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name: "George E. Stone"
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born: "18 May 1903"
died: "26 May 1967"
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# George E. Stone

Actor. Born 18 May 1903 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. Died 26 May 1967.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 May 1903, Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]
- **Died:** 26 May 1967
- **Also known as:** Gerschon Lichtenstein, George Stone, Georgie Stone

## Biography

George E. Stone, born Gerschon Lichtenstein, was a Polish-born American character actor. He appeared in films, radio and television from the silent era until the early 1960s, frequently in supporting roles as gangsters, informants or comic sidekicks.

Stone immigrated to the United States in 1913 and began in vaudeville and on Broadway before his screen debut in the 1927 silent film *7th Heaven*. Notable film roles include Otero in *Little Caesar* (1931), Andy Lee in *42nd Street* (1933), Society Max in *Guys and Dolls* (1955) and Toothpick Charlie in *Some Like It Hot* (1959). He played The Runt in the Boston Blackie film series and appeared as a court clerk in many episodes of the television series *Perry Mason*. He died in Woodland Hills, California, in 1967.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Some Like It Hot* (1959), Fi1m 92, as Toothpick Charlie — [page](https://film.one/film/some-like-it-hot.md)

## Also known for

- *Ocean's Eleven* (1960), Proprietor (uncredited)
- *Pickup on South Street* (1953), Willie, Police Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- *Little Caesar* (1931), Otero
- *The Robe* (1953), Gracchus (uncredited)
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), Barney
- *Guys and Dolls* (1955), Society Max
- *The Man with the Golden Arm* (1955), Sam Markette
- *42nd Street* (1933), Andy Lee

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