Tuhia he tohumate mo tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Stone i Los Angeles ki ngā mātua Hurai. Ko tana whaea, ko Hilda (née Hess), he kaituhi kiriata, a ko tona papa, ko John Stone (i whanau a Saul Strumwasser), te kaituhi me te kaiwhakanao i nga kiriata puku maha, tae atu ki a Tom Mix, Buck Jones, Shirley Temple me nga kiriata Charlie Chan. He Hurai Bavarian a Hilda no Bamberg, engari i whanau ia i Mexico (i karo tona papa i te kaupapa i nga tau 1870) a e rima tau i noho ai ia ki reira me tona whanau tae noa ki te peia o nga taangata ke katoa i te wa o te Mexican Revolution o 1910
He aha? He tuakana ta Stone, a David, he toa o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, e mahi ana ki te US Navy.