Harold J. Stone
Harold J. Stone | |
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Harold J. Stone in 1972 | |
Born |
Harold Hochstein March 3, 1913 New York City, New York, USA |
Died |
November 18, 2005 92) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged
Resting place | Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1939–1986 |
Spouse(s) |
Joan (m. ?–1960) (her death) (2 children) Miriam (m. 1960–2005)(his death) (1 child)[1] |
Harold J. Stone (March 3, 1913 – November 18, 2005) was an American stage, radio, film, and television character actor.[2]
Acting career
Born Harold Hochstein to a Jewish acting family, he began his career on Broadway in 1939 and appeared in five plays in the next six years, including One Touch of Venus and Stalag 17, following which he made his motion picture debut in the Alan Ladd film noir classic The Blue Dahlia (1946). In 1949, he co-starred on the short-lived live television sitcom The Hartmans. He then went on to work in small but memorable roles in such films as The Harder They Fall (1956) with Humphrey Bogart, Alfred Hitchcock's The Wrong Man (1956), Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), The Garment Jungle (1957), The Invisible Boy (1957), Spartacus (1960), The Chapman Report (1962), X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes (1963), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), Girl Happy (1965), The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967, as Frank Nitti), The Big Mouth (1967), The Seven Minutes (1971), Mitchell (1975), and Hardly Working (1980).
Although Stone went on to perform secondary roles in a number of films, he became a recognizable face to television viewers for his more than 150 guest appearances on numerous shows dating from the 1950s to the early 1980s, including but not limited to the following:
U.S. Marshal, Stagecoach West (the 1960 episode "Red Sand" with Dean Jones), The Rifleman, Gunsmoke, Cimarron City, The Restless Gun, The Alaskans, The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Sugarfoot, The Islanders, The Tall Man, The Roaring 20's, Empire, I Spy, The Virginian, The Untouchables, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Mr. Novak, The Twilight Zone, Route 66, Have Gun – Will Travel, The Big Valley, Trackdown (3 episodes),[3] Going My Way, Gilligan's Island, Hogan's Heroes, Mannix, Get Smart, Griff, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Charlie's Angels. Threes company 1979 "The Loan Shark"1 episode as Mr. Bustamentay
On January 14, 1958, he played the brutal Rafe Larkin, "The Last Comanchero," in the ABC/Warner Brothers western television series, Cheyenne, with Clint Walker in the title role. In the storyline, Larkin is captured in the New Mexico Territory and has been jailed by Cheyenne Bodie, acting as a marshal, to await trial for the murder of a couple and the burning of their ranch house. Edd Byrnes plays Benji Danton, the son of the slain couple whose girlfriend is being held hostage by Larkin's only surviving son. The key to resolution of the story is illuminating material left by an itinerant photographer seeking to capture the spirit of the Old West.[4]
In the 1961–1962 season, Stone appeared three times in Stephen McNally's ABC crime drama Target: The Corruptors!. In 1963, he appeared with Marsha Hunt in the ABC medical drama Breaking Point in an episode which was nominated for an Emmy Award for writing. In September 1964, he appeared in the Western series, Bonanza ("The Hostage"). Also in 1964, Stone appeared in Daniel Boone starring Fess Parker (in the episode entitled "The Fluellen Family" as Greenbriar). Stone was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his role in CBS's The Nurses.
In the 1960s and 1970s, while continuing to work in television, most notably as a regular on 1973's short-lived Bridget Loves Bernie, Stone returned to the stage, directing several off-Broadway and Broadway productions, including Ernest in Love and Charley's Aunt.
Filmography
- The Blue Dahlia (1949)
- The Harder They Fall (1956) as Art Leavitt
- Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) as Nick Barbella
- Back from Eternity (1956) as Dealer (uncredited)
- The Wrong Man (1956) as Det. Lt. Bowers
- Slander (1957) as Seth Jackson
- Man Afraid (1957) as Lieutenant Marlin
- The Garment Jungle (1957) as Tony
- House of Numbers (1957) as Henry Nova - Prison Guard
- The Invisible Boy (1957) as Gen. Swayne
- These Thousand Hills (1959) as Ram Butler
- Spartacus (1960) as David
- The Chapman Report (1962) as Frank Garnell
- Showdown (1963) as Lavalle
- X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes (1963) as Dr. Sam Brant
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) as Gen. Varus
- Girl Happy (1965) as Big Frank
- Don't Forget to Wipe the Blood Off (1966)
- The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) as Frank Nitti
- The Big Mouth (1967) as Thor
- The Olsen Gang in a Fix (1969) as Serafimo Mozerella
- Which Way to the Front? (1970) as General Buck
- The Seven Minutes (1971) as Judge Upshaw
- Pickup on 101 (1972) as 2nd Farmer
- The Photographer (1974) as Lt. Luther Jacoby
- The Wild McCullochs (1975) as George
- Mitchell (1975) as Tony Gallano
- Hardly Working (1980) as Frank Loucazi
Television appearances
- "The Virginian" "Ride to Delphi" (1966)
- "The Man From UNCLE" "It's All Greek to Me Affair" (1967)
- The Hartmans
- The Walter Winchell File "The Decision" - Holden Ksuhner (1957)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Lamb to the Slaughter" (1958)
- The Twilight Zone, Grant Sheckley in ep. 3.2, "The Arrival"
- Hogan's Heroes S4 E11 "Bad Day in Berlin" as "Major Teppel".
- Hogan's Heroes S5 E10 "The Defector" as "Field Marshal Rudolph Richter".
- Hogan's Heroes S6 E23 "Looking at the Pretty Snowflakes" as "General Strommberger".
- Gunsmoke S2 E34 "He who lives by the sword", as Joe Delk
- The Big Valley
- Gilligan's Island
- Get Smart Season 1 Episode 28 "Ship of Spies Part 2"
- Have Gun Will Travel Season 1 Episode 05 "A Matter Of Ethics"
- Have Gun Will Travel Season 1 Episode 16 "Helen of Abajinian"
- Three's Company as Mr. Bustamante in "The Loanshark"
Death
Stone died at his home in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles at the age of 92, of natural causes.[2]
References
- ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/2005/nov/19/local/me-stone19
- 1 2 "Harold Stone, 92, Character Actor, Dies". The New York Times. 2005-11-22. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
- ↑ "Google". google.com. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ↑ "The Last Comanchero: Cheyenne". Internet Movie Database. January 14, 1958. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
External links
- Harold J. Stone at Find a Grave
- Harold J. Stone on IMDb
- 16266 Harold J. Stone at the Internet Broadway Database