John Stone (born John Hailstone; 26 May 1924 – 2007) was a Welsh actor.

Career

Born in

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, Wales, Stone was educated at

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. He served in the R.A.F. and began his career as a journalist. Soon he switched to acting and only appeared on the stage until 1945 when he joined the B.B.C. Repertory Company. He made his first West End appearance in ''One Wild Oat'' by

Vernon Sylvaine Vernon Sylvaine (1896–1957) was a British playwright and screenwriter. He is known for writing several popular stage farces. He began working in film in 1937 when his stage hit ''Aren't Men Beasts!'' was turned into a film of the same title s ...

, 1948. Subsequent appearances include the London premiere of

Arthur Miller's Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are ''All My Sons'' (1947), '' Death of a Salesman'' ( ...

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'', 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

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's ''Relative Values'', Westminster Theatre, 1973. Under contract to

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, as one of the

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Company of Youth ("Charm School") in the late 1940s. Film credits include ''

The Weaker Sex ''The Weaker Sex'' is a 1948 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Ursula Jeans, Cecil Parker and Joan Hopkins. It was one of the most popular films at the British box office in 1948. The film's subject was what ''The Ne ...

'' (dir. Roy Baker), 1948; ''

The Frightened City ''The Frightened City'' is a 1961 British neo-noir gangster film about extortion rackets and gang warfare in the West End of London. It stars Herbert Lom, John Gregson and a pre-Bond Sean Connery, who plays a burglar called Paddy Damion. He ...

'', 1961; ''

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'' (dir.

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), 1964; ''

Deadlier Than the Male ''Deadlier Than the Male'' is a 1967 British adventure crime mystery film. It is one of the many take-offs of James Bond produced during the 1960s, but is based on an already established detective fiction hero, Bulldog Drummond. Richard Johnso ...

'' (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 ''Quatermass II'' is a British science fiction serial, originally broadcast by BBC Television in the autumn of 1955. It is the second in the ''Quatermass'' series by writer Nigel Kneale, and the oldest of those serials to survive in its entire ...

'' (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. From 1971 to 1974 Stone played Dr Ian Moody in the Yorkshire Television series, ''

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'', opposite

Margaret Lockwood Margaret Mary Day Lockwood, CBE (15 September 1916 – 15 July 1990), was an English actress. One of Britain's most popular film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, her film appearances included ''The Lady Vanishes'' (1938), ''Night Train to Munich' ...

, his offscreen partner of seventeen years. 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'', a play premiered at the

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, Edinburgh, as part of the

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of 1966.Review, The Times, 5 September 1966 It starred

Wendy Hiller Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller, (15 August 1912 – 14 May 2003) was an English film and stage actress who enjoyed a varied acting career that spanned nearly 60 years. Writer Joel Hirschorn, in his 1984 compilation ''Rating the Movie Stars'', desc ...

, Renee Asherson, and

Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies Dame Gwen Lucy Ffrangcon-Davies, (25 January 1891 – 27 January 1992) was a British actress and centenarian. Early life She was born in London of a Welsh family; the name "Ffrangcon" is said to originate from a valley in Snowdonia. Her pare ...

, and was produced by

Michael Codron Sir Michael Victor Codron (born 8 June 1930) is a British theatre producer, known for his productions of the early work of Harold Pinter, Christopher Hampton, David Hare, Simon Gray and Tom Stoppard. He has been honoured with a Laurence Olivi ...

Personal life

He married the actress Lian-Shin Yang in 1958. She died in 1970.

Filmography

References

External links

* * Th
John Stone Collection
is held by the

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

Theatre and Performance Department. {{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, John 1924 births 2007 deaths Welsh male film actors Welsh male stage actors Male actors from Cardiff Date of death missing Place of death missing Royal Air Force personnel of World War II