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Lewis Stone
Actor
Born November 14, 1879Died September 12, 1953 (73 years)
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Lewis Shepard Stone (November 15, 1879 – September 12, 1953) was an American actor known for his role as Judge James Hardy in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Andy Hardy film series and as an MGM contract player.
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts to Bertrand Stone and Philena Heald Ball, Lewis Stone's hair turned gray prematurely (reportedly by age 20). Lewis served in the United States Army in the Spanish–American War, then returned to a career as a writer. He soon began acting.
Stone was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1929 for The Patriot. After that, he appeared in seven films with Greta Garbo, spanning both the silent and early sound periods. He played the role of Dr. Otternschlag in the Garbo film Grand Hotel, in which he utters the famous closing line: "Grand Hotel. People coming. Going. Nothing ever happens."
He played a larger role in the 1933 Garbo film Queen Christina. His appearance in the successful prison film The Big House furthered his career. He played adventurers in the dinosaur epic The Lost World (1925) with Wallace Beery and The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) with Boris Karloff, and a police captain in Bureau of Missing Persons (1933). In 1937, Stone essayed the role which would become his most famous, that of Judge James Hardy in the Mickey Rooney Andy Hardy series. Stone appeared as the judge in fifteen movies, beginning with You're Only Young Once (1937).
Stone died in Hancock Park, Los Angeles on September 12, 1953, aged 73.
Lewis Stone was later honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6524 Hollywood Blvd.
Lewis Shepard Stone (November 15, 1879 – September 12, 1953) was an American actor known for his role as Judge James Hardy in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Andy Hardy film series and as an MGM contract player.
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts to Bertrand Stone and Philena Heald Ball, Lewis Stone's hair turned gray prematurely (reportedly by age 20). Lewis served in the United States Army in the Spanish–American War, then returned to a career as a writer. He soon began acting.
Stone was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1929 for The Patriot. After that, he appeared in seven films with Greta Garbo, spanning both the silent and early sound periods. He played the role of Dr. Otternschlag in the Garbo film Grand Hotel, in which he utters the famous closing line: "Grand Hotel. People coming. Going. Nothing ever happens."
He played a larger role in the 1933 Garbo film Queen Christina. His appearance in the successful prison film The Big House furthered his career. He played adventurers in the dinosaur epic The Lost World (1925) with Wallace Beery and The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) with Boris Karloff, and a police captain in Bureau of Missing Persons (1933). In 1937, Stone essayed the role which would become his most famous, that of Judge James Hardy in the Mickey Rooney Andy Hardy series. Stone appeared as the judge in fifteen movies, beginning with You're Only Young Once (1937).
Stone died in Hancock Park, Los Angeles on September 12, 1953, aged 73.
Lewis Stone was later honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6524 Hollywood Blvd.
Known For
Filmography
| 2005 | Garbo · as Cast |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II · as (archive Footage) |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy · as Baron In 'suzy' (archive Footage) |
| 1953 | All the Brothers Were Valiant · as Captain Holt |
| 1952 | The Prisoner of Zenda · as The Cardinal |
| 1952 | Scaramouche · as Georges De Valmorin |
| 1952 | Just This Once · as Judge Samuel Coulter |
| 1952 | Talk About a Stranger · as William J. Wardlaw |
| 1951 | It's a Big Country: An American Anthology · as Church Sexton |
| 1951 | The Unknown Man · as Judge James V. Hulbrook |
| 1951 | Angels in the Outfield · as Arnold P. Hapgood |
| 1951 | Bannerline · as Josh |
| 1951 | Night Into Morning · as Dr. Horace Snyder |
| 1951 | Grounds for Marriage · as Dr. Carleton Radwin Young |
| 1950 | Stars in My Crown · as Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr. |
| 1950 | Key to the City · as Judge Silas Standish |
| 1949 | Any Number Can Play · as Ben Gavery Snelerr |
| 1949 | The Sun Comes Up · as Arthur Norton |
| 1948 | State of the Union · as Sam Thorndyke |
