Leonard Stone
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Cast of The Jean Arthur Show: Leonard Stone (third right) with Ron Harper (left) and Jean Arthur (center)
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Leonard Steinbock November 3, 1923 Salem, Oregon, U.S |
| Died | November 2, 2011 (aged 87) Encinitas, California, U.S |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1964–2006 |
| Spouse(s) | Carole Kleinman (1964–2011; his death) |
| Children | 4 |
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.
Stone was born Leonard Steinbock in Salem, Oregon. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Steinbock, he was a graduate of Salem High School. He majored in speech and drama at Willamette University, graduating cum laude.
Stone was a midshipman in the U.S. Navy, serving as "skipper on a minesweeper in Japanese waters."
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.
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."
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