Christopher Stone (born Thomas Edward Bourassa; October 4, 1940 – October 20, 1995) was an American actor.

Early life

Stone was born Thomas Edward Bourassa in

Manchester, New Hampshire Manchester is a city in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. It is the most populous city in New Hampshire. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 115,644. Manchester is, along with Nashua, one of two seats of New Ha ...

Career

He appeared in films and on television from the early 1970s until his death in 1995. Stone and his wife, Dee Wallace, both appeared together in a number of films including the classic horror films ''

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'' (1981) and ''

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'' (1983). They shared top billing in the family series ''

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'' (1989), in which he sometimes served as

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. In the 1970-71 season, Stone co-starred with Broderick Crawford,

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, and

Skip Homeier George Vincent Homeier (October 5, 1930 – June 25, 2017), known professionally as Skip Homeier, was an American actor who started his career at the age of eleven and became a child star. Career Child actor Homeier was born in Chicago, Illino ...

in the

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medical drama '' The Interns'', based on a film of the same title. Stone played Dr. Jim "Pooch" Hardin; Crawford was cast as the crusty hospital administrator; Farrell was Dr. Sam Marsh, and Homeier portrayed Dr. Hugh Jacoby. ''The Interns'' aired for one season of 24 episodes. In 1983, he guest-starred in

The Dukes Of Hazzard ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' is an American action comedy TV series that was aired on CBS from January 26, 1979 to February 8, 1985. The show aired for 147 episodes spanning seven seasons. It was consistently among the top-rated television serie ...

sixth-season episode, Brotherly Love, as crooked

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Tex Tompkins. In 1975, Stone guest-starred in an episode of the CBS family drama '' Three for the Road''. He co-starred as Cass Garrett on the CBS series '' Spencer's Pilots'', which aired only six episodes from September 17 to November 19, 1976.

Gene Evans Eugene Barton Evans (July 11, 1922 – April 1, 1998) was an American actor who appeared in numerous television series, television films, and feature films between 1947 and 1989. Background Evans was born in Holbrook, Arizona and raised i ...

starred as Spencer Parish, the owner of Spencer Aviation, a charter pilot service. He guest-starred in the '' Galactica 1980'' episode " Galactica Discovers Earth", and in the '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' episode "Space Vampire". He played Col. Marty Vidor, alias "Bo-Dai Thung", in the 1984 ''

Airwolf ''Airwolf'' is an American action military drama television series that centers on a high-technology military helicopter, code-named ''Airwolf'', and its crew. The show follows them as they undertake various exotic missions, many involving e ...

'' episode "And They Are Us". Other television credits include guest roles in series such as Fantasy Island, as ''

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'' (second-season episode "Catch of the Day" (1984)) and ''

The A-Team ''The A-Team'' is an American action-adventure television series that ran on NBC from January 1983 to March 1987 about former members of a fictitious United States Army Special Forces unit. The four members of the team were tried by court ma ...

'' (third-season episode "Incident at Crystal Lake" (1985)). He also was a guest star on ''

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'' in a first-season episode: "Fly Jaime"; and then became Jaime Sommers' love interest in four episodes: "The Pyramid", "The Antidote", "Sanctuary Earth" and "On the Run"; in the third season. Stone and his wife Dee Wallace also appeared together in ''

'' (1983), ''

Legend of the White Horse ''Legend of the White Horse'' (original title: ''Biały smok'') is a 1987 Polish-American adventure children's film directed by Jerzy Domaradzki and Janusz Morgenstern, based on the magic realism novel '' White Horse, Dark Dragon'' by Robert C ...

'' (1987), and in '' Runaway Daughters'' (1994), a made-for-TV movie that was a remake of the 1950s B movie.

Personal life

Stone dated actress

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for five years after meeting in the late 1960s. Stone married actress

Dee Wallace Deanna Wallace (née Bowers; born December 14, 1948), also known as Dee Wallace Stone, is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Mary Taylor, the mother in the 1982 blockbuster film '' E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial''. She i ...

in 1980; they worked on several projects together before their daughter Gabrielle Stone was born in 1988.

Death

Stone died of a

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on October 20, 1995.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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