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Lew Ayres
Actor, Director
Born December 28, 1908Died December 30, 1996 (88 years)
Lew Ayres was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in San Diego, California. A college dropout, he was found by a talent scout in the Coconut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles and entered Hollywood as a bit player. He was leading man to Greta Garbo in The Kiss (1929), but it was the role of Paul Baumer in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) that was his big break. He was profoundly affected by the anti-war message of that film, and when, in 1942, the popular star of Young Dr. Kildare (1938) and subsequent Dr. Kildare films was drafted, he was a conscientious objector. America was outraged, and theaters vowed never to show his films again, but quietly he achieved the Medical Corps status he had requested, serving as a medic under fire in the South Pacific and as a chaplain's aid in New Guinea and the Phillipines. His return to film after the war was undistinguished until Johnny Belinda (1948) - his role as the sympathetic physician treating the deaf-mute Jane Wyman won him an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor. Subsequent movie roles were scarce; an opportunity to play Dr. Kildare in television was aborted when the network refused to honor his request for no cigarette sponsorship. He continued to act, but in the 1970s put his long experience into a project to bring to the west the philosophy of the East - the resulting film, Altars of the World (1976), while not a box-office success, won critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award. Lew Ayres died in Los Angeles, California on December 30, 1996, just two days after his 88th birthday.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2011 | Lost Forever · as Paul (clip From All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)) |
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows · as Paul (clip From All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)) |
| 2005 | Garbo · as Pierre Lassalle |
| 1994 | Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart · as Professor Cabel |
| 1992 | MGM: When the Lion Roars (TV Series) |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker · as Actor 'advise And 'consent' (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1989 | Cast the First Stone · as Martin |
| 1986 | Outlaws (1986) (TV Series) |
| 1986 | L.A. Law (TV Series) · as Lorimar Henderson |
| 1986 | Under Siege · as John Pace |
| 1985 | Lime Street (TV Series) · as Henry Wade Culver |
| 1984 | Finder of Lost Loves (TV Series) · as Oliver Hawthorne |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven (TV Series) |
| 1984 | The World of Don Camillo · as Doc |
| 1983 | Hotel (TV Series) |
| 1983 | The A-Team (TV Series) · as Bernie Greene |
| 1982 | The Devlin Connection (TV Series) · as Wedemeyer |
| 1982 | Fame (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Of Mice and Men · as Candy |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) · as Sidney Dollinger |
| 1980 | Reunion · as Bob Hollander |
| 1979 | Knots Landing (TV Series) · as Andrew Douglas |
| 1979 | Letters from Frank · as Dan Miller |
| 1979 | Salem's Lot (TV Series) · as Jason Burke |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Suddenly, Love · as Mr. Graham |
| 1978 | Greatest Heroes of the Bible (TV Series) · as Noah |
| 1978 | Battlestar Galactica (TV Series) · as President Adar |
| 1978 | Flying High (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Battlestar Galactica · as President Adar |
| 1978 | Damien: Omen II · as Bill Atherton |
| 1977 | End of the World · as Com. Joseph Beckerman |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Carl Hooper |
| 1977 | The Fantastic Journey (TV Series) |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as J.d. Pettigrew |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. (TV Series) |
| 1976 | Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident · as Allen Dulles |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive Footage) |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Wonder Woman (TV Series) · as Dr. Kenneth Wilson |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Heatwave! · as Dr. Grayson |
| 1974 | The Questor Tapes · as Vaslovik |
| 1973 | Battle for the Planet of the Apes · as Mandemus |
| 1973 | The Magician (TV Series) · as Max Braden |
| 1973 | Hawkins (TV Series) · as Gus Bitterman |
| 1973 | The Stranger · as Prof. Dylan Macauley |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) |
| 1972 | The Man · as Noah Calvin |
| 1972 | The Biscuit Eater · as Mr. Ames |
| 1972 | Kung Fu (TV Series) · as Beaumont |
| 1972 | She Waits · as Dr. Sam Carpenter |
| 1971 | Earth II · as President Charles Carter Durant |
| 1971 | McMillan and Wife (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Howard Nicholson |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (TV Series) |
