Lewis Stone
Biography
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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.
Known For
Acting
1932
asNyland Smith
1925
asSir John Roxton
1929
asJohn Sterling
1931
asRaymond Delval
1933
asOxenstierna
1932
asDoctor Otternschlag
1948
asSam Thorndyke
1931
asRichard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
1931
asAndriani
1952
asThe Cardinal
1928
asDr. Hugh Trevelyan
1946
asJudge Hardy
1941
asJudge Hardy
1941
asJudge Hardy
1940
asJudge Hardy
1939
asJudge Hardy
1934
asCaptain Smollett
1938
asJudge Hardy
1935
asMr. Wickfield
1929
asLouis Floriot
1930
asWarden James Adams
1951
asJudge James V. Hulbrook
1936
asBaron
1935
asTom Davids
1933
asPolice Captain Webb
1942
asJudge Hardy
1946
asFather Nolan
1951
asChurch Sexton
1928
asCount Pahlen
1953
asCaptain Holt
1944
asJudge Hardy
1931
asCarlo Boretti
1930
asCornelius 'Conny' Van Tuyl
1931
asInspector Costaud
1952
asWilliam J. Wardlaw
1930
asLarry Fellowes
1932
asWilliam 'Will' Legendre Sr.
1923
asThe Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr
1942
asCol. Jack Lawton
1943
asCommentator
1938
asJudge Hardy
1939
asJudge Hardy
1949
asBen Gavery Snelerr
1929
asHenry 'Hal' Marlett
1929
asEdward West
1936
asDr. Dakin
1935
asGen. Carter
1938
asJudge Hardy
1950
asJudge Silas Standish
1950
asDr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
1922
asRudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf
1949
asArthur Norton
1932
asJohn Parker
1939
asJudge Hardy
1937
asJudge Hardy
1932
asRoger Chilcote
1932
asJudge William Osgood
1932
asDistrict Attorney Haney
1934
asConnor
1938
asMaj. Walter Reed
1936
asJames 'Doc' Underwood
1931
asJudge Dempsey
1933
asPrince Guido Chiaromonte
1933
asEdward Seward
1937
asInspector Marney
1938
asJoseph Langauer
1935
asAdam Paris
1929
asStephen Trombolt
1934
asJohn Burton
1930
asAntonio Morado
1920
asCpl. O'Connor
1927
asPatrick Marlowe / John Carew
1921
asLawrence 'Beau' Revel
1939
asDouglas Tolliver Jr.
1935
asAdm. Richard Melville
1936
asGeneral Lawrence
1932
asDr. Dong Tong
1931
asJohn Thornley
1936
asJohn Webster
1936
asDoctor Simon 'Doc' Gattle
1951
asJosh
1946
asJudge James Trumbell
1935
asDistrict Attorney
1937
asLawrence Fontaine
1932
asMr. Thomas
1932
asHenry Trask
1942
asJudge Hardy
1927
asMenelaus
2004
asSelf (archive footage)
1930
asClive Champion-Cheney
1923
asJohn Elliott
1937
asJackson Douglas
1941
asHimself
1951
asDr. Carleton Radwin Young
1933
asGabriel Service Sr.
1931
asJohn Graham
1921
asLangdon Masters
1924
asLee Randon
1934
asFrank Cousins
1952
asJudge Samuel Coulter
1952
asGeorges de Valmorin
1935
asPrison Warden
1939
asJudge James K. Hardy
1940
asDavis Lockwood
1925
asThe King
1940
asJudge Hardy
1951
asDr. Horace Snyder
1939
asThe President
1951
asArnold P. Hapgood
1927
asPierre
1931
asWilliam Emory
1927
asJohn Fosdick
1940
asHimself / Narrator
1926
asMaj. William Ridgewell, RFC
1920
asDerwent Conniston/John Keith
1923
asJohn Emerson
1937
asAnthony Abbott
1924
asJohn Emerson
1921
asEdward Berkeley
1940
asSelf
2003
asSelf (archive footage)
1976
as(archive footage)
1939
asSelf
1944
as(archive footage)
1924
asKeith Darrant
1934
as
1922
asThe Marquis Ferroni
1938
asDelford Prescott
1924
asJames Livingston
1926
asJohann Aradi
1938
asSelf (uncredited)
1964
asBaron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)
1944
asHimself - Commentator
1925
asJoseph Greer
1926
asJerome Hautrive
1926
asGervas Carew
1920
asHimself
1923
asGarth McBride
1922
asJohn Schuyler
1918
asJohn Adams
1918
asCaptain Cavendish
1921
asSgt. Blake, R.C.M.P.
1921
asPhilip Champion / Lord Ellingham
1922
asFather Brian Kelly
1921
asSergeant Philip Raine
1921
asJan Ducet
1920
asCapt. Gordon Haine
1916
asBasil Beckenridge
1916
asRichard Craig
1919
asTom Denton
1916
asWarren Woods
1920
asJohn Rhead
1921
asAugustus Martinot
1925
asHorace Pierpont
1926
asRobert Broadley
1928
asCol. Destin
1925
asHarry Lennox
1928
asDaniel Steele
1924
asStewart Cuyler
1925
asJim Knight
1927
asHammersley
1926
asSebastian Maure
1925
asEarl of Denham
1931
asMaitland White
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