Christopher Stone (actor)

Stone was born Thomas Edward Bourassa in Manchester, New Hampshire.{{Citation needed |date=March 2024}}

He appeared in films and on television from the early 1970s until his death in 1995. Stone and his wife, Dee Wallace, appeared together in a number of films including the classic horror films The Howling (1981) and Cujo (1983).{{cite web |publisher=Janice Brown|url=http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2006/09/27/manchester-new-hampshire-actor-thomas-edward-bourassa-aka-christopher-stone-1940-1995|title=Manchester New Hampshire Actor| accessdate=2014-08-11}}{{cite web |publisher=Chris Chase|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/26/arts/at-the-movies.html|title=AT THE MOVIES|accessdate=2014-08-11}} They shared top billing in the family series The New Lassie (1989), in which he sometimes served as director.{{cite web|publisher=Sylvia Lawler|url=https://www.mcall.com/1989/11/12/lassie-comes-home-again-ets-dee-stone-reflects-on-being-a-mother-at-last/|title=Lassie' Comes Home|access-date=2014-08-11}}

Stone guest-starred in the Galactica 1980 episode "Galactica Discovers Earth", and in the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode "Space Vampire".

He played Col. Marty Vidor, alias "Bo-Dai Thung", in the 1984 Airwolf episode "And They Are Us".{{cite web|publisher=Universal Studios|url=http://archive.airwolf.tv/aiwe1984/And-They-Are-Us.html|title=AirWolf|accessdate=2014-08-11|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803113735/http://archive.airwolf.tv/aiwe1984/And-They-Are-Us.html|archivedate=2014-08-03}} In 1983, he guest-starred in The Dukes Of Hazzard sixth-season episode "Brotherly Love" as crooked gambler Tex Tompkins.

Other TV credits include guest roles in series such as Fantasy Island, Riptide (second-season episode "Catch of the Day" (1984), and The A-Team (third-season episode "Incident at Crystal Lake" (1985).{{cite web |publisher=TV Guide|url=https://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=204059&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=1006502|title=Catch of the Day| accessdate=2014-08-11}} He also was a guest star on The Bionic Woman in a first-season episode "Fly Jaime"; and then became Jaime Sommers' love interest in four episodes: "The Pyramid", "The Antidote", "Sanctuary Earth" and "On the Run"; in the third season.{{cite web|publisher=Msn Entertainment|url=https://www.msn.com/en-ca/tv/series/the-bionic-woman/seasons-episodes/AA46jBQ|title=On the Run|accessdate=2014-08-11|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108233008/http://www.msn.com/en-ca/tv/series/the-bionic-woman/seasons-episodes/AA46jBQ|archivedate=2014-11-08}}

Stone and his wife Dee Wallace also appeared together in Cujo (1983), Legend of the White Horse (1987), and Runaway Daughters (1994), a made-for-TV loose remake of the 1956 film.{{cite web|publisher=Rottentomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/runaway_daughters|title=Runaway Daughters 1994|accessdate=2014-08-11}}

Stone dated actress Susan Tolsky for five years after meeting in the late 1960s.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/276292496/|title=TV Time Answer Girl|last=Pewle|first=Penney|date=July 18, 1970|work=Star-Gazette|page=22|access-date=August 15, 2021|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}} {{subscription required}} Stone's first two wives were: Grethe Jepsen (September 11, 1965 - January 1968--divorced); Carole Stone (December 19, 1975--divorced on an unknown date). He and Carole appeared on five episodes of Tattletales in June, 1976. Stone married actress Dee Wallace in 1980; they worked on several projects together before their daughter Gabrielle Stone was born in 1988.{{Citation needed |date=March 2024}}

Stone died of a heart attack on October 20, 1995.{{cite web |publisher=Jason 47|url=http://www.jason47.com/days/memorialtribute5.html|title=Days of Our Lives Memorial Tributes|accessdate=2014-08-11}}

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