Marvin Stephens

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Marvin Stephens
BornMarch 23, 1922
DiedMay 22, 2008 (aged 86)
OccupationActor
Years active1928-1942 (film)

Marvin R. Stephens (March 23, 1922 - May 22, 2008) [1] was an American film actor. [2] A child actor, his first Hollywood roles were in the Mickey McGuire films. Stephens then played the recurring role of Tommy McGuire in Twentieth Century Fox's Jones Family series of films.

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  1. "Marvin R Stephens". Fold3. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  2. Dwyer p.225

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