Born and raised in Kansas. His father, Alexander Lewis Stephens, was from Ohio and his mother, Lena Blanche Daugherty, was a native of Illinois. His father died when Steve was a year old.
I loved making pictures with Tim Holt. I particularly liked playing a villain. When people booed you and hated you for the way you performed, it meant you had done your job well. Those western pictures were fun, and Tim Holt and Richard Martin were great guys to work with.
