Arthur Stone (born Arthur Taylor Goetze; November 28, 1883 – September 4, 1940) was an American character actor of the late
silent and early
sound film
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eras.
Biography
Born in
St. Louis
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,
Missouri
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, on November 28, 1883, Stone entered the film industry by starring in several
film shorts for the
Hal Roach Studios in 1924 and 1925. 1926 would see his first appearance in a feature film, ''
Miss Nobody'', directed by
Lambert Hillyer
Lambert Harwood Hillyer (July 8, 1893 – July 5, 1969) was an American film director and screenwriter.
Biography
Lambert Harwood Hillyer was born July 8, 1893, in Tyner, Indiana. His mother was character actress Lydia Knott. A graduate of ...
and starring
Walter Pidgeon
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. 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
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'' and ''
Fugitives
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''.
![Arthur Stone in She Had to Choose](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Arthur_Stone_in_She_Had_to_Choose.jpg)
The 1930s would see Stone almost exclusively in supporting and smaller roles, as in ''
Bordertown'' (1935), starring
Paul Muni and
Bette Davis
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, and 1936's ''
Fury'', directed by
Fritz Lang
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, and starring
Sylvia Sidney and
Spencer Tracy
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. His final on-screen performance would be in
Edward F. Cline's ''
Go Chase Yourself
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'' (1938), starring
Joe Penner
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Early life
Penner was an ethnic Hungarian born József Pintér in Nagybecskerek, Austria-Hungary, (present-day Zren ...
and
Lucille Ball
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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.
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Filmography
(Per AFI
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database)
* ''The Girl from Montmartre
''The Girl from Montmartre'' is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Barbara La Marr in her last film role. It was distributed through First National on the day after La Marr died.
Plot
As descr ...
'' (1926)
* '' Miss Nobody'' (1926)
* '' It Must Be Love'' (1926)
* ''The Silent Lover
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Cast
* Milton Sills as Count Pierre Tornal
* Natalie Kingston as Vera Sherman ...
'' (1926)
* '' An Affair of the Follies'' (1927)
* '' Babe Comes Home'' (1927)
* ''Hard-Boiled Haggerty
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'' (1927)
* ''The Patent Leather Kid
''The Patent Leather Kid'' is a 1927 American silent drama film about a self-centered boxer who performs a heroic act in World War I that severely wounds him. It was directed by Alfred Santell and stars Richard Barthelmess, Molly O'Day, Lawfo ...
'' (1927)
* ''The Sea Tiger
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'' (1927)
* '' The Valley of the Giants'' (1927)
* ''Burning Daylight
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Plot
The first part of the novel takes place in ...
'' (1928)
* '' Chicken a La King'' (1928)
* '' The Farmer's Daughter'' (1928)
* ''Me, Gangster
''Me, Gangster'' is a 1928 American silent crime film directed by Raoul Walsh. It stars June Collyer, Don Terry, Anders Randolf and a young Carole Lombard.
Cast
*June Collyer as Mary Regan
* Don Terry as Jimmy Williams
*Anders Randolf as Rus ...
'' (1928)
* ''Red Wine
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'' (1928)
* ''Frozen Justice
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'' (1929)
* '' Captain Lash'' (1929)
* ''The Far Call
''The Far Call'' is a 1929 American lost film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Charles Morton and Leila Hyams. Produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. It is a late silent film with Fox's Movietone sound on film system containing ...
'' (1929)
* ''Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
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Plot
George Shel ...
'' (1929)
* ''Fugitives
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'' (1929)
* ''New Year's Eve
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'' (1929)
* ''Thru Different Eyes
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'' (1929)
* '' The Bad Man'' (1930)
* '' The Arizona Kid'' (1930)
* '' The Lash'' (1930)
* '' The Girl of the Golden West'' (1930)
* ''Mamba
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'' (1930)
* '' On the Level'' (1930)
* ''The Vagabond King
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'' (1930)
* ''Bad Company
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'' (1931)
* ''The Conquering Horde
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'' (1931)
* '' One More Chance'' (1931)
* ''Secret Menace
''Secret Menace'' is a 1931 American Western film written and directed by Richard C. Kahn. The film stars Glenn Tryon, Virginia Brown Faire, and Arthur Stone.
Cast list
*Glenn Tryon
*Virginia Brown Faire
*Arthur Stone
*Margaret Mann
*Ed Cecil ...
'' (1931)
* '' The Big Shot'' (1931)
* '' So Big'' (1932)
* '' While Paris Sleeps'' (1932)
* ''Roar of the Dragon
''Roar of the Dragon'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code adventure film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Howard Estabrook. The film stars Richard Dix, Gwili Andre, Edward Everett Horton, Arline Judge and ZaSu Pitts. The film was released on ...
'' (1932)
* '' The Broken Wing'' (1932)
* '' That's My Boy'' (1932)
* ''She Had to Choose
''She Had to Choose'' is a 1934 American romantic comedy crime drama film directed by Ralph Ceder and starring Buster Crabbe, Isabel Jewell and Sally Blane. Distributed by Majestic Pictures, it is set in California during The Depression.
Plot
...
'' (1934)
* '' Million Dollar Baby'' (1934)
* '' Love Birds'' (1934)
* '' I'll Tell the World'' (1934)
* '' Bordertown'' (1935)
* '' Charlie Chan in Egypt'' (1935)
* '' Hot Tip'' (1935)
* ''Under the Pampas Moon
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'' (1935)
* '' Fury'' (1936) as Durkin
* ''Back to Nature
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'' (1936)
* '' Westbound Mail'' (1937)
* ''Go Chase Yourself
''Go Chase Yourself'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and written by Paul Yawitz and Bert Granet. The film stars Joe Penner, Lucille Ball, Richard Lane, June Travis, Fritz Feld and Tom Kennedy. The film was released ...
'' (1938)
Other films not listed by AFI
* ''I Surrender Dear
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'' (1931)
* '' Sing, Bing, Sing'' (1933)
References
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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)