Fred Andrew Stone (August 19, 1873 – March 6, 1959) was an American actor. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Stone began his career as a performer in circuses and minstrel shows, he went on to act on vaudeville, and became a star on Broadway. A circus is most commonly a traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, Clowns trained animals trapeze acts Hoopers, tightrope walkers The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American entertainment consisting of comic skits variety acts dancing, and Music, Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located
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| Born | August 19, 1873 |
| Died | March 6, 1959 (aged 85) |
| Occupation | Stage, film actor |
He was particularly famous for appearing opposite David C. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Montgomery, a 22-year partnership, in shows such as The Wizard of Oz premiering in 1902, and the Victor Herbert operetta The Red Mill in 1906. The Wizard of Oz was a 1902 Musical play extravaganza based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Victor August Herbert ( February 1 1859 &ndash May 26 1924) was a Cellist, conductor and Composer best known Operetta is a genre of light Opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter The Red Mill is an Operetta written by Victor Herbert, with a Libretto by Henry Blossom. In 1939, he appeared in a radio program promoting the new MGM film of The Wizard of Oz, in which he got to meet the actor who played the Scarecrow, Ray Bolger, who was a great admirer of Stone's work, and although Bolger was too young to have seen Stone play the Scarecrow in the stage play, he did see Stone in The Red Mill. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical - Fantasy film mainly directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 children’s Ray Bolger ( January 10 1904 – January 15 1987) was an American entertainer of stage and screen best known for his portrayal of [1]
His feature film career began in comedy westerns, his first The Goat, was filmed in 1918. He starred in 19 feature films.
Stone received an honorary degree from Rollins College, a small liberal arts college located in Winter Park, Florida, in 1939. Rollins College is a liberal arts college located in Winter Park Florida, United States, a suburb of Orlando Florida. Winter Park is a city in Orange County, Florida, United States. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. At this time a small theatre was named in his honor. The original Fred Stone Theatre—a smaller flexible space sitting adjacent to the College's larger principal venue, the Annie Russell Theatre, named after another great American Actor and benefactor—was a wooden bungalow that was razed in the early 1970s. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. A nearby wood and brick-faced Greek revival styled hall, converted into a 90-seat black-box performance space, was re-dedicated as The Fred Stone Theatre during this period, and although it has been moved to another location on campus, it still stands and is active as a performance venue for smaller experimental productions as well as student directed and choreographed works. The Rollins Archives have extensive information on the career of Stone, including numerous photographs, and is chief among private institutions in the U. S. continuing to educate young actors about the history of this great American thespian. Rollins College claims many famous theatrical alumni, including Anthony "Tony" Perkins, best known for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho, and character actress Dana Ivey. Fictional character biography Both the novel and Alfred Hitchcock 's 1960 film adaptation explain that Bates suffered severe emotional Abuse Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 Dana Robins Ivey (born August 14, 1942) is an American Character actress.
References
- ^ Behind the Scenes of the Making of the Wizard of Oz, Rhino Records, 1989, a recording of the Oz-episode of The Maxwell House Coffee Hour
External links
- Fred Stone at the Internet Movie Database
- Fred Stone at the Internet Broadway Database
- Fred Stone at Find A Grave
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