From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Harold J. Stone (March 3, 1913 – November 18, 2005) was an American film and television character actor.
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). He went on to work in small but memorable roles in such films as The Harder They Fall with Humphrey Bogart (1956), Alfred Hitchcock’s The Wrong Man (1956), Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), Spartacus (1960) and Girl Happy (1965). 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 dating from the 1950s to the early 1980s including but not limited to The Restless Gun, United States Marshal, The Barbara Stanwyck Show, I Spy, The Virginian, Griff, The Untouchables, The Twilight Zone, Hogan’s Heroes and Get Smart. In the 1961-1962 season, he 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 Sept. 1964,Stone appeared in popular TV series, Bonanza (in an episode entitled -‘The Hostage’).Stone himself was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his role in 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.
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Harold J. Stone Biography / Wiki
| Name | Harold J. Stone |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Date of Birth | 1913-03-03 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 92 |
| Deathday | 2005-11-18 |
Harold J. Stone Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The Big Mouth | Thor | 1967-07-12 | A fisherman crosses paths with a diamond-smuggling gangster–who is his doppelgänger—and inadvertently takes his place at a resort hotel where he … |
| The Werewolf of Woodstock | Lt. Martino | 1975-01-24 | At the site of the 1969 rock concert at Woodstock, New York, an electrical charge turns a local farmer into a murderous werewolf…. |
| The Photographer | Lt. Luther Jacoby | 1974-12-05 | A murder story with a comedic twist. A famous photographer uses his models for more than taking pictures. He needs them as victims to satisfy his bloo… |
| X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes | Sam Brant | 1963-07-13 | A doctor uses special eye drops to give himself x-ray vision, but the new power has disastrous consequences…. |
| House of Numbers | Henry Nova – Prison Guard | 1957-09-12 | Palance plays twin brothers – one trying to help another escape from prison…. |
| Girl Happy | Big Frank | 1965-04-14 | A Chicago mobster hires a rock and roll singer and his band to keep an eye on his daughter during Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale, Florida…. |
| The Wrong Man | Detective Lt. Bowers | 1956-12-22 | In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel “Manny” Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber…. |
| The Invisible Boy | Gen. Swayne | 1957-10-18 | A Super Computer plans world domination with the help of Robbie the robot and a 10 year old boy who is the son the computer’s inventor…. |
| Showdown | Lavalle | 1963-05-03 | A cowboy has to get 12,000 dollars in stolen bonds from the ex-girlfriend of his partner, or the gang holding him hostage will kill him…. |
| Hardly Working | Frank Loucazi | 1981-04-03 | In Jerry Lewis’s first film in a decade, he plays Bo Hooper, an unemployed circus clown who can’t seem to hold down a job. The film opens with a brief… |
| Man Afraid | Lieutenant Marlin | 1957-04-04 | A preacher (George Nader) fears for his family (Phyllis Thaxter, Tim Hovey) after killing a teenage burglar whose father seeks revenge…. |
| Somebody Up There Likes Me | Nick Barbella | 1956-07-04 | The story of boxer Rocky Graziano’s rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ…. |
| Slander | Seth Jackson | 1957-01-18 | A tabloid magazine threatens to ruin a television performer’s career…. |
| Mitchell | Tony Gallano | 1975-09-10 | A tough-guy cop (Joe Don Baker) pursues two drug runners (Martin Balsam, John Saxon) across the city to bust a large syndicate. Very much an anti-her… |
| These Thousand Hills | Ram Butler | 1959-05-07 | A cowboy tries for easy money with his partner, then tries ranching with a saloon hostess’s money…. |
| The Legend of Valentino | Sam Baldwin | 1975-11-23 | An embellished dramatization of the career and personal life of actor Rudolph Valentino, widely regarded as the screen’s first male sex symbol…. |
| The Garment Jungle | Tony | 1957-05-01 | Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house that designs and manufactures dresses. To stay non-union… |
| The Harder They Fall | Art Leavitt, TV sportscaster | 1956-05-09 | Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named T… |
| The Seven Minutes | Judge Upshaw | 1971-07-23 | The Seven Minutes is a steamy book written in 1969. To help with an upcoming election, a bookstore clerk is indicted for selling obscene material and … |
| The Wild McCullochs | George | 1975-05-21 | A story about the rich McCulloch Family, their overbearing father and the children’s misguided blaming him for everything that doesn’t go right…. |
| Which Way to the Front? | . General Buck | 1970-09-03 | Brendan Byers III, one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can’t serve his country in its war against Hitler. Byers does not ta… |
| Breakout | Phil Caprio | 1970-08-12 | A prison inmate comes up with a plan to break out in order to be near his wife–and also the $50,000 in stolen cash for which he was originally impris… |
| Pickup on 101 | 2nd Farmer | 1972-05-01 | An elderly wanderer, a sexy young girl running away from home and a folk singer looking for stardom hitch-hike their way cross-country, trying to get … |
| The Chapman Report | Frank Garnell | 1962-10-05 | A research psychologist gets involved in the personal lives of four women…. |
| The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre | Frank Nitti | 1967-06-30 | Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city’s boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as … |
| Spartacus | David | 1960-10-13 | The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena,… |
| The Greatest Story Ever Told | Gen. Varus | 1965-02-15 | From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. M… |
| The Set-Up | Ringside observer (uncredited) | 1949-03-29 | Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter…. |
Credit: TMDB
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