TV · as Beal · 1 ep
Mobile One
TV · 13 eps
Police Woman
TV · 1 ep
Petrocelli
TV · 1 ep
Get Christie Love!
TV · as Paul Williams · 1 ep
M*A*S*H
TV · as Colonel Chaffey · 1 ep
Return to Peyton Place
TV · as Elliot Carson · 1 ep
Cannon
TV · 2 eps
Bracken's World
TV · as John Bracken · 26 eps
Madigan
Movie · as Capt. Ben Williams
The Sweet Ride
Movie · as Brady Caswell
Land of the Giants
TV · as Capt. Ashim, Olds · 1 ep
The Mod Squad
TV · 1 ep
Adam-12
TV · as Officer Art McCall · 1 ep
The Outsider
TV · 1 ep
The Name of the Game
TV · as Charles Lawrence · 1 ep
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Movie · as George
Mission: Impossible - The Slave
Movie · as Karl de Groot
Mannix
TV · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · 1 ep
The High Chaparral
TV · as Capt. Thomas Dabney · 1 ep
Madame X
Movie · as Michael Spalding
Cyborg 2087
Movie · as Dr. Carl Zellar
An American Dream
Movie · as Johnny Dell
Gunpoint
Movie · as Nate Harlan
The Time Tunnel
TV · as Maj. 'Doc' Harlow, M.D. · 1 ep
Star Trek
TV · as Rojan · 1 ep
Mission: Impossible
TV · as Frank Layton, Karl de Groot · 2 eps
Tarzan
TV · 1 ep
The Rat Patrol
TV · as Sgt. Frank Griffin · 1 ep
CBS Playhouse
TV · as George · 1 ep
The Big Valley
TV · as Bert Jason · 1 ep
The Loner
TV · 1 ep
Honey West
TV · as Arthur Strickland · 1 ep
The Legend of Jesse James
TV · as Sheriff Boyd Stevens · 1 ep
A Man Called Shenandoah
TV · as Jared Abel · 1 ep
Daniel Boone
TV · as Mathew Eliot / Edward Eliot, Capt. Robert George · 1 ep
Profiles in Courage
TV · as Lt. Gov. Edward Clark · 1 ep
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Capt. Dennis Jenks · 1 ep
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV · as Detective Sgt. Phil Hadley, Mark Wilton, Alden Ritter · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · 3 eps
The Dakotas
TV · 1 ep
The Richard Boone Show
TV · as Jim · 25 eps
The Outer Limits
TV · as Eric Plummer · 1 ep
Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock
Movie · as Jess Dollard
40 Pounds of Trouble
Movie · as Swing
Belle Sommers
Movie · as Lew Burton
Combat!
TV · as Sgt. Walter, Sgt. Hagen · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Ray Harding, Richard Pierce · 1 ep
The Defenders
TV · as Andrew Trenchard · 1 ep
Route 66
TV · 2 eps
Surfside 6
TV · 2 eps
The Chevy Mystery Show
TV · as Jim Powell · 1 ep
Checkmate
TV · as Eric Williams · 1 ep
No Name on the Bullet
Movie · as Lou Fraden
Mr. Lucky
TV · 1 ep
Hawaiian Eye
TV · as Dr. Terence Bilson · 2 eps
The Twilight Zone
TV · 1 ep
Rawhide
TV · as Talbot · 1 ep
One Step Beyond
TV · as Leonard Barrett · 1 ep
Adventures in Paradise
TV · as Anders · 1 ep
The Alaskans
TV · 1 ep
The Rebel
TV · as Christopher Portal · 1 ep
Laramie
TV · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Owen Driscoll, Paul Mandel, Count Alexis · 1 ep
The Case Against Brooklyn
Movie · as Rudi Franklin
Man or Gun
Movie · as Mike Ferris
Intent to Kill
Movie · as Finch
Hot Spell
Movie · as Wyatt
77 Sunset Strip
TV · 2 eps
The Donna Reed Show
TV · 2 eps
Lawman
TV · 1 ep
Behind Closed Doors
TV · 1 ep
Gunfire at Indian Gap
Movie · as Ed Stewart
Perry Mason
TV · as Alan Neil · 1 ep
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · 2 eps
Suspicion
TV · 1 ep
Tombstone Territory
TV · as Lt. Governor Owens · 1 ep
Forbidden Planet
Movie · as Lt. 'Doc' Ostrow
Accused of Murder
Movie · as Stan 'Scarface' Wilbo
The Price of Fear
Movie · as Frankie Edare
On the Threshold of Space
Movie · as Capt. Mike Bentley
Dark Meeting
Movie · as Dan
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
TV · as Lieutenant William Storm · 26 eps
Women's Prison
Movie · as Glen Burton
Duel on the Mississippi
Movie · as Hugo Marat
Robbers' Roost
Movie · as Smokey
The Man from Bitter Ridge
Movie · as Linc Jackman
Gunsmoke
TV · as Rackmil, Cassidy, Lucas · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Perry Stanger, Jeff Simmons · 1 ep
The Millionaire
TV · as Robert Croft · 1 ep
Playwrights '56
TV · 1 ep
Black Tuesday
Movie · as Joey Stewart
The Barefoot Contessa
Movie · as Kirk Edwards
Gorilla at Large
Movie · as Joe, Detective
Climax!
TV · as Dr. Alec McGregor, Phil, Henry Oliver · 1 ep
Inner Sanctum
TV · 4 eps
The I Don't Care Girl
Movie · as Keene
Mr. Matches
Movie · as Bernard Frank
Mark of Cain
Movie · as Mike
Shark River
Movie · as Clay Webley
Deadline - U.S.A.
Movie · as George Burrows
Phone Call from a Stranger
Movie · as Marty Nelson
Red Skies of Montana
Movie · as Steve Burgess
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
Movie · as McCauley
O. Henry's Full House
Movie · as Druggist (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
Four Star Playhouse
TV · as Dan · 1 ep
The Frogmen
Movie · as Hodges
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
Movie · as Reporter
Follow the Sun
Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Peter Jordan · 1 ep
Suspense
TV · as Bernard Frank · 1 ep
Studio One
TV · as Sgt. John Hammond · 1 ep
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · 4 eps