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Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone was born in Niagara Falls, New York, the youngest son of Dr. Frank Jerome Tone, the wealthy president of the Carborundum Company, and his socially prominent wife, Gertrude Van Vrancken Franchot.
They had two sons together: Thomas Jefferson Tone and Pascal Franchot Tone. Tone exchanged wedding vows with actress Barbara Payton on September 28, 1951. They divorced on May 19, 1952, after Tone found out that Payton was having an affair with actor Tom Neal.
He was born as Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone in Niagara Falls, New York, the youngest son of Dr. Frank Jerome Tone, the wealthy president of the Carborundum Company, and his socially-prominent wife, Gertrude Van Vrancken Franchot. His maternal great-grandfather was congressman Richard Franchot.
Franchot Tone. Actor: Dangerous. President of the Dramatic Club at Cornell University, Franchot Tone gave up the family business for acting, making his Broadway debut in "The Age of Innocence". Tone then went into movies for MGM, making his film debut (at Paramount Pictures) in The Wiser Sex (1932).
- February 27, 1905
- September 18, 1968
She bore him two sons before the marriage ended in 1948 with a spicy custody fight which Tone won over the two boys, 5-year-old Thomas Jefferson and 7-year-old Pascal Franchot. His 53-day marriage to Barbara Payton followed in 1951.
Stanislaus Pascal Franchot, often referred to in print as S.P., was the son of Congressman Richard H. Franchot. A civil engineer by education, S.P. was involved in lumber, oil producing, mining, and chemical businesses.
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Occupation: Actor. Nationality: United States. Executive summary: Advise and Consent. Wife: Joan Crawford (actress, m. 11-Oct-1935, div. 11-Apr-1939) Wife: Jean Wallace (actress, m. 1941, div. 1948, two sons) Son: Pascal Franchot Tone. Son: Thomas Jefferson Tone.
- February 27, 1905
- September 18, 1968
