Lewis Stone

Lewis Stone

  • Birthday: 1879-11-14
  • Deathday: 1953-09-12
  • Place of birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
  • Also know as: Lewis Shepard Stone

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.

Filmography

Life Begins for Andy Hardy

1941

As Judge Hardy

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

1940

As Judge Hardy

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

1941

As Judge Hardy

Love Finds Andy Hardy

1938

As Judge Hardy

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

1939

As Judge Hardy

The Courtship of Andy Hardy

1942

As Judge Hardy

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

1944

As Judge Hardy

Plan for Destruction

1943

As Commentator

Judge Hardy's Children

1938

As Judge Hardy

The Prisoner of Zenda

1922

As Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf

The Hardys Ride High

1939

As Judge Hardy

You're Only Young Once

1937

As Judge Hardy

Wonder of Women

1929

As Stephen Trombolt

Beau Revel

1921

As Lawrence 'Beau' Revel

The Notorious Lady

1927

As Patrick Marlowe / John Carew

Don't Turn 'em Loose

1936

As John Webster

The Man Who Cried Wolf

1937

As Lawrence Fontaine

Andy Hardy's Double Life

1942

As Judge Hardy

Holiday Greetings 1941

1941

As Himself

Lonesome Ladies

1927

As John Fosdick

The River's End

1920

As Derwent Conniston/John Keith

Midnight Lovers

1926

As Maj. William Ridgewell, RFC

The Dangerous Age

1923

As John Emerson

Why Men Leave Home

1924

As John Emerson

Husbands and Lovers

1924

As James Livingston

Don Juan's 3 Nights

1926

As Johann Aradi

Some of the Best

1944

As Himself - Commentator

What Fools Men

1925

As Joseph Greer

Old Loves and New

1926

As Gervas Carew

Freedom of the Press

1928

As Daniel Steele

Too Much Money

1926

As Robert Broadley

The Lady Who Lied

1925

As Horace Pierpont

Fine Clothes

1925

As Earl of Denham

The Blonde Saint

1926

As Sebastian Maure

An Affair of the Follies

1927

As Hammersley

According to the Code

1916

As Basil Beckenridge

The White Mouse

1921

As Sgt. Blake, R.C.M.P.

The Northern Trail

1921

As Jan Ducet

The Man of Bronze

1918

As John Adams

The Golden Snare

1921

As Sergeant Philip Raine

Man's Desire

1919

As Tom Denton

Inside the Lines

1918

As Captain Cavendish

Pilgrims of the Night

1921

As Philip Champion / Lord Ellingham

The Rosary

1922

As Father Brian Kelly

The Concert

1921

As Augustus Martinot

Milestones

1920

As John Rhead

The Bargain

1931

As Maitland White

The Lost World

1925

As Sir John Roxton

The Mask of Fu Manchu

1932

As Nyland Smith

Wild Orchids

1929

As John Sterling

Madame X

1929

As Louis Floriot

Bureau of Missing Persons

1933

As Police Captain Webb

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

1931

As Carlo Boretti

Romance

1930

As Cornelius 'Conny' Van Tuyl

The Office Wife

1930

As Larry Fellowes

The Trial of Mary Dugan

1929

As Edward West

Out West with the Hardys

1938

As Judge Hardy

Judge Hardy and Son

1939

As Judge Hardy

The Wet Parade

1932

As Roger Chilcote

Three Godfathers

1936

As James 'Doc' Underwood

Men Must Fight

1933

As Edward Seward

The Thirteenth Chair

1937

As Inspector Marney

My Past

1931

As John Thornley

The World's Applause

1923

As John Elliott

Looking Forward

1933

As Gabriel Service Sr.

Always Goodbye

1931

As John Graham

Don't Neglect Your Wife

1921

As Langdon Masters

Cytherea

1924

As Lee Randon

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

1946

As Judge Hardy

Confessions of a Queen

1925

As The King

The Secret Six

1931

As Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law

Father's Son

1931

As William Emory

The Girl from Montmartre

1926

As Jerome Hautrive

Cheaper to Marry

1925

As Jim Knight

The Foreign Legion

1928

As Col. Destin

The Talker

1925

As Harry Lennox

Inez from Hollywood

1924

As Stewart Cuyler

A Fool There Was

1922

As John Schuyler

The Havoc

1916

As Richard Craig

Inspiration

1931

As Raymond Delval

A Woman of Affairs

1928

As Dr. Hugh Trevelyan

The Big House

1930

As Warden James Adams

The Patriot

1928

As Count Pahlen

Red-Headed Woman

1932

As William 'Will' Legendre Sr.

The Phantom of Paris

1931

As Inspector Costaud

Scaramouche

1923

As The Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr

Their Own Desire

1929

As Henry 'Hal' Marlett

West Point of the Air

1935

As Gen. Carter

Divorce In The Family

1932

As John Parker

The Mystery of Mr. X

1934

As Connor

Yellow Jack

1938

As Maj. Walter Reed

Strictly Dishonorable

1931

As Judge Dempsey

The White Sister

1933

As Prince Guido Chiaromonte