14 Facts About Ezra Stone

The son of Mr and Mrs Sol Feinstone, Stone was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Ezra Stone attended Temple University's Oak Lane Country Day School and later studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Ezra Stone began his professional career on stage in the mid-1930s, when he was first tapped to play Henry Aldrich in the Clifford Goldsmith play, What a Life.

Ezra Stone was this fat little man in a vest who smoked cigars.

Whether or not he really resembled his character, Ezra Stone played Henry until 1942.

Ezra Stone then returned to the role after the war and stayed until 1952, when Bobby Ellis took the role for the show's final radio season.

Ezra Stone was a founding member of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.

Over 18 years, Ezra Stone produced 200 films for motivational and training use by IBM.

In 1963 Stone directed the filming of a joint project between IBM, NIH, and M D Anderson Hospital's Department of Experimental Anesthesiology.

The comment did get quite a laugh and Ezra Stone later passed the story on to Hedda Hopper who added it to her newspaper column.

Ezra Stone was a member of the Army's Special Services unit during World War II.

Four years after Seegar's death, Ezra Stone was fatally injured in a car accident near Perth Amboy, New Jersey, at age 76.

Ezra Stone's ashes were interred, along with those of his wife, at Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Newtown, Pennsylvania, in 2013.

Ezra Stone has a star at 1634 Vine Street in the Radio section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.