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John Stone (26 May 1924 – 2007) was a Welsh actor. ==Career== Born in Cardiff, Wales as John Hailstone, Stone was educated at Brighton College. He made his first West End appearance in ''One Wild Oat'' by Vernon Sylvaine, 1948.〔Cast list, ''One Wild Oat'' (Acting Edition), Samuel French Ltd., 1951〕 Subsequent appearances include the London premiere of Arthur Miller's ''A View from the Bridge'', Comedy Theatre, 1956;〔Review, The Stage, 18 October 1956〕 ''And Suddenly it's Spring'', Duke of York's Theatre, 1959;〔Review, The Stage, 12 November 1959〕 ''Signpost to Murder'', Cambridge Theatre, 1962; and the role of Crestwell, the laconic butler, in Noël Coward's ''Relative Values'', Westminster Theatre, 1973. Under contract to Rank, as one of the Sydney Box Company of Youth ("Charm School") in the late 1940s.〔British Film Yearbook 1947-48 (Ed. Peter Noble), pg. 356〕 Film credits include ''The Weaker Sex'' (dir. Roy Baker), 1948; ''The Frightened City'', 1961; ''Masque of the Red Death'' (dir. Roger Corman), 1964; ''Deadlier Than the Male'' (1967); and ''You Only Live Twice'' (1967).〔(Entry ay IMDb )〕 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),〔(FTVDB entry )〕 which ran for 26 weeks. From 1971 to 1974 Stone played Dr Ian Moody in the Yorkshire Television series, ''Justice'', opposite Margaret Lockwood, his offscreen partner of seventeen years.〔"Once a Wicked Lady", Hilton Tims, 1989〕 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 authored ''A Present for the Past'',〔(Profile of John Hailstone )〕 a play premiered at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, as part of the Edinburgh International Festival of 1966.〔Review, The Times, 5 September 1966〕 It starred Wendy Hiller, Renee Asherson, and Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, and was produced by Michael Codron. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Stone (actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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