Robert Stevenson

Known for: Directing
Born: March 31, 1905, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Died: April 30, 1986
Movies: 60

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.5

Mary Poppins

1964

7.0

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971

6.6

The Love Bug

1968

6.2

Herbie Rides Again

1974

6.9

Old Yeller

1957

6.5

The Absent-Minded Professor

1961

6.6

That Darn Cat!

1965

6.7

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

1959

6.7

Blackbeard's Ghost

1968

6.9

Jane Eyre

1943

Filmography

2002

'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic

Self (archive footage)

Directing, Writing & Producing

1976	The Shaggy D.A.	Director
1975	One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing	Director
1974	The Island at the Top of the World	Director
1974	Herbie Rides Again	Director
1971	Bedknobs and Broomsticks	Director
1969	My Dog, the Thief	Director
1968	The Love Bug	Director
1968	Blackbeard's Ghost	Director
1967	The Gnome-Mobile	Director
1965	That Darn Cat!	Director
1965	The Monkey's Uncle	Director
1964	Mary Poppins	Director
1964	The Misadventures of Merlin Jones	Director
1963	Son of Flubber	Director
1962	In Search of the Castaways	Director
1961	The Absent-Minded Professor	Director
1960	Kidnapped	Director, Writer
1959	Darby O'Gill and the Little People	Director
1959	I Captured the King of the Leprechauns	Director
1957	Old Yeller	Director
1957	The Best Doggoned Dog in the World	Director
1957	Johnny Tremain	Director
1957	The Liberty Story	Director
1955	The Miracle on 34th Street	Director
1955	Atomic Energy as a Force for Good	Director
1953	Heart of Gold	Director
1952	The Las Vegas Story	Director
1951	My Forbidden Past	Director
1950	Walk Softly, Stranger	Director
1950	The Woman on Pier 13	Director
1948	To the Ends of the Earth	Director
1947	Dishonored Lady	Director
1944	Know Your Ally: Britain	Director
1943	Jane Eyre	Director, Screenplay
1943	Forever and a Day	Director
1942	Joan of Paris	Director
1941	Back Street	Director
1940	The Case of the Frightened Lady	Screenplay
1940	Tom Brown's School Days	Director
1940	Return to Yesterday	Screenplay, Director
1939	Young Man's Fancy	Director
1938	The Ware Case	Director
1938	Owd Bob	Director
1937	Paradise for Two	Writer
1937	Non-Stop New York	Director
1937	King Solomon's Mines	Director
1936	Jack of All Trades	Director
1936	Windbag the Sailor	Writer
1936	The Man Who Changed His Mind	Director
1936	Tudor Rose	Director, Writer
1934	The Camels Are Coming	Director
1934	The Battle	Writer
1933	Falling for You	Director, Screenplay
1932	Happy Ever After	Director
1932	Love on Wheels	Screenplay
1932	Lord Babs	Writer
1931	Michael and Mary	Writer
1931	The Ringer	Writer
1930	Greek Street	Writer

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