John Stone (actor)
John Stone | |
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Born | John Hailstone |
Occupation | Actor |
John Stone (born John Hailstone; 26 May 1924 – 2007) was a Welsh actor.
Career
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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),[6] which ran for 26 weeks. His 1964 appearance in the 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.[7] 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, he wrote A Present for the Past,
Personal life
He married the actress Lian-Shin Yang in 1958. She died in 1970.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1945 | Johnny Frenchman | Sam Harvey | |
1946 | Night Boat to Dublin | Young Newlywed | Uncredited |
1947 | The Upturned Glass | Male Student | Uncredited |
1947 | Holiday Camp | Detective #2 | |
1948 | My Brother's Keeper |
Wainwright's Assistant | Uncredited |
1948 | 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 | Uncredited |
1956 | X the Unknown | Jerry | Uncredited |
1957 | Operation Murder | Inspector Price | |
1958 | Moment of Indiscretion | Eric | |
1961 | The Frightened City | Hood | |
1964 | Masque of the Red Death | Guard | Uncredited |
1967 | Deadlier Than the Male | Wyngarde | |
1967 | You Only Live Twice | Submarine Captain | |
1968 | A Testing Job ( Educational Short Film ) | Driving Instructor | Uncredited |
1969 | Doppelgänger | London Delegate | |
1971 | Assault | Fire Chief | |
1993 | Merlin | Mordred |
References
- ^ Cast list, One Wild Oat (Acting Edition), Samuel French Ltd., 1951
- ^ Review, The Stage, 18 October 1956
- ^ Review, The Stage, 12 November 1959
- ^ British Film Yearbook 1947-48 (Ed. Peter Noble), pg. 356
- ^ Entry ay IMDb
- ^ "FTVDB entry". Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- ^ "Once a Wicked Lady", Hilton Tims, 1989
- ^ Profile of John Hailstone Archived 12 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Review, The Times, 5 September 1966
External links
- John Stone at IMDb
- The John Stone Collection is held by the Victoria and Albert Museum Theatre and Performance Department.