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
''Speed to Burn'' is a 1938 American crime drama film, directed by Otto Brower and starring Michael Whalen, Lynn Bari, and Marvin Stephens.
Plot
Cast
* Michael Whalen as Matt Kerry
* Lynn Bari as Marion Clark
* Marvin Stephens as Tim Turne ...
'' (1938)
* ''
Love on a Budget'' (1938)
* ''
Down on the Farm'' (1938)
* ''
Safety in Numbers'' (1938)
* ''
A Trip to Paris'' (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
*
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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