Harold J. Stone



Born Harold Hochstein on March 3, 1913, Harold J. Stone was a veteran character of Jewish Ancestry with experience in stage, radio, film, and television. He began his career on Broadway in 1939 and subsequently graduated into motion pictures, appearing in "One Touch of Venus," "Stalag 17" and "The Blue Dahlia," also co-starring in the short-lived TV series, "The Hartmans." He also appeared in the movies "The Harder They Fall" with Humphrey Bogart, Alfred Hitchcock's "The Wrong Man," "Somebody Up There Likes Me," "Spartacus" and "Girl Happy." Mostly playing detectives or specialists, he was mostly known for appearing in numerous TV series between the Fifties and Sixties, shows dating from the 1950s to the early 1980s, including but not limited to "U.S. Marshal," "Stagecoach West," "The Alaskans," "The Virginian," "The Twilight Zone," "Hogan's Heroes," "Get Smart" and "Charlie's Angels." Stone was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his role in "The Nurses." Between TV shows, he continued to act on Broadway. He passed away November 18, 2005 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 92.