
Robert Stevenson
Directing
Born: 1905-03-31 · Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Died: 1986-04-30
Biography
Robert Stevenson (31 March 1905, Buxton, Derbyshire – 30 April 1986) was an English film writer and director. He was educated at Cambridge University where he became the president of both the Liberal Club and the Cambridge Union Society. He moved to California in the 1940s and ended up directing 19 films for The Walt Disney Company in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, Stevenson is best remembered for directing the Julie Andrews musical Mary Poppins, for which Andrews won the Academy Award for Best Ac
🎬 Movies (30)

'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic
2002
Self (archive footage)

The Shaggy D.A.
1976
Director

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975
Director

Herbie Rides Again
1974
Director

The Island at the Top of the World
1974
Director

Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
Director

My Dog, the Thief
1969
Director

The Love Bug
1968
Director

Blackbeard's Ghost
1968
Director

The Gnome-Mobile
1967
Director

That Darn Cat!
1965
Director

The Monkey's Uncle
1965
Director

Mary Poppins
1964
Director

The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
1964
Director

Son of Flubber
1963
Director

In Search of the Castaways
1962
Director

The Absent-Minded Professor
1961
Director

Kidnapped
1960
Director

Darby O'Gill and the Little People
1959
Director

I Captured the King of the Leprechauns
1959
Director

Old Yeller
1957
Director

Johnny Tremain
1957
Director

The Best Doggoned Dog in the World
1957
Director

The Liberty Story
1957
Director

The Miracle on 34th Street
1955
Director

Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
1955
Director
Heart of Gold
1953
Director

The Las Vegas Story
1952
Director

Macao
1952
Co-Director

My Forbidden Past
1951
Director
📺 TV Shows (10)

The Wonderful World of Disney
1961
Director

Zorro
1957
Director
On Trial
1956
Director

Gunsmoke
1955
Director

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Director

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Director

The Star and the Story
1955
Director

General Electric Theater
1953
Director
Four Star Playhouse
1952
Co-Pilot

Cavalcade of America
1952
Director