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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1879-11-14
Place of birth
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Cast
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
5.37
The Lost World
1925
6.70
Wild Orchids
1929
6.26
Inspiration
1931
5.50
Queen Christina
1934
6.80
Grand Hotel
1932
6.97
State of the Union
1948
6.68
The Secret Six
1931
5.53
Mata Hari
1931
6.17
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952
6.80
A Woman of Affairs
1928
6.44
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946
5.50
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
1941
5.90
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941
5.40
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940
5.40
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939
5.43
Treasure Island
1934
6.50
Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938
6.02
David Copperfield
1935
6.60
Madame X
1929
6.10
The Big House
1930
6.56
The Unknown Man
1951
4.80
Suzy
1936
5.56
China Seas
1935
6.10
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933
5.56
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942
5.70
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
5.20
It's a Big Country
1951
5.30
The Patriot
1928
5.00
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953
5.88
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944
5.80
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
5.69
Romance
1930
6.24
The Phantom of Paris
1931
5.90
Talk About a Stranger
1952
6.00
The Office Wife
1930
4.68
Red-Headed Woman
1932
6.50
Scaramouche
1923
7.20
The Bugle Sounds
1942
6.00
Plan for Destruction
1943
6.00
Out West with the Hardys
1938
6.40
Judge Hardy and Son
1939
5.60
Any Number Can Play
1949
6.90
Their Own Desire
1929
4.69
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1929
6.00
Small Town Girl
1936
5.90
West Point of the Air
1935
6.00
Judge Hardy's Children
1938
6.50
Key to the City
1950
6.20
Stars in My Crown
1950
6.90
The Prisoner of Zenda
1922
6.30
The Sun Comes Up
1949
6.40
Divorce In The Family
1932
6.00
The Hardys Ride High
1939
5.80
You're Only Young Once
1937
5.50
The Wet Parade
1932
5.80
Night Court
1932
6.40
Letty Lynton
1932
6.80
The Mystery of Mr. X
1934
6.88
Yellow Jack
1938
5.60
Three Godfathers
1936
6.88
Strictly Dishonorable
1931
5.10
The White Sister
1933
4.88
Men Must Fight
1933
5.70
The Thirteenth Chair
1937
6.14
Stolen Heaven
1938
0.00
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
6.00
Wonder of Women
1929
3.00
You Can't Buy Everything
1934
7.00
Passion Flower
1930
5.10
Nomads of the North
1920
5.50
The Notorious Lady
1927
7.00
Beau Revel
1921
4.00
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939
5.60
Shipmates Forever
1935
6.50
The Unguarded Hour
1936
6.20
The Son-Daughter
1932
7.00
My Past
1931
3.30
Don't Turn 'em Loose
1936
4.00
Sworn Enemy
1936
5.30
Bannerline
1951
6.00
Three Wise Fools
1946
5.00
Woman Wanted
1935
6.30
The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937
5.50
New Morals for Old
1932
3.60
Unashamed
1932
6.30
Andy Hardy's Double Life
1942
4.80
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
7.00
Strictly Unconventional
1930
2.70
The World's Applause
1923
0.00
The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937
6.00
Holiday Greetings 1941
1941
0.00
Grounds for Marriage
1951
4.30
Looking Forward
1933
6.20
Always Goodbye
1931
0.00
Don't Neglect Your Wife
1921
0.00
Cytherea
1924
0.00
The Girl from Missouri
1934
6.93
Just This Once
1952
3.80
Scaramouche
1952
7.01
Public Hero Number 1
1935
6.20
Sporting Blood
1940
3.50
Confessions of a Queen
1925
7.00
Night Into Morning
1951
5.64
Angels in the Outfield
1951
6.74
The Prince of Headwaiters
1927
0.00
Father's Son
1931
0.00
Lonesome Ladies
1927
0.00
Midnight Lovers
1926
6.00
The River's End
1920
0.00
The Dangerous Age
1923
0.00
Outcast
1937
0.00
Why Men Leave Home
1924
1.00
The Child Thou Gavest Me
1921
0.00
Complicated Women
2003
6.70
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
6.91
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
0.00
Twenty Years After
1944
6.00
The Stranger
1924
0.00
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
6.00
Trifling Women
1922
1.00
The Chaser
1938
6.00
Husbands and Lovers
1924
0.00
Don Juan's 3 Nights
1926
1.00
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
5.00
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
6.30
Some of the Best
1944
0.00
What Fools Men
1925
1.00
The Girl from Montmartre
1926
0.00
Old Loves and New
1926
2.33
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1923
0.00
A Fool There Was
1922
0.00
The Man of Bronze
1918
0.00
Inside the Lines
1918
0.00
The White Mouse
1921
0.00
Pilgrims of the Night
1921
0.00
The Rosary
1922
0.00
The Golden Snare
1921
0.00
The Northern Trail
1921
0.00
Held by the Enemy
1920
0.00
According to the Code
1916
0.00
The Havoc
1916
0.00
Man's Desire
1919
0.00
Honor's Altar
1916
0.00
Milestones
1920
0.00
The Concert
1921
0.00
The Lady Who Lied
1925
0.00
Too Much Money
1926
0.00
The Foreign Legion
1928
0.00
The Talker
1925
1.00
Freedom of the Press
1928
0.00
Inez from Hollywood
1924
0.00
Cheaper to Marry
1925
0.00
An Affair of the Follies
1927
0.00
The Blonde Saint
1926
0.00
Fine Clothes
1925
0.00
The Bargain
1931
0.00
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
1998
5.20