Arthur Stone was an American character actor of the late silent and early sound film eras. Born in St. Louis, Missouri on November 28, 1883, he 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. 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), The Farmer's Daughter (1928), and Chicken a la King (1928). With the advent of sound films, 1929 would see Stone continue to be cast in featured roles, such as The Far Call and Fugitives.

The 1930s would see Stone almost exclusively in supporting and smaller roles, as in Bordertown (1935), starring Paul Muni and Bette Davis, and 1936's Fury, directed by Fritz Lang, and starring Sylvia Sydney and Spencer Tracy. His final on-screen performance would be in Edward F. Cline's Go Chase Yourself (1938), starring Joe Penner and Lucille Ball. During his brief career, he would appear in over 50 films, and numerous shorts.

Stone died on September 4, 1940 in Hollywood, California, and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Biography

Comme second rôle de caractère ou dans des petits rôles non crédités, Arthur Stone apparaît au cinéma dès la période du muet, dans quatre-vingts films américains sortis entre 1924 et 1938 (dont vingt-huit courts métrages).

Mentionnons Vagabond malgré elle de Lambert Hillyer (1926, avec Anna Q. Nilsson et Walter Pidgeon), La Vallée des géants de Charles Brabin (1927, avec Milton Sills et Doris Kenyon), Le Vagabond roi de Ludwig Berger (1930, avec Dennis King et Jeanette MacDonald), Ville frontière d'Archie Mayo (1935, avec Paul Muni et Bette Davis), ou encore Furie de Fritz Lang (1936, avec Sylvia Sidney et Spencer Tracy).

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