Mark Stevens (born Richard William Stevens, December 13, 1916 â€"
September 15, 1994) was an American actor, who appeared in films, and
on television. He was one of four who played the lead role in the
television series, Martin Kane, Private Eye, which aired on NBC - he
appeared in 1953-1954.Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Stevens first studied
to become a painter before becoming active in theater work. He then
launched a radio career as an announcer in Akron, Ohio.Moving to
Hollywood, he became a Warner Bros. contract actor at $100 a week in
1943. The studio darkened and straightened his curly red hair and
covered his freckles. At first he was billed as Stephen Richards. They
gave him small parts, often uncredited, in films like Destination
Tokyo (1943), Passage to Marseille (1944), The Doughgirls (1944),
Hollywood Canteen (1944), Objective, Burma! (1945), God Is My Co-Pilot
(1945), The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945), Rhapsody in Blue (1945) and
Pride of the Marines (1945). He usually played soldiers. Eventually
the studio let him go.He was then signed to 20th Century Fox who
changed his name to Mark Stevens at the suggestion of Darryl Zanuck.
September 15, 1994) was an American actor, who appeared in films, and
on television. He was one of four who played the lead role in the
television series, Martin Kane, Private Eye, which aired on NBC - he
appeared in 1953-1954.Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Stevens first studied
to become a painter before becoming active in theater work. He then
launched a radio career as an announcer in Akron, Ohio.Moving to
Hollywood, he became a Warner Bros. contract actor at $100 a week in
1943. The studio darkened and straightened his curly red hair and
covered his freckles. At first he was billed as Stephen Richards. They
gave him small parts, often uncredited, in films like Destination
Tokyo (1943), Passage to Marseille (1944), The Doughgirls (1944),
Hollywood Canteen (1944), Objective, Burma! (1945), God Is My Co-Pilot
(1945), The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945), Rhapsody in Blue (1945) and
Pride of the Marines (1945). He usually played soldiers. Eventually
the studio let him go.He was then signed to 20th Century Fox who
changed his name to Mark Stevens at the suggestion of Darryl Zanuck.
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