Eddie Firestone (December 11, 1920 â€" March 1, 2007) was an American
radio, television, and film actor.When he was 12, Firestone was in the
cast of Wheatenaville, broadcast on NBC's Pacific network.An early
success was in the title role of radio's That Brewster Boy, While
doing that program, he also was an undergraduate student at
Northwestern University. He left the show in 1943, during World War
II, to join the United States Marine Corps where he was commissioned
reaching the rank of Captain. He remained in the Marine Corps Reserve
from 1942-1957. At the time, he was billed as Eddie Firestone Jr.Some
of the first television appearances with Eddie Firestone was in the
first season of Jack Webb's Dragnet (1951â€"52). He guest-starred in
"The Big Lamp" in Season 1, Episode 14 on Dragnet, in Season 1,
Episode 4 of The Dick Van Dyke Show, and in 1961 in the episode "The
Charity Drive" of Window on Main Street. Firestone appeared in several
roles on the popular Western television series Bonanza, Hogan's
Heroes, as well as in Walt Disney's feature film The Great Locomotive
Chase. He also appeared on Perry Mason in the 1962 episode, "The Case
of the "Dodging Domino," the 1963 episode, "The Case of the Decadent
Dean," and the 1964 episode, "The Case of the Place Called Midnight."
Firestone appeared in Barnaby Jones in the episode titled “Trap
Play†(01/07/1975).
radio, television, and film actor.When he was 12, Firestone was in the
cast of Wheatenaville, broadcast on NBC's Pacific network.An early
success was in the title role of radio's That Brewster Boy, While
doing that program, he also was an undergraduate student at
Northwestern University. He left the show in 1943, during World War
II, to join the United States Marine Corps where he was commissioned
reaching the rank of Captain. He remained in the Marine Corps Reserve
from 1942-1957. At the time, he was billed as Eddie Firestone Jr.Some
of the first television appearances with Eddie Firestone was in the
first season of Jack Webb's Dragnet (1951â€"52). He guest-starred in
"The Big Lamp" in Season 1, Episode 14 on Dragnet, in Season 1,
Episode 4 of The Dick Van Dyke Show, and in 1961 in the episode "The
Charity Drive" of Window on Main Street. Firestone appeared in several
roles on the popular Western television series Bonanza, Hogan's
Heroes, as well as in Walt Disney's feature film The Great Locomotive
Chase. He also appeared on Perry Mason in the 1962 episode, "The Case
of the "Dodging Domino," the 1963 episode, "The Case of the Decadent
Dean," and the 1964 episode, "The Case of the Place Called Midnight."
Firestone appeared in Barnaby Jones in the episode titled “Trap
Play†(01/07/1975).
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