Arthur Stone (born Arthur Taylor Goetze; November 28, 1883 – September 4, 1940) was an American character actor of the late silent and early

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eras.

Biography

Born in St. Louis,

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, on November 28, 1883, Stone entered the film industry by starring in several film shorts for the

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in 1924 and 1925. 1926 would see his first appearance in a feature film, '' Miss Nobody'', directed by

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and starring Walter Pidgeon. During the remainder of the silent era, he would appear in over a dozen films, in either supporting or starring roles. 1926 would see him in supporting roles, but 1927 and 1928 would see him move up to star billing in such films as '' The Valley of the Giants'' (1927), ''The Farmer's Daughter'' (1928), and ''Chicken a la King'' (1928). With the advent of sound films, 1929 would see Stone continue to be cast in featured roles, such as '' The Far Call'' and ''

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''.

The 1930s would see Stone almost exclusively in supporting and smaller roles, as in '' Bordertown'' (1935), starring Paul Muni and

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, and 1936's '' Fury'', directed by

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, and starring

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and

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. His final on-screen performance would be in

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's '' Go Chase Yourself'' (1938), starring Joe Penner and

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. During his brief career, he would appear in over 50 films, and numerous shorts. Stone died on September 4, 1940, in Hollywood, California, and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.''Mack Sennett's Fun Factory''
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Filmography

(Per AFI database) * '' The Girl from Montmartre'' (1926) * '' Miss Nobody'' (1926) * '' It Must Be Love'' (1926) * '' The Silent Lover'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1927) * ''

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'' (1927) * '' Hard-Boiled Haggerty'' (1927) * '' The Patent Leather Kid'' (1927) * '' The Sea Tiger'' (1927) * '' The Valley of the Giants'' (1927) * '' Burning Daylight'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928) * '' The Farmer's Daughter'' (1928) * '' Me, Gangster'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928) * '' Frozen Justice'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' The Far Call'' (1929) * '' Fox Movietone Follies of 1929'' (1929) * ''

'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' Thru Different Eyes'' (1929) * '' The Bad Man'' (1930) * '' The Arizona Kid'' (1930) * '' The Lash'' (1930) * '' The Girl of the Golden West'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1930) * '' The Vagabond King'' (1930) * '' Bad Company'' (1931) * '' The Conquering Horde'' (1931) * '' One More Chance'' (1931) * '' Secret Menace'' (1931) * '' The Big Shot'' (1931) * '' So Big'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1932) * '' Roar of the Dragon'' (1932) * '' The Broken Wing'' (1932) * '' That's My Boy'' (1932) * '' She Had to Choose'' (1934) * ''

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'' (1934) * '' Love Birds'' (1934) * '' I'll Tell the World'' (1934) * '' Bordertown'' (1935) * '' Charlie Chan in Egypt'' (1935) * '' Hot Tip'' (1935) * ''

Under the Pampas Moon ''Under the Pampas Moon'', also known as ''The Gaucho'', is a 1935 American Western film directed by James Tinling and starring Warner Baxter and Ketti Gallian. Baxter plays an Argentine gaucho. Rita Hayworth also had an early role in the film. ...

'' (1935) * '' Fury'' (1936) as Durkin * '' Back to Nature'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1937) * '' Go Chase Yourself'' (1938) Other films not listed by AFI * ''

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'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1933)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Arthur 20th-century American male actors American male film actors American male silent film actors Male actors from St. Louis 1883 births 1940 deaths Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)