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Ezra Stone (b. December 2, 1917 New Beford, Massachusetts – d. March 3, 1994 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey) was an actor and director who worked on stage, radio, television, and in feature films who is still best remembered for having played the well-meaning but troublesome adolescent Henry Aldrich, from 1939 to 1953, on the radio series The Aldrich Family. The radio series began (on its own) as a summer replacement for the Jack Benny Show in 1938.It was so popular the series continued on as a regular series. This popular program was based on a hit Broadway play, What a Life, in which Stone originated the role of the character, Henry. When the radio series ended, he turned toward directing plays and several television episodes for shows ranging from Lassie to The Munsters to Lost in Space. Stone played small roles in numerous films. He learned to act at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and his professional acting career began on stage, in the mid-1930s.
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