Rob Stone (actor)

Rob Stone (born September 22, 1962) is an American actor and director from Dallas, Texas, best known for playing teen Kevin Owens on the 1985–1990 sitcom Mr. Belvedere. He later became a writer and director of documentary films, and also performed as part of a band.[1]
== Biography ==
Stone is a native of Dallas and is the son of Dr. Marvin and Jill Stone. His father was chief of oncology at the Sammons Cancer Center at Baylor University Medical Center.[2] Stone began acting at the age of 13, first appearing onstage in a production of "Santa Fe Sunshine" at the Dallas Theater Center.[3] In 1982, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting degree at the University of Southern California's drama school.[3][4] In addition to his role on Mr. Belvedere, Stone also appeared on episodes of the American television series The Facts of Life, Silver Spoons, 21 Jump Street and Matlock.
Andrew Greeley, writing in The New York Times, called Stone's acting in one episode of Mr. Belvedere "very sensitive". Discussing that episode, he wrote "The subtle interplay between the two young people (played by Rob Stone and Debbie Barker) provided some of the most touching and skillful scenes I've ever seen on television."[5]
In 1986, Stone established Vienna Productions to make documentary films.[6]The company's first project was a short film on homelessness called The Sidewalk Motel, made in 1990. The film starred Christopher Hewett and Caroline Lagerfelt.[7] Hewett and Stone had previously worked together on Mr. Belvedere, in which Hewett played the title role.[8]Bruce Springsteen performed Woody Guthrie's song "I Ain't Got No Home" for this film.[9] It "was shot under a Screen Actors Guild experimental letter agreement that is designed to help new directors with non-commercial projects."[10]
Also produced by the company was the two-hour Blue Angels documentary Blue Angels: Around the World At the Speed of Sound, hosted by Dennis Quaid. The film was shown on the Arts & Entertainment Network, and won a CableACE Award in 1995.[11]
Other documentaries directed by Stone or produced by his production company include Thunder Over the Pacific, hosted by Candice Bergen, and Into the Wild Blue, hosted by Tom Skerritt, both shown on The History Channel; The 30th Anniversary of Title IX, featuring Billie Jean King; and Sir William Osler: Science and the Art of Medicine, narrated by Richard Dreyfuss. In 1998, Stone directed One Vision, a documentary about film directing, which included interviews with Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Zemeckis, Sydney Pollack, Rob Reiner, Penny Marshall, and Ron Howard.[7]
== Filmography ==
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1983 	Malcolm 	Malcolm 	Unsold TV pilot
1984 	The Facts of Life 	Harvey 	Episode: "Crossing the Line"
1984 	V 	Movie Usher 	Episode: "The Sanction"
1985–90	Mr. Belvedere 	Kevin Owens 	117 episodes
1985 	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Horace "Ace" Hobart	Episode: "Ace Hits the Big Time"
1986 	ABC Afterschool Special	Jed 	Episode: "A Desperate Exit"
1986 	Silver Spoons 	Frankie 	Episode: "Rick Moves Out"
1987 	Rags to Riches 	Arnold 	Episode: "That's Cheating"
1987 	21 Jump Street 	T.J. Caldwell 	Episode: "Two for the Road"
1987 	Terminal Entry 	Tom 	Feature film
1988 	Crash Course 	Chadley Bennett IV 	TV movie
1988 	ABC Afterschool Special	Chris 	Episode: "A Family Again"
1991 	Revenge of the Nerds 	Lewis Skolnick 	Unaired TV pilot
1993 	Matlock 	Clyde Eller 	Episodes: "The Fatal Seduction" (Parts 1 & 2)
2004 	I Am Stamos 	Party Guest 	Short film