Harold J. Stone

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 Hitchcocks 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 Hogans Heroes and Get Smart In the 19611962 season he appeared three times in Stephen McNallys 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 1964Stone appeared in popular TV series Bonanza in an episode entitled The HostageStone 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 1973s shortlived Bridget Loves Bernie Stone returned to the stage directing several offBroadway and Broadway productions including Ernest in Love and Charleys Aunt   Description above from the Wikipedia article Harold J Stone licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia