Mark Stevens (actor) Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Mark Stevens (actor) Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

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.
Mark Stevens (actor) Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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