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Arthur Stone (actor)

{{Short description|American actor (1883–1940)}}

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| name = Arthur Stone

| image = Arthur Stone, silent film actor (SAYRE 9404).jpg

| caption = Stone in 1924

| birth_name = Arthur Taylor Goetze

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1883|11|28|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1940|09|04|1883|11|28|mf=yes}}

| death_place = Hollywood, California, U.S.

| resting_place = Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1924–1938

| spouse = Dorothy Westmore

}}

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 eras.

Biography

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, 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 and starring Walter Pidgeon.{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=10804 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Miss Nobody | accessdate=January 17, 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402135226/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=10804 | archivedate=April 2, 2014}}

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),{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=12999 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=The Valley of the Giants | accessdate=January 17, 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329042308/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=12999 | archivedate=March 29, 2014}} The Farmer's Daughter (1928),{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=8945 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=The Farmer's Daughter | accessdate=January 17, 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329115243/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=8945 | archivedate=March 29, 2014}} and Chicken a la King (1928).{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3284 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Chicken a la King | accessdate=January 17, 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329142257/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3284 | archivedate=March 29, 2014}} With the advent of sound films, 1929 would see Stone continue to be cast in featured roles, such as The Far Call and Fugitives.{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=8942 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=The Far Call | accessdate=January 17, 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329095046/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=8942 | archivedate=March 29, 2014}}{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=9260 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Fugitives | accessdate=January 17, 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329085101/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=9260 | archivedate=March 29, 2014}}

File:Arthur Stone in She Had to Choose.jpg (1934) ]]

The 1930s would see Stone almost exclusively in supporting and smaller roles, as in Bordertown (1935), starring Paul Muni and Bette Davis,{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=823 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Bordertown | accessdate=January 17, 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328180339/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=823 | archivedate=March 28, 2014}} and 1936's Fury, directed by Fritz Lang, and starring Sylvia Sidney and Spencer Tracy.{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4094 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Fury | accessdate=January 17, 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328170510/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4094 | archivedate=March 28, 2014}} His final on-screen performance would be in Edward F. Cline's Go Chase Yourself (1938), starring Joe Penner and Lucille Ball.{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4288 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Go Chase Yourself| accessdate=January 17, 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402164303/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4288 | archivedate=April 2, 2014}} During his brief career, he would appear in over 50 films, and numerous shorts.{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/SearchResult.aspx?s=&Type=CA&Tbl=PN&CatID=&ID=16249&searchedFor=Arthur_Stone_&SortType=ASC&SortCol=RELEASE_YEAR | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Arthur Stone | accessdate=January 17, 2015}}

Stone died on September 4, 1940, in Hollywood, California, and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.[https://books.google.com/books?id=NvmcAwAAQBAJ&dq=arthur+stone+forest+lawn&pg=PA545 Mack Sennett's Fun Factory]

Filmography

(Per AFI database)

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Other films not listed by AFI

References

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External links

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Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:American male film actors

Category:American male silent film actors

Category:Male actors from St. Louis

Category:1883 births

Category:1940 deaths

Category:Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)