Robert Stevenson

Robert Stevenson
Background information
Born	March 31, 1905 Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Died	April 30, 1986 (aged 81) Santa Barbara, California, USA
Nationality	English
Occupation	Director, screenwriter
Years active	1928-1985
Spouse	Cecilie L Leslie (1929-1934) Anna Lee (1934-1944) Frances Holyoke Howard (1944) Ursula Henderson (1963-1986; his death)
Children	Venetia and Caroline

Robert Stevenson was an English director and film writer. Best remembered for directing the Julie Andrews musical Mary Poppins (1964), Stevenson ended up directing 19 films for The Walt Disney Company in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, becoming the most commercially successful director in the history of film. With Disney, he also directed the first two Herbie films: The Love Bug (1968) and Herbie Rides Again (1974), as well as Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971).

Filmography

Year	Film
1957	Johnny Tremain
1957	Old Yeller
1957	Disneyland
1957	Zorro
1959	Darby O'Gill and the Little People
1959	The Shaggy Dog
1960	Kidnapped
1961	The Absent-Minded Professor
1962	In Search of the Castaways
1963	Son of Flubber
1964	The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
1964	Mary Poppins
1965	The Monkey's Uncle
1965	That Darn Cat!
1967	The Gnome-Mobile
1968	Blackbeard's Ghost
1968	The Love Bug
1971	Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1974	Herbie Rides Again
1974	The Island at the Top of the World
1975	One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing
1976	The Shaggy D.A.