| 1946 | Love Laughs at Andy Hardy · as Judge Hardy |
| 1946 | Three Wise Fools · as Judge James Trumbell |
| 1946 | The Hoodlum Saint · as Father Nolan |
| 1944 | Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble · as Judge Hardy |
| 1942 | The Bugle Sounds · as Col. Jack Lawton |
| 1942 | Andy Hardy's Double Life · as Judge Hardy |
| 1942 | The Courtship of Andy Hardy · as Judge Hardy |
| 1941 | Life Begins for Andy Hardy · as Judge Hardy |
| 1941 | Andy Hardy's Private Secretary · as Judge Hardy |
| 1940 | Sporting Blood · as Davis Lockwood |
| 1940 | Andy Hardy Meets Debutante · as Judge Hardy |
| 1939 | Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President · as The President |
| 1939 | Judge Hardy and Son · as Judge Hardy |
| 1939 | Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever · as Judge Hardy |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty · as Maj. Walter Reed (edited From 'yellow Jack') |
| 1939 | The Hardys Ride High · as Judge Hardy |
| 1939 | The Ice Follies of 1939 · as Douglas Tolliver Jr. |
| 1938 | Out West with the Hardys · as Judge Hardy |
| 1938 | The Chaser · as Delford Prescott |
| 1938 | Love Finds Andy Hardy · as Judge Hardy |
| 1938 | Yellow Jack · as Maj. Walter Reed |
| 1938 | Stolen Heaven · as Joseph Langauer |
| 1938 | Judge Hardy's Children · as Judge Hardy |
| 1937 | The Bad Man of Brimstone · as Jackson Douglas |
| 1937 | You're Only Young Once · as Judge Hardy |
| 1937 | The Man Who Cried Wolf · as Lawrence Fontaine |
| 1937 | The Thirteenth Chair · as Inspector Marney |
| 1937 | Outcast · as Anthony Abbott |
| 1936 | Don't Turn 'em Loose · as John Webster |
| 1936 | Sworn Enemy · as Doctor Simon 'doc' Gattle |
| 1936 | Suzy · as Baron |
| 1936 | The Unguarded Hour · as General Lawrence |
| 1936 | Small Town Girl · as Dr. Dakin |
| 1936 | Three Godfathers · as James 'doc' Underwood |
| 1936 | Tough Guy · as Davis |
| 1935 | Shipmates Forever · as Adm. Richard Melville |
| 1935 | China Seas · as Tom Davids |
| 1935 | Woman Wanted · as District Attorney |
| 1935 | David Copperfield · as Mr. Wickfield |
| 1935 | Public Hero Number 1 · as Prison Warden |
| 1935 | West Point of the Air · as Gen. Carter |
| 1935 | Vanessa, Her Love Story · as Adam Paris |
| 1934 | Treasure Island · as Captain Smollett |
| 1934 | The Girl from Missouri · as Frank Cousins |
| 1934 | The Mystery of Mr. X · as Connor |
| 1934 | You Can't Buy Everything · as John Burton |
| 1933 | Queen Christina · as Oxenstierna |
| 1933 | Bureau of Missing Persons · as Police Captain Webb |
| 1933 | Looking Forward · as Gabriel Service Sr. |
| 1933 | The White Sister · as Prince Guido Chiaromonte |
| 1933 | Men Must Fight · as Edward Seward |
| 1932 | The Son-Daughter · as Dr. Dong Tong |
| 1932 | The Mask of Fu Manchu · as Nyland Smith |
| 1932 | Divorce in the Family · as John Parker |
| 1932 | Unashamed · as Henry Trask |
| 1932 | Red-Headed Woman · as William 'will' Legendre Sr. |
| 1932 | Night Court · as Judge William Osgood |
| 1932 | New Morals for Old · as Mr. Thomas |
| 1932 | Grand Hotel · as Doctor Otternschlag |
| 1932 | Letty Lynton · as District Attorney Haney |
| 1932 | The Wet Parade · as Roger Chilcote |
| 1931 | Mata Hari · as Andriani |
| 1931 | Strictly Dishonorable · as Judge Dempsey |
| 1931 | The Sin of Madelon Claudet · as Carlo Boretti |
| 1931 | The Phantom of Paris · as Inspector Costaud |
| 1931 | The Bargain · as Maitland White |
| 1931 | My Past · as John Thornley |
| 1931 | The Secret 6 · as Richard 'newt' Newton - Attorney At Law |
| 1931 | Inspiration · as Raymond Delval |
| 1930 | Passion Flower · as Antonio Morado |
| 1930 | Romance · as Cornelius 'conny' Van Tuyl |
| 1930 | The Office Wife · as Larry Fellowes |
| 1930 | The Big House · as Warden James Adams |
| 1930 | Strictly Unconventional · as Clive Champion-Cheney |
| 1929 | Their Own Desire · as Henry 'hal' Marlett |
| 1929 | Madame X · as Louis Floriot |
| 1929 | Wonder of Women · as Stephen Trombolt |
| 1929 | The Trial of Mary Dugan · as Edward West |
| 1929 | Wild Orchids · as John Sterling |
| 1928 | A Woman of Affairs · as Dr. Hugh Trevelyan |
| 1928 | The Patriot · as Count Pahlen |
| 1927 | The Private Life of Helen of Troy · as Menelaus |
| 1927 | An Affair of the Follies · as Hammersley |
| 1925 | Confessions of a Queen · as The King |
| 1925 | The Lost World · as Sir John Roxton |
| 1923 | Scaramouche · as The Marquis De La Tour D'azyr |
| 1922 | The Prisoner of Zenda · as Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf |
| 1921 | Beau Revel · as Lawrence 'beau' Revel |
| 1920 | Nomads of the North · as Cpl. O'connor |