Biography
In films from 1951, handsome actor Warren Stevens' better-known roles include the Howard Hughes-ish Kirk Edwards in
The Barefoot Contessa (1954) and the authoritative Lieutenant "Doc" Ostrow in
Forbidden Planet (1956). A tireless TV performer, Stevens was starred as Lt. William Storm in the 1956 adventure series Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers; was among the eleven "repertory actors" appearing in the 1963 anthology
The Richard Boone Show; and was heard but not seen as movie mogul John Bracken on the 1969 prime-timer
Bracken's World (ironically, when Bracken did appear, he was played by Stevens' old
Forbidden Planet co-star
Leslie Nielsen). In 1972, Warren Stevens was cast as Elliot Carson in the daytime soap opera
Return to Peyton Place; nine years later, he played Merritt Madison in
Behind the Screen, a short-lived series which took place on the set of a fictional soap opera. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide