Marvin R. Stephens (March 23, 1922 - May 22, 2008) was an American
film actor
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.
[Dwyer p.225] A
child actor
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, his first
Hollywood
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roles were in the
Mickey McGuire films. Stephens then played the recurring role of Tommy McGuire in
Twentieth Century Fox
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's
Jones Family series of films.
Selected filmography
* ''
Borrowing Trouble'' (1937)
* ''
Speed to Burn'' (1938)
* ''
Love on a Budget'' (1938)
* ''
Down on the Farm'' (1938)
* ''
Safety in Numbers
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'' (1938)
* ''
A Trip to Paris
''A Trip to Paris'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair (filmmaker), Malcolm St. Clair and starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane and Spring Byington.Drew p.180 It was part of the Jones Family series of films.
The film's sets ...
'' (1938)
* ''
Quick Millions'' (1939)
* ''
Fighting Thoroughbreds'' (1939)
* ''
Everybody's Baby'' (1939)
* ''
Young as You Feel'' (1940)
* ''
Ride, Kelly, Ride'' (1941)
* ''
Freckles Comes Home'' (1942)
References
Bibliography
* Dwyer, Ruth. ''Malcolm St. Clair: His Films, 1915-1948''. Scarecrow Press, 1996.
External links
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1922 births
2008 deaths
American male film actors
20th-century American male actors
People from Grants, New Mexico
American male child actors
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