Willy Wonka Actor Passes Away at 87
By Alex Suskind
Posted Nov 3rd 2011


According to TMZ, actor Leonard Stone, best known for playing Violet Beauregarde's father in the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, passed away on Wednesday after a bout with cancer.

Although he starred in the classic children's movie, the majority of Stone's career took place on TV, with stints on shows such as "M*A*S*H" and "L.A. Law".


Stone's last role was in the 2006 made-for-TV movie, Surrender, Dorothy.

http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/11/03/willy-wonka-actor-leonard-stone-dies/

I remember him from a couple of episodes of Lost In Space. RIP Leonard

I remember him in so many tv shows.

Now he joins Roy Kinnear, David Wolper, and Jack Albertson.

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That's too bad. Loved him in "Willy Wonka"