- Harold J. Stone
Harold J. Stone (
March 13 1913 –November 18 2005 ) was an American film and televisioncharacter actor .Born Harold Hochstein to a
Jew ish 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 theAlan Ladd film noir classic "The Blue Dahlia " (1946). He went on to work in small but memorable roles in such films as "The Harder They Fall " withHumphrey Bogart (1956),Alfred Hitchcock 's "The Wrong Man " (1956), "Somebody Up There Likes Me " (1956), and "Spartacus" (1960). Although he would go 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 (for example,I Spy andThe Twilight Zone ) from the 1950s through to the early 1980s. In 1964 he was nominated for anEmmy Award for the Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his role in "The Nurses".In the 1960s and 70s, while continuing to work in television, Stone returned to the stage, directing several
off-Broadway and Broadway productions, including "Ernest in Love " and "Charley's Aunt ".External links
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* [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?id=99180 Internet Broadway Database listing]
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