| 1970 | San Francisco International Airport (TV Series) |
| 1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series) |
| 1970 | The Interns (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Dr. Andrew Swanson |
| 1968 | Here Come the Brides (TV Series) |
| 1968 | The Doris Day Show (TV Series) · as William Tyler |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as The Governor |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 (TV Series) · as Arthur |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Marshall Winslow |
| 1965 | The Big Valley (TV Series) · as Jason Fleet |
| 1965 | I Spy (TV Series) · as Dr. Owen Maclean |
| 1964 | The Carpetbaggers · as 'mac' Mcallister |
| 1964 | Slattery's People (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as Dr. Thomas Clay |
| 1963 | Channing (TV Series) · as Joshua Tillett |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Judge John Markham |
| 1962 | Saints and Sinners (TV Series) |
| 1962 | Advise & Consent · as The Vice President |
| 1961 | Ben Casey (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Bus Stop (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Dr. Kildare |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | My Three Sons (TV Series) |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV Series) · as Dr. Paul Harris |
| 1959 | The June Allyson Show (TV Series) · as Howard Moon |
| 1959 | Laramie (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Pursuit (TV Series) · as John Conrad |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre (TV Series) · as Jed Risk |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theatre (TV Series) · as Jud Lester |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Carl Doss |
| 1955 | Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series) · as Dr. John Mohler |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Jonathan Cole |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Bob Kilgore |
| 1953 | Donovan's Brain · as Dr. Patrick J. Cory |
| 1953 | No Escape · as John Howard Tracy |
| 1952 | Omnibus (TV Series) |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Father John Gerald |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Matt Needham |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) |
| 1951 | New Mexico · as Capt. Hunt |
| 1950 | The Capture · as Lin Vanner / Lindley Brown |
| 1948 | Johnny Belinda · as Dr. Robert Richardson |
| 1947 | The Unfaithful · as Larry Hannaford |
| 1946 | The Dark Mirror · as Dr. Scott Elliott |
| 1942 | Fingers at the Window · as Oliver Duffy |
| 1942 | Dr. Kildare's Victory · as Dr. James Kildare |
| 1941 | Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day · as Dr. James Kildare |
| 1941 | The People vs. Dr. Kildare · as Dr. James Kildare |
| 1941 | Maisie Was a Lady · as Bob Rawlston |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare's Crisis · as Dr. James Kildare |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare Goes Home · as Dr. James Kildare |
| 1940 | The Golden Fleecing · as Henry Twinkle |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare's Strange Case · as Dr. James Kildare |
| 1939 | Remember? · as Sky Ames |
| 1939 | The Secret of Dr. Kildare · as Dr. James Kildare |
| 1939 | These Glamour Girls · as Philip S. Griswold Iii |
| 1939 | Calling Dr. Kildare · as Dr. James Kildare |
| 1939 | Broadway Serenade · as James Geoffrey 'jimmy' Seymour |
| 1939 | The Ice Follies of 1939 · as Eddie Burgess |
| 1938 | Spring Madness · as Sam Thatcher |
| 1938 | Young Dr. Kildare · as Dr. James Kildare |
| 1938 | Rich Man, Poor Girl · as Henry Thayer |
| 1938 | Holiday · as Ned Seton |
| 1938 | King of the Newsboys · as Jerry Flynn |
| 1937 | The Last Train from Madrid · as Bill Dexter |
| 1937 | The Crime Nobody Saw · as Nick Milburn |
| 1936 | Murder with Pictures · as Kent Murdock |
| 1936 | Panic on the Air · as Jerry Franklin |
| 1936 | The Leathernecks Have Landed · as Woodruff 'woody' Davis |
| 1935 | Spring Tonic · as Caleb Enix |
| 1934 | Servants' Entrance · as Erik Landstrom |
| 1934 | She Learned About Sailors · as Larry Wilson |
| 1934 | Cross Country Cruise · as Norman Winthrop |
| 1933 | Don't Bet on Love · as Bill Mccaffrey |
| 1933 | State Fair · as Pat Gilbert |
| 1932 | Okay America! · as Larry Wayne |
| 1932 | Night World · as Michael Rand |
| 1932 | The Impatient Maiden · as Dr. Myron Brown |
| 1931 | The Spirit of Notre Dame · as Edward Aloysius "bucky" O'brian |
| 1931 | Up for Murder · as Robert Marshall |
| 1931 | The Iron Man · as Kid Mason |
| 1930 | East Is West · as Billy Benson |
| 1930 | The Doorway to Hell · as Louie Ricarno |
| 1930 | Common Clay · as Hugh Fullerton |
| 1930 | All Quiet on the Western Front · as Paul Bäumer |
| 1929 | The Kiss · as Pierre Lassalle |
| 1929 | Big News · as Copyboy (uncredited) |
| 1929 | The Sophomore · as Sophomore Fraternity Brother (uncredited) |