Robert Stevens (director)

This article is about the American director, primarily TV, born 1920. For the British director born 1905, see Robert Stevenson (filmmaker). For others of the same name, see Robert Stevens (disambiguation).

Robert Stevens (director)
Born	(1920-12-02)December 2, 1920 New York City, U.S.
Died	August 7, 1989(1989-08-07) (aged 68) Westport, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Director, Producer
Years active	1948–1987
Known for	Suspense Alfred Hitchcock Presents The Twilight Zone Change of Mind

Robert Stevens (December 2, 1920 – August 7, 1989) was an American director and producer, primarily television, during a career of nearly four decades.

He was most active throughout the 1950s and 1960s on classic anthology TV shows. His most famous and notable works include his works as the producer/director of Suspense, as a frequent director of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and as the director of the movie Change of Mind (1969). He also directed the pilot of The Twilight Zone, "Where Is Everybody?" (1959).

Work became slow for Stevens after the 1970s. His last work was as the director of an episode of Amazing Stories in 1987.

In 1989, Stevens was robbed and beaten in his rented Westport, Connecticut home where he had retired to in 1987. He died shortly thereafter of cardiac arrest on August 7, 1989, in Westport. He was 68 years old.

Filmography

As director

Year	Title	Notes
1948	Talent Scout	1 episode
1949	Theatre of Romance	5 episodes
1949-1952	Suspense	105 episodes
1950	Starlight Theatre	1 episode
1953	Medallion Theatre	1 episode
	Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City	7 episodes
1954	The Mask	1 episode
1954-1955	Armstrong Circle Theatre	2 episodes
	Justice	13 episodes
1955	Appointment with Adventure	2 episodes
1955-61	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	44 episodes
1957	The Big Caper
	Climax!	1 episode
1957-58	Suspicion	4 episodes
1958	The United States Steel Hour	1 episode
	Never Love a Stranger
	Rendezvous, later retitled Schilling Playhouse	1 episode
1959	The Twilight Zone	2 episodes
	General Electric Theater	1 episode
1959-60	Playhouse 90	6 episodes
1960	Startime	2 episodes
	Moment of Fear	1 episode
1962	I Thank a Fool
1963	In the Cool of the Day
1963-65	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	5 episodes
1964	Breaking Point	1 episode
	The Great Adventure	1 episode
	The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre	TV movie
1964-1965	The Nurses	5 episodes
1965	For the People	1 episode
	The Defenders	2 episodes
1966	Journey Into Fear	1 episode
	The Long, Hot Summer (TV series)	1 episode
	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	1 episode
1967	Coronet Blue	1 episode
1968	Journey to the Unknown	2 episodes
1969	Change of Mind
1975	Ladies of the Corridor	TV movie
1977	Vision	1 episode
	The Best of Families	TV miniseries
1987	Amazing Stories	1 episode

As producer

Year	Title	Notes
1949	Theatre of Romance	5 episodes
1949-1952	Suspense	102 episodes
1950	Starlight Theatre	1 episode
1954	The Mask	15 episodes
1955	Appointment with Adventure	1 episode
1960	Moment of Fear	7 episodes

As writer

Year	Title	Notes
1952	Suspense	2 episodes
1983	It's Not Easy	1 episode

External links

• Robert Stevens at IMDb
• Robert Stevens at the TCM Movie Database