Philip Stone

• Name — Philip Stone • Born — 14 April 1924 • Birthplace — Kirkstall, West Riding of Yorkshire, England • Place of death — London, England • Other Names — Philip Stones • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1960–1999 • Children — 2

Philip Stone (né Stones) was born in Kirkstall, Leeds. He was the youngest of four children; his father was a secondary school headmaster. He served in the Royal Air Force during the final two years of the Second World War.

Stone's professional theatre career began in London in 1947. He performed a range of roles in repertory theatre before moving to London in 1960, becoming a regular on television, often playing "tough-minded authority figures". He appeared in many popular series, including the first two episodes of The Avengers (he was one of only two guest actors—the other being Warren Mitchell—to have played the same role twice in the series), The Saint, Coronation Street, Justice, Bergerac, Yes Minister, Heartbeat, A Touch of Frost, and Dalziel and Pascoe. Stone was the only actor to appear in three consecutive Stanley Kubrick films. First, he played the central character Alex's "P" (as in "M" and "P" for "Ma" and "Pa") in A Clockwork Orange (1971). Subsequently, he played Graham, the Lyndon family lawyer, in Barry Lyndon (1975), and Delbert Grady, the waiter/caretaker who murdered his family in The Shining (1980). Kubrick had seen him perform in David Storey's stage play The Contractor. The only other actor to be credited in three Kubrick films is Joe Turkel who appeared in Kubrick's early films The Killing, Paths of Glory and co-starred with Stone in The Shining. Stone's other film roles included Thunderball (1965), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Quest for Love (1971), Flash Gordon (1980), and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). In the Ralph Bakshi animated film The Lord of the Rings (1978), he voiced the role of Théoden.

Stone was married to Margaret Pickford until her death in 1984. They lived in Lindfield Road, Ealing.

Stone died in Ealing, London, in 2003, aged 79.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1960 — The Old Pull 'n Push — Sid Miller — 2 episodes • 1961 — The Avengers — Dr. Richard J. Tredding • ITV Television Playhouse — Publican — Episode "The Widowing of Mrs. Holyrod" • Court of Mystery — Brother Anselmo / Mr. Triggs — 2 episodes • Jacks and Knaves — Sergeant Harry Frost — Unknown episodes • A Chance of Thunder — Ted Macauley — 2 episodes • 1962 — Your World — Mr. Savage • Emergency – Ward 10 — Mr. Sales — Episode #1.501 • Top Secret — Doctor — Episode "The Second Man" • The Big Pull — Doctor — Episode #1.2 • Compact — Dr. Gilbert Baxter / Airport Official — 3 episodes • Maigret — Father Damian — Episode "The Countess" • 1962–1963 — Z-Cars — Gardiner / Forensic Inspector — 2 episodes • 1963 — Suspense — Inspector — Episode "The Honest Man" • BBC Sunday-Night Play — Burroughs — Episode "A Right Crusader" • Maupassant — Doctor — Episode "Fathers and Sons" • The Saint — Inspector Carlton — Episode "Marcia" • Badger's Bend — Uncle Steve — 12 episodes • 1964 — Ann Veronica — Member of Parliament — Episode "Votes for Women" • The Villains — Mr. Sutcliffe / Detective Inspector Colquhoun — 2 episodes • No Hiding Place — Detective Superintendent French / Detective Chief Inspector French • The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling — Sir Dugald — Episode "A Germ Destroyer" • The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre — Inspector — Episode "Never Mention Murder" • Theatre 625 — Captain Gibbs — Episode "Parade's End #3: A Man Could Stand Up" • 1965 — Crane — Boris — Episode "The Death of Karaloff" • Dr. Finlay's Casebook — James Munro — Episode "Devils Dozens" • Story Parade — Bennett — Episode "The Make-Believe Man" • Blackmail — Mr. Patterson — Episode "The Lowest Bidder" • 1966–1967 — The Rat Catchers — Brigadier Davidson — 26 episodes • 1967 — Thirty-Minute Theatre — Henry Ingram — Episode "The Isle Is Full of Noises" • Champion House — Daniel Molesworth — Episode "The Second Freedom" • City '68 — Councillor Frank Allen — Episode "A Question of Priorities" • 1969 — John Browne's Body — French — 3 episodes • Fraud Squad — Stefan Pastek — Episode "Cold as Charity" • Softly, Softly — Smedley — Episode "One Thing Leads to Another" • 1971–1973 — Justice — Sir John Gallagher — 17 episodes • 1976 — Thriller — Burton — Episode "Death in Deep Water" • 1979 — S.O.S. Titanic — Captain Arthur Rostron — Television film • 1980 — We, the Accused — Reverend Hanks — 1 episode • 1983 — Bergerac — Paul Verrian — Episode: "Fall of a Birdman" • 1984 — Crown Court — Judge — Episode: "Love and War Part 1" • Yes Minister — Duncan — Episode "Party Games" • 1985 — Shadowlands — Harry Harrington — Television film • Monsignor Quixote — Father Leopoldo • Charters and Caldicott — Venables — 5 episodes • 1986 — Harem — Arthur Grey — Television film • Brat Farrar — Uncle Charles — Episode 6 • 1987 — Our Geoff — Reg — Television film • 1994 — Heartbeat — Father Sergei — Episode: "Red Herring" • The Ruth Rendell Mysteries — Roger Summers — 2 episodes • 1997 — A Touch of Frost — Henry Finch — Episode: "A Penny for the Guy" • Dalziel and Pascoe — Herbert Capstick — Episode: "Deadheads" • 1999 — Doomwatch: Winter Angel — Spencer Quist — Television film Final role