Craig Stevens was an American motion picture and television actor. Born Gail Shikles, Jr., in Liberty, Missouri, his father was a high school teacher. Stevens studied dentistry at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, from which he received a bachelor's degree in 1936. Acting with the university's drama club prompted him to halt his studies and instead to audition in the Hollywood film industry. Adopting the stage name Craig Stevens, he debuted in a small role in 1939 and thereafter played mainly secondary parts. On June 18, 1944, at the Church of the Recessional, Forest Lawn, he married... Canadian actress Alexis Smith, to whom he was wed for almost fifty years until her death in 1993. Stevens died from cancer at the age of eighty-one in Los Angeles, California. The Stevenses were childless. On October 29, 1954, Stevens guest starred on the 1953-1955 ABC sitcom with a variety show theme, The Ray Bolger Show. Ray Bolger portrayed Raymond Wallace, a song-and-dance man who was repeatedly barely on time for his performances. Stevens portrayed a novelist interested in Ray's girlfriend, Susan, played by Marjie Millar.
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| Birthdate: | July 8, 1918 |
| Birthplace: | Liberty, Missouri |
| Date of death: | May 10, 2000 |
| Height: | 6' 4" |
| Also known as: | Gail Shikles Jr. |