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.Cast list, One Wild Oat (Acting Edition), Samuel French Ltd., 1951 Subsequent appearances include the London premiere of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, Comedy Theatre, 1956;Review, The Stage, 18 October 1956 And Suddenly it's Spring, Duke of York's Theatre, 1959;Review, The Stage, 12 November 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.British Film Yearbook 1947-48 (Ed. Peter Noble), pg. 356 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).
Stone was a familiar face on British television from the 1950s-1980s, and featured as Captain John Dillon in Quatermass II (1955). In 1957, he starred as special agent, Mike Anson, in an early ITV thriller series, Destination Downing Street (Associated Rediffusion), which ran for 26 weeks. His 1964 appearance in The Avengers was followed in 1967 when he appeared in the series' episode entitled "the Joker" as Major John Fancy. From 1971 to 1974 Stone played Dr Ian Moody in the Yorkshire Television series, Justice, opposite Margaret Lockwood, his offscreen partner of seventeen years."Once a Wicked Lady", Hilton Tims, 1989 Subsequently, he appeared in the BBC series, Flesh and Blood (1980–82) and Strike it Rich (1986/87).
Under his birth name of John Hailstone, Stone wrote A Present for the Past,Profile of John Hailstone a play premiered at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh International Festival of 1966.Review, The Times, 5 September 1966 It starred Wendy Hiller, Renee Asherson, and Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, and was produced by Michael Codron.
Personal life Stone married the actress Lian-Shin Yang in 1958. She died in 1970.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1945 Johnny Frenchman Sam Harvey 1946 Night Boat to Dublin Young Newlywed Uncredited1947 The Upturned Glass Male Student Uncredited1947 Holiday Camp Detective #2 1948 My Brother's Keeper Wainwright's Assistant Uncredited1948 Colonel Bogey Wilfred Barriteau 1948 The Weaker Sex Sgt. Roddy McIntyre 1948 The Blind Goddess Sir John's Junior 1949 The Bad Lord Byron Lord Clark 1956 Reach for the Sky Limping Officer Uncredited1956 X the Unknown Jerry Uncredited1957 Operation Murder Inspector Price 1958 Moment of Indiscretion Eric 1961 The Frightened City Hood 1964 Masque of the Red Death Guard Uncredited1967 Deadlier Than the Male Wyngarde 1967 You Only Live Twice Submarine Captain 1968 A Testing Job ( Educational Short Film ) Driving Instructor Uncredited1969 Doppelgänger London Delegate 1971 Assault Fire Chief 1993 Merlin Mordred
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The John Stone Collection is held by the Victoria and Albert Museum Theatre and Performance Department.