Philip Stone (14 April 1924 – 15 June 2003) was an English actor, well known for portraying film characters such as "Pa", the father of

Alex DeLarge Alex is a fictional character in Anthony Burgess's novel '' A Clockwork Orange'' and Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation of the same name, in which he is played by Malcolm McDowell. In the film, his surname is DeLarge, a reference to Alex calling h ...

, in '' A Clockwork Orange''; General

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in '' Hitler: The Last Ten Days''; Delbert Grady in '' The Shining''; and Captain Phillip Blumburtt in ''

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''. Stone's final film role was as the Bishop in ''

The Baby of Mâcon ''The Baby of Mâcon'' is a 1993 historical drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway, and starring Ralph Fiennes, Julia Ormond and Philip Stone. The film is set in France during the mid-17th century, in the court of Cosimo III de' Med ...

''. In television, Stone is known for his roles as Detective-Sergeant Sowman in ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Ori ...

'', Brigadier Davidson in '' The Rat Catchers'' and Sir John Gallagher in ''

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''.

Early life

Philip Stone (né Stones) was born in

Kirkstall Kirkstall is a north-western suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, on the eastern side of the River Aire. The area sits in the Kirkstall ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds West parliamentary constituency, represented by Rachel Reeves. ...

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popula ...

. Stone was the youngest of four children and his father was a secondary school headmaster.

Career

He was the only actor to appear in three consecutive Stanley Kubrick films. First, he played the central character Alex's "P" (as in "M" and "P" for "Ma" and "Pa") in '' A Clockwork Orange'' (1971). Subsequently, he played Graham, the Lyndon family lawyer, in ''

Barry Lyndon ''Barry Lyndon'' is a 1975 period drama film written, directed, and produced by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1844 novel '' The Luck of Barry Lyndon'' by William Makepeace Thackeray. Starring Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, L ...

'' (1975), and Delbert Grady, the Butler who murdered his family in '' The Shining'' (1980). Stone was discovered when Kubrick saw him perform in David Storey's stage play, ''The Contractor''. The only other actor to be credited in three Kubrick films is

Joe Turkel Joseph Turkel (July 15, 1927 – June 27, 2022) was an American character actor who starred in film and television during the Golden Age Era in the 1950s and 1960s. He is known for his roles in Stanley Kubrick's films '' The Killing'', ''Paths ...

. Other film roles included parts in '' Thunderball'', '' Where Eagles Dare'', '' Quest for Love'', ''

Flash Gordon Flash Gordon is the protagonist of a space adventure comic strip created and originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by, and created to compete with, the already established ''Buck Rogers'' adve ...

'' and ''

''. In the 1978 Ralph Bakshi's animated film ''

The Lord of the Rings ''The Lord of the Rings'' is an epic high-fantasy novel by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, intended to be Earth at some time in the distant past, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's bo ...

'', he voiced the role of Théoden. Stone also appeared in many popular TV series, including the first two episodes of '' Avengers'' (one of only two guest actors—the other being

Warren Mitchell Warren Mitchell (born Warren Misell; 14 January 1926 – 14 November 2015) was a British actor. He was a BAFTA TV Award winner and twice a Laurence Olivier Award winner. In the 1950s, Mitchell appeared on the radio programmes '' Educatin ...

—to have played the same role twice in the series) ''

'', '' Dalziel and Pascoe'', '' A Touch of Frost'', '' Heartbeat'', ''

Yes Minister ''Yes Minister'' is a British political satire sitcom written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn. Comprising three seven-episode series, it was first transmitted on BBC2 from 1980 to 1984. A sequel, ''Yes, Prime Minister'', ran for 16 episodes fro ...

'', '' Bergerac'' and ''

''.

Personal life

Stone was married to Margaret Pickford until her death in 1984.

Death

Stone died in

Ealing Ealing () is a district in West London, England, west of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Ealing. Ealing is the administrative centre of the borough and is identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan. Ealing was hist ...

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in 2003, aged 79.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Philip 1924 births 2003 deaths English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors English male voice actors Male actors from Leeds