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George E. Stone
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Actor Born: May 18, 1903 in Lodz, Poland Death: May 26, 1967 in California Biography:Probably no one came by the label "Runyon-esque" more honestly than Polish-born actor "George E. Stone"; a close friend of writer "Damon Runyon", Stone was seemingly put on this earth to play characters named Society Max and Toothpick Charlie, and to mouth such colloquialisms as "It is known far and wide" and "More than somewhat." Starting his career as a Broadway "hoofer," the diminutive Stone made his film bow as "the Sewer Rat" in the 1927 silent "Seventh Heaven". His most prolific film years were 1929 to 1936, during which period he showed up in dozens of Warner Bros. "urban" films and backstage musicals, and also appeared as the doomed Earle Williams in the 1931 version of "The Front Page". He was so closely associated with gangster parts by 1936 that Warners felt obligated to commission a magazine article showing Stone being transformed, via makeup, into an un-gangsterish Spaniard for "Anthony... Full Biography | |||
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