Christopher Stone (actor)

Stone was born Thomas Edward Bourassa in Manchester, New Hampshire.

He appeared in films and on television from the early 1970s until his death in 1995. Stone and his wife, Dee Wallace, both appeared together in a number of films including the classic horror films The Howling (1981) and Cujo (1983).[2][3] They shared top billing in the family series The New Lassie (1989), in which he sometimes served as director.[4]

Stone guest-starred in the Galactica 1980 episode "Galactica Discovers Earth", and in the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode "Space Vampire". [5] He played Col. Marty Vidor, alias "Bo-Dai Thung", in the 1984 Airwolf episode "And They Are Us".[6] In 1983, he guest-starred in The Dukes Of Hazzard sixth-season episode, Brotherly Love, as crooked gambler Tex Tompkins.[7]

Other television credits include guest roles in series such as Fantasy Island, as Riptide (second-season episode "Catch of the Day" (1984)) and The A-Team (third-season episode "Incident at Crystal Lake" (1985)).[8] He also was a guest star on The Bionic Woman in a first-season episode: "Fly Jaime"; and then became Jaime Sommers' love interest in four episodes: "The Pyramid", "The Antidote", "Sanctuary Earth" and "On the Run"; in the third season.[9]

Stone and his wife Dee Wallace also appeared together in Cujo (1983), Legend of the White Horse (1987), and in Runaway Daughters (1994), a made-for-TV movie that was a remake of the 1950s B movie.[10]

Stone dated actress Susan Tolsky for five years after meeting in the late 1960s.[11] Stone's first two wives were: Grethe Jepsen (September 11, 1965 - January 1968--divorced); Carole Stone (December 19, 1975--divorced on an unknown date). He and Carole appeared on five episodes of "Tattletales" in June, 1976. Stone married actress Dee Wallace in 1980; they worked on several projects together before their daughter Gabrielle Stone was born in 1988.

Stone died of a heart attack on October 20, 1995.[12]

• Christopher Stone at IMDb
• Christopher Stone at the TCM Movie Database
• Christopher Stone at AllMovie