Lewis Stone

Acting · 1.0 popularity

Age

146

Movies

165

Born: November 14, 1879 – September 12, 1953
From: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Works

165 films

Grand Hotel

19327.0

Angels in the Outfield

19517.0

Queen Christina

19346.9

Scaramouche

19527.0

Treasure Island

19346.5

Mata Hari

19316.2

Stolen Heaven

19387.0

David Copperfield

19356.7

Passion Flower

19305.4

The Patriot

19285.8

The Lost World

19256.7

State of the Union

19486.8

The Prisoner of Zenda

19526.9

Complicated Women

20036.9

China Seas

19356.2

That's Entertainment, Part II

19767.0

The Mask of Fu Manchu

19325.4

Three Godfathers

19366.9

All the Brothers Were Valiant

19536.1

Three Wise Fools

19465.7

The Wet Parade

19326.2

Twenty Years After

19448.0

Romance

19306.5

The Bad Man of Brimstone

19376.7

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

19405.8

Letty Lynton

19327.0

Stars in My Crown

19507.0

Grounds for Marriage

19515.0

The Big Parade of Comedy

19647.2

It's a Big Country

19515.9

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

19446.3

Red-Headed Woman

19326.6

The Unknown Man

19515.1

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

19415.7

Bannerline

19516.8

Just This Once

19524.4

The Son-Daughter

19326.5

Night Into Morning

19516.0

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

19405.7

Love Finds Andy Hardy

19386.2

Any Number Can Play

19496.9

Andy Hardy's Double Life

19425.0

A Woman of Affairs

19286.5

Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy

19985.3

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

19465.9

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

19347.3

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

19395.7

Outcast

19378.0

Bureau of Missing Persons

19335.7

Small Town Girl

19366.0

The Ice Follies of 1939

19395.7

The Secret Six

19315.6

Strictly Dishonorable

19315.4

Their Own Desire

19295.1

The Big House

19306.6

Old Loves and New

19264.0

The Bugle Sounds

19426.8

The Courtship of Andy Hardy

19426.2

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

19315.9

The Office Wife

19304.9

Wild Orchids

19296.4

You're Only Young Once

19375.7

Out West with the Hardys

19386.7

The Man of Bronze

1918

Inside the Lines

1918

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

19395.0

Judge Hardy's Children

19386.8

The Chaser

19388.0

From the Ends of the Earth

19395.0

Woman Wanted

19356.8

West Point of the Air

19357.0

Key to the City

19506.5

Night Court

19326.4

Man's Desire

19197.0

Sporting Blood

19404.2

The Hoodlum Saint

19465.5

The Phantom of Paris

19316.0

Men Must Fight

19336.2

New Morals for Old

19324.5

The Hardys Ride High

19396.5

Sworn Enemy

19365.8

What Fools Men

19253.7

Vanessa: Her Love Story

19356.2

The White Sister

19335.4

Life Begins for Andy Hardy

19416.0

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

20047.0

The Girl from Missouri

19347.4

The Northern Trail

19219.0

Suzy

19365.9

Yellow Jack

19385.9

Cheaper to Marry

19257.0

Judge Hardy and Son

19395.9

A Fool There Was

192210.0

You Can't Fool Your Wife

192310.0

The Prisoner of Zenda

19226.4

Inspiration

19315.9

The Blonde Saint

192610.0

Nomads of the North

19205.7

Strictly Unconventional

19304.3

The Talker

19254.0

Shipmates Forever

19356.6

Another Romance of Celluloid

19385.3

The Prince of Headwaiters

19277.0

Father's Son

19319.0

Scaramouche

19237.2

According to the Code

1916

The Mystery of Mr. X

19346.8

Don't Turn 'em Loose

19365.0

My Past

19314.0

Madame X

19296.3

Midnight Lovers

19267.5

Public Hero Number 1

19356.3

You Can't Buy Everything

19348.0

Looking Forward

19336.6

The Stranger

19249.0

Plan for Destruction

19436.6

Cytherea

19248.0

Divorce In The Family

19326.8

The White Mouse

19218.0

The Thirteenth Chair

19376.5

The River's End

19207.0

Beau Revel

19215.0

Unashamed

19327.3

Husbands and Lovers

19247.0

The World's Applause

19239.0

Inez from Hollywood

19248.0

The Dangerous Age

19238.0

The Unguarded Hour

19366.4

The Child Thou Gavest Me

192110.0

The Private Life of Helen of Troy

19274.4

Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)

19395.5

The Man Who Cried Wolf

19377.0

The Sun Comes Up

19496.5

The Golden Snare

19217.0

Holiday Greetings 1941

19417.0

The Lady Who Lied

19259.0

Too Much Money

19269.0

Wonder of Women

19294.0

Freedom of the Press

19288.0

Talk About a Stranger

19526.2

The Rosary

19227.0

Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things

19408.0

Confessions of a Queen

19257.3

The Trial of Mary Dugan

19296.4

Don't Neglect Your Wife

19217.0

Held by the Enemy

19209.0

A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios

19206.0

The Notorious Lady

19277.5

Why Men Leave Home

19243.0

The Foreign Legion

19289.0

Milestones

19208.0

Always Goodbye

193110.0

Fine Clothes

19258.0

The Bargain

19319.0

Don Juan's 3 Nights

19263.7

Pilgrims of the Night

192110.0

An Affair of the Follies

19279.0

The Girl from Montmartre

192610.0

Some of the Best

194410.0

Trifling Women

19223.0

The Concert

192110.0

Lonesome Ladies

19277.0

Honor's Altar

1916

The Havoc

1916

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940

19406.0