Rob Stone (actor)

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| name = Rob Stone

| occupation = Actor/Director

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| years active = 1983–present

| spouse = Melissa Chan (1998–present)

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Rob Stone is an American director and former actor, best known for playing teen Kevin Owens on the 1985–1990 sitcom Mr. Belvedere. He later became a writer and director of documentary films, and also performed as part of a band.

Biography

Stone is the son of Dr. Marvin and Jill Stone. His father was chief of oncology at the Sammons Cancer Center at Baylor University Medical Center.{{cite news| last=Peppard| first=Alan| title=Rob Stone is flying high as a director| newspaper=Dallas Morning News| date=March 12, 1994| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D459706BD329&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM| accessdate=March 21, 2011|url-access=subscription }} Stone began acting at the age of 13, first appearing onstage in a production of "Santa Fe Sunshine" at the Dallas Theater Center. In 1982, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting degree at the University of Southern California's drama school.{{cite news| last=Levine| first=Bettijane| title=Rising Stars| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=May 11, 1986| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1086224152.html?dids=1086224152:1086224152&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+11%2C+1986&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=RISING+STARS&pqatl=google| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106040549/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1086224152.html?dids=1086224152:1086224152&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+11,+1986&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=RISING+STARS&pqatl=google| url-status=dead| archive-date=November 6, 2012| accessdate=March 21, 2011|url-access=subscription }}

In addition to his role on Mr. Belvedere, Stone also appeared in an episode of the American television shows The Facts of Life, Silver Spoons, 21 Jump Street and Matlock.

Andrew Greeley, writing in The New York Times, called Stone's acting in one episode of Mr. Belvedere "very sensitive". Discussing that episode, he wrote "The subtle interplay between the two young people (played by Rob Stone and Debbie Barker) provided some of the most touching and skillful scenes I've ever seen on television."{{cite news| last=Greeley| first=Andrew| title=TODAY'S MORALITY PLAY: THE SITCOM| newspaper=The New York Times| date=May 17, 1987| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/17/arts/today-s-morality-play-the-sitcom.html?pagewanted=5| accessdate=March 21, 2011}}

In 1986, Stone established Vienna Productions to make documentary films.{{cite news| last=Sumner| first=Jane| title=Rob Stone Keeping an Eye on Dallas| newspaper=Dallas Morning News| date=July 27, 1986| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3CE855B24276F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM| accessdate=March 21, 2011|url-access=subscription }} The company's first project was a short film on homelessness called The Sidewalk Motel, made in 1990. The film starred Christopher Hewett and Caroline Lagerfelt. Hewett and Stone had previously worked together on Mr. Belvedere, in which Hewett played the title role.{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/christopher-hewett-9210624.html| title=Christopher Hewett| first=Tom| last=Vallance| date=August 9, 2001| newspaper=The Independent| accessdate=March 27, 2011}}

Bruce Springsteen performed Woody Guthrie's song "I Ain't Got No Home" for this film.{{cite news| title=Tip of the Baton to Quincy Jones| newspaper=Daily News of Los Angeles| date=November 30, 1989| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF5B7DDDB09DBF7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | accessdate=March 23, 2011|url-access=subscription }} It "was shot under a Screen Actors Guild experimental letter agreement that is designed to help new directors with non-commercial projects."{{cite news| last=Broeske| first=Pat| title="Canned Film Fest" Aids Homeless| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=February 3, 1990| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59970527.html?dids=59970527:59970527&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+03%2C+1990&author=PAT+BROESKE&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=%60Canned+Film+Fest%27+Aids+Homeless&pqatl=google| accessdate=March 21, 2011}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Also produced by the company was the two-hour Blue Angels documentary Blue Angels: Around the World At the Speed of Sound, hosted by Dennis Quaid. The film was shown on the Arts & Entertainment Network, and won a CableACE Award in 1995.{{cite news| last=Margulies| first=Lee| title=HBO Takes Bulk of Prizes at the CableACE Awards| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=January 16, 1995| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/21521413.html?dids=21521413:21521413&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+16%2C+1995&author=LEE+MARGULIES&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=HBO+Takes+Bulk+of+Prizes+at+the+CableACE+Awards&pqatl=google| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106043226/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/21521413.html?dids=21521413:21521413&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+16,+1995&author=LEE+MARGULIES&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=HBO+Takes+Bulk+of+Prizes+at+the+CableACE+Awards&pqatl=google| url-status=dead| archive-date=November 6, 2012| accessdate=March 23, 2011}}

Other documentaries directed by Stone or produced by his production company include Thunder Over the Pacific, hosted by Candice Bergen, and Into the Wild Blue, hosted by Tom Skerritt, both shown on The History Channel; The 30th Anniversary of Title IX, featuring Billie Jean King; and Sir William Osler: Science and the Art of Medicine, narrated by Richard Dreyfuss. In 1998, Stone directed One Vision, a documentary about film directing, which included interviews with Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Zemeckis, Sydney Pollack, Rob Reiner, Penny Marshall, and Ron Howard.{{cite web| url=http://www.viennaprod.com/about_vienna.html| title=About Vienna| accessdate = March 27, 2011}}

Filmography (as actor)

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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1983	Malcolm	Malcolm	Unsold TV pilot
1984	The Facts of Life	Harvey	Episode: "Crossing the Line"
1984	V	Movie Usher	Episode: "The Sanction"
1985–90	Mr. Belvedere	Kevin Owens	117 episodes
1985	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Horace "Ace" Hobart	Episode: "Ace Hits the Big Time"
1986	ABC Afterschool Special	Jed	Episode: "A Desperate Exit"
1986	Silver Spoons	Frankie	Episode: "Rick Moves Out"
1987	Rags to Riches	Arnold	Episode: "That's Cheating"
1987	21 Jump Street	T.J. Caldwell	Episode: "Two for the Road"
1987	Terminal Entry	Tom	Feature film
1988	Crash Course	Chadley Bennett IV	TV movie
1988	ABC Afterschool Special	Chris	Episode: "A Family Again"
1989	The Super Mario Brothers Super Show	Rob Stone	Episode: "Heart Throb"
1991	Revenge of the Nerds	Lewis Skolnick	Unaired TV pilot
1993	Matlock	Clyde Eller	Episodes: "The Fatal Seduction" (Parts 1 & 2)
2004	I Am Stamos	Party Guest	Short film

References

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{{cite news

| title = Tribune TV Log

| first = Jay

| last = Bobbin

| work = The Modesto Bee

| date = November 15, 1987

| page = 87

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| accessdate = March 21, 2011 }}

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