John Stone (actor)
Welsh actor (1924-2007)
John Stone (born John Hailstone; 26 May 1924 – 2007) was a Welsh actor.
Early life
Born in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, Stone was educated at Brighton College. He served in the Royal Air Force and began his career as a journalist.
Career
Stone soon switched to acting and only appeared on the stage until 1945, when he joined the BBC Repertory Company. He made his first West End appearance in One Wild Oat by Vernon Sylvaine, 1948. Subsequent appearances include the London premiere of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, Comedy Theatre, 1956; And Suddenly it's Spring, Duke of York's Theatre, 1959; Signpost to Murder, Cambridge Theatre, 1962; and the role of Crestwell, the laconic butler, in Noël Coward's Relative Values, Westminster Theatre, 1973.
Stone was under contract to Rank as one of the Sydney Box Company of Youth ("Charm School") in the late 1940s. Film credits include The Weaker Sex (dir. Roy Baker), 1948; The Frightened City, 1961; Masque of the Red Death (dir. Roger Corman), 1964; Deadlier Than the Male (1967); and You Only Live Twice (1967).
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