Eddie Firestone

Who was Eddie Firestone?

Eddie Firestone was a United States radio, television, and film actor.

An early success was in the title role of radio's That Brewster Boy, which he left in 1943, during World War II, to join the U.S. Marine Corps. At the time, he was billed as Eddie Firestone Jr.

Firestone appeared in several roles on the popular Western television series Bonanza, as well as in Walt Disney's feature film The Great Locomotive Chase. He also appeared on Perry Mason in the 1962 episode, "The Case of the "Dodging Domino," the 1963 episode, "The Case of the Decadent Dean," and the 1964 episode, "The Case of the Place Called Midnight." In 1976 he starred in a Rockford Files episode Feeding Frenzy.

He is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.