Draft:Steve Banning

Stephen Howard Banning
Universal Classic Monsters character
First appearance	The Mummy's Hand
Last appearance	The Mummy
Portrayed by	Dick Foran (Universal Series) & Felix Aylmer (Hammer Series)
In-universe information
Gender	male
Occupation	archaeologist & treasure hunter
Spouse	Marta Solvani/Sullivan (Universal Series only)
Relatives	John Banning (son) Jane Banning (sister) Solvani/Tim Sullivan (father-in-law) Joseph Whemple (cousin brother) Ella Evans (sister-in-law) Isobel Evans/Banning (daughter-in-law)
Nationality	American

Steve Banning is a character from the Mummy franchise who starred in the movies The Mummy's Hand, The Mummy's Tomb & The Mummy portrayed by Dick Foran in the former 2 and by Felix Aylmer in the latter 1.

Early life

Nothing is known about Banning's early life in the Universal and Hammer Mummy films. In the Universal films, Steve had an older sister named Jane and probably became an archaeologist in his early 20s and went on many famous expeditions as mentioned by Professor Andoheb in The Mummy's Hand, during those expeditions, he met and befriended fellow archaeologist Babe Jenson. After a while, he was suspended by the Scripps Museum and sent to Cairo, Egypt to search for Princess Ananka's tomb along with Babe. In the Hammer Mummy movies, Steve grew up having a cousin brother named Joseph Whemple, married an unnamed woman and had a son, John Banning, with her. After she died, Steve, Joseph & John went on an expedition to Cairo, Egypt in the year 1895 to find Princess Ananka's tomb where John sustained a leg injury.