Harold J. Stone

Harold J. Stone (March 13 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), 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 and The Twilight Zone) from the 1950s through to the early 1980s. In 1964 he was nominated for an Emmy 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".

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* [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?id=99180 Internet Broadway Database listing]