Jeffrey Stone (December 16, 1926 â€" August 22, 2012) was an American
actor and voice-over artist. Stone was the model and inspiration for
Prince Charming in the 1950 Walt Disney animated feature film,
Cinderella. While he did not voice the character in the film, Stone
did provide some of the movie's additional voices.Stone was born John
Forrest Fontaine on December 16, 1926, in Detroit, Michigan. He was
raised in an Indiana orphanage throughout most of his early life after
the death of his father. He enlisted in the United States Navy during
World War II. His first marriage, in 1947, to actress Barbara Lawrence
ended in divorce the following year. Stone was then married to his
second wife, Corinne Calvet, a French actress, from 1955 to 1960, with
whom he had one child. In 1965, he married Christina Lee, but they
divorced in 1972.After minor uncredited appearances in a pair of 1948
movies, Stone earned his first credit, under the stage name John
Fontaine, with a voice role in Cinderella in 1950. His next film, and
first credited on screen role, was the 1952 film Army Bound, again as
John Fontaine. He then appeared in three films released in
1953â€"Fighter Attack, Bad for Each Other, starring Charlton Heston,
and Wonder Valleyâ€"as well as the 1954 film noir, Drive a Crooked
Road. During the later 1950s, Stone co-starred in Edge of Hell in 1956
and Zsa Zsa Gabor's The Girl in the Kremlin in 1957. He then appeared
in four films released in 1958: The Big Beat, Damn Citizen, The Thing
That Couldn't Die and Money, Women and Guns.Stone's roles during the
1950s extended to television as well. In 1954, he starred in the
Italian television series, I Tre moschettieri (The Three Musketeers)
as D'Artagnan opposite Paul Campbell (as Aramis), Sebastian Cabot (as
Porthos), and Domenico Modugno (as Athos). Individual episodes of the
series were merged for release as feature films in European theaters
including Knights of the Queen in 1954; The King's Musketeers and La
Spada Imbattibile, both released in Europe in 1957; Le Imprese di Una
Spada Leggendaria in 1958; and Mantelli Espade Insanguinate in 1959.
Stone's other television credits included roles in Adventures in
Paradise, The Outer Limits, The Californians, Johnny Midnight, and
Surfside 6.
actor and voice-over artist. Stone was the model and inspiration for
Prince Charming in the 1950 Walt Disney animated feature film,
Cinderella. While he did not voice the character in the film, Stone
did provide some of the movie's additional voices.Stone was born John
Forrest Fontaine on December 16, 1926, in Detroit, Michigan. He was
raised in an Indiana orphanage throughout most of his early life after
the death of his father. He enlisted in the United States Navy during
World War II. His first marriage, in 1947, to actress Barbara Lawrence
ended in divorce the following year. Stone was then married to his
second wife, Corinne Calvet, a French actress, from 1955 to 1960, with
whom he had one child. In 1965, he married Christina Lee, but they
divorced in 1972.After minor uncredited appearances in a pair of 1948
movies, Stone earned his first credit, under the stage name John
Fontaine, with a voice role in Cinderella in 1950. His next film, and
first credited on screen role, was the 1952 film Army Bound, again as
John Fontaine. He then appeared in three films released in
1953â€"Fighter Attack, Bad for Each Other, starring Charlton Heston,
and Wonder Valleyâ€"as well as the 1954 film noir, Drive a Crooked
Road. During the later 1950s, Stone co-starred in Edge of Hell in 1956
and Zsa Zsa Gabor's The Girl in the Kremlin in 1957. He then appeared
in four films released in 1958: The Big Beat, Damn Citizen, The Thing
That Couldn't Die and Money, Women and Guns.Stone's roles during the
1950s extended to television as well. In 1954, he starred in the
Italian television series, I Tre moschettieri (The Three Musketeers)
as D'Artagnan opposite Paul Campbell (as Aramis), Sebastian Cabot (as
Porthos), and Domenico Modugno (as Athos). Individual episodes of the
series were merged for release as feature films in European theaters
including Knights of the Queen in 1954; The King's Musketeers and La
Spada Imbattibile, both released in Europe in 1957; Le Imprese di Una
Spada Leggendaria in 1958; and Mantelli Espade Insanguinate in 1959.
Stone's other television credits included roles in Adventures in
Paradise, The Outer Limits, The Californians, Johnny Midnight, and
Surfside 6.
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