Warren Stevens
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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Movies (50)
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
2010 · Self
Carts
2007 · Fred Tait
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006 · Self
The Trail to Hope Rose
2004 · Samuel Drigger
Samurai Cop
1991 · Man in Film Lab
Stroker Ace
1983 · Jim Catty
High Ice
1980 · MSgt. Lomax
The Amazing Captain Nemo
1978 · Miller
The Student Body
1976 · Dr. Blalock
The Sweet Ride
1968 · Brady Caswell
Madigan
1968 · Capt. Ben Williams
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967 · George
Mission: Impossible - The Slave
1967 · Karl de Groot
Cyborg 2087
1966 · Dr. Carl Zellar
An American Dream
1966 · Johnny Dell
Gunpoint
1966 · Nate Harlan
Madame X
1966 · Michael Spalding
40 Pounds of Trouble
1962 · Swing
Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock
1962 · Jess Dollard
Belle Sommers
1962 · Lew Burton
No Name on the Bullet
1959 · Lou Fraden
Intent to Kill
1958 · Finch
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958 · Rudi Franklin
Man or Gun
1958 · Mike Ferris
Hot Spell
1958 · Wyatt
Gunfire at Indian Gap
1957 · Ed Stewart
Accused of Murder
1956 · Stan 'Scarface' Wilbo
On the Threshold of Space
1956 · Capt. Mike Bentley
Forbidden Planet
1956 · Lt. 'Doc' Ostrow
The Price of Fear
1956 · Frankie Edare
Dark Meeting
1956 · Dan
Duel on the Mississippi
1955 · Hugo Marat
Robbers' Roost
1955 · Smokey
The Man from Bitter Ridge
1955 · Linc Jackman
Women's Prison
1955 · Glen Burton
Black Tuesday
1954 · Joey Stewart
The Barefoot Contessa
1954 · Kirk Edwards
Gorilla at Large
1954 · Joe, Detective
Shark River
1953 · Clay Webley
Mark of Cain
1953 · Mike
The I Don't Care Girl
1953 · Keene
Mr. Matches
1953 · Bernard Frank
O. Henry's Full House
1952 · Druggist (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie
1952 · McCauley
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952 · George Burrows
Phone Call from a Stranger
1952 · Marty Nelson
Red Skies of Montana
1952 · Steve Burgess
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell
1951 · Reporter
Follow the Sun
1951
The Frogmen
1951 · Hodges
TV shows (78)
ER
1994 · Jim Coker
The Twilight Zone
1985 · Major Whitmore (segment "A Day in Beaumont")
Falcon Crest
1981 · Senator Bundy Silverlake
The Rebels
1979 · Ambrose Waverly
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Wonder Woman
1975 · Beal
Mobile One
1975
Police Woman
1974
Petrocelli
1974
Get Christie Love!
1974 · Paul Williams
M*A*S*H
1972 · Colonel Chaffey
Return to Peyton Place
1972 · Elliot Carson
Cannon
1971
Bracken's World
1969 · John Bracken
The Mod Squad
1968
Land of the Giants
1968 · Capt. Ashim, Olds
Adam-12
1968 · Officer Art McCall
The Name of the Game
1968 · Charles Lawrence
The Outsider
1968
Mannix
1967
The High Chaparral
1967 · Capt. Thomas Dabney
Ironside
1967
CBS Playhouse
1966 · George
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Frank Layton, Karl de Groot
The Rat Patrol
1966 · Sgt. Frank Griffin
The Time Tunnel
1966 · Maj. 'Doc' Harlow, M.D.
Star Trek
1966 · Rojan
Tarzan
1966
The Loner
1965
Honey West
1965 · Arthur Strickland
The Big Valley
1965 · Bert Jason
The Legend of Jesse James
1965 · Sheriff Boyd Stevens
A Man Called Shenandoah
1965 · Jared Abel
Profiles in Courage
1964 · Lt. Gov. Edward Clark
Daniel Boone
1964 · Mathew Eliot / Edward Eliot, Capt. Robert George
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Capt. Dennis Jenks
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Detective Sgt. Phil Hadley, Mark Wilton, Alden Ritter
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Richard Boone Show
1963 · Jim
The Outer Limits
1963 · Eric Plummer
The Dakotas
1963
Combat!
1962 · Sgt. Walter, Sgt. Hagen
The Virginian
1962 · Ray Harding, Richard Pierce
The Defenders
1961 · Andrew Trenchard
Route 66
1960
Surfside 6
1960
Checkmate
1960 · Eric Williams
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960 · Jim Powell
Mr. Lucky
1959
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · Dr. Terence Bilson
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Anders
The Alaskans
1959
The Rebel
1959 · Christopher Portal
The Twilight Zone
1959
Laramie
1959
Bonanza
1959 · Owen Driscoll, Paul Mandel, Count Alexis
One Step Beyond
1959 · Leonard Barrett
Rawhide
1959 · Talbot
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Lawman
1958
Behind Closed Doors
1958
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Tombstone Territory
1957 · Lt. Governor Owens
Suspicion
1957
Perry Mason
1957 · Alan Neil
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
1956 · Lieutenant William Storm
Playwrights '56
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Perry Stanger, Jeff Simmons
Gunsmoke
1955 · Rackmil, Cassidy, Lucas
The Millionaire
1955 · Robert Croft
Climax!
1954 · Dr. Alec McGregor, Phil, Henry Oliver
Inner Sanctum
1954
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Dan
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Peter Jordan
Suspense
1949 · Bernard Frank
Studio One
1948 · Sgt. John Hammond
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948