'Wonka' Actor Who Performed Violet's Father Dies at 87

ENCINITAS, California (AP) Leonard Stone, who performed the daddy who supported chronic gum-chewer Purple Beauregarde on the tour via a far-out chocolate structure in "Willy Wonka and also the Chocolate Factory," has died.Daughter Lindsey Fryman-Borchard informs The Connected Press that Stone died of cancer Wednesday in Encinitas, California, each day before his 88th birthday.He was most widely known as quickly-speaking father Mike Beauregarde within the 1971 film that starred Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. Stone watches in horror as his daughter becomes a huge blueberry and utters the famous line "Purple, you are turning purple, Purple!"The Or native continued to experience recurring figures in lots of television series including "Barney Burns," ''Hill Street Blues" and "L.A. Law." In 2005, he performed Warren Buffett within the Arnold Schwarzenegger TV biopic, "See Arnold Run."Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Leonard Stone PHOTO CREDIT AP Photo/Lindsey Borchard ENCINITAS, California (AP) Leonard Stone, who performed the daddy who supported chronic gum-chewer Purple Beauregarde on the tour via a far-out chocolate structure in "Willy Wonka and also the Chocolate Factory," has died.Daughter Lindsey Fryman-Borchard informs The Connected Press that Stone died of cancer Wednesday in Encinitas, California, each day before his 88th birthday.He was most widely known as quickly-speaking father Mike Beauregarde within the 1971 film that starred Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. Stone watches in horror as his daughter becomes a huge blueberry and utters the famous line "Purple, you are turning purple, Purple!"The Or native continued to experience recurring figures in lots of television series including "Barney Burns," ''Hill Street Blues" and "L.A. Law." In 2005, he performed Warren Buffett within the Arnold Schwarzenegger TV biopic, "See Arnold Run."Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.