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Leonard Stone (November 3, 1923 – November 2, 2011) was an American character actor who played supporting roles in over 120 television shows and 35 films. ==Life and career== In 1961 and 1962, he was twice cast in different roles on ABC's ''The Real McCoys'' in the episodes "Money from Heaven" and "You Can't Beat the Army". Between 1962 and 1966, Stone made four guest appearances on CBS's ''Perry Mason'', including his season 6, 1962 role as murderer Jerel Leland in "The Case of the Hateful Hero." In 1966, he had a supporting role as Morton on the short-lived CBS sitcom ''The Jean Arthur Show'' starring Jean Arthur and Ron Harper. He played popular and memorable characters on ''The Outer Limits'', ''Lost in Space'', and ''M *A *S *H''. He appeared twice on ABC's ''The Donna Reed Show'' as Mr. Trestle in "The Good Guys and the Bad Guys" (1961) and as Harlan Carmody, Jr., in "Joe College" (1965). In the 1965-1966 season, he appeared as Doc Joslyn in thirteen episodes of ''Camp Runamuck'' on NBC. He also appears in the ''Dragnet television series 1967 - 1970 as one of Jack Webb's troupe players. One of his most notable roles came in 1971, when he played Sam Beauregarde, the father of Golden Ticket winner Violet Beauregarde, in ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory''. He was the last surviving parent from the movie. Between 1988 and 1994, he was cast as Judge Paul Hansen in twelve episodes of the NBC legal drama ''L.A. Law''. Stone started his career as a young actor studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He performed in the West End, on Broadway, and toured the world. He traveled for eight years in Australia and New Zealand with the musical ''South Pacific''. He was nominated for a Tony Award in 1959 for Best Supporting Actor in ''Redhead'', a Bob Fosse musical. He also was in the Tony Award-nominated cast of ''Look Homeward, Angel'' in 1957, which premiered at the Ethel Barrymore Theater in New York. Based on the Thomas Wolfe novel, it won a Pulitzer Prize. Stone's final role came in 2006 at the age of 83, when he played a minor character in ''Surrender Dorothy''. 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「Leonard Stone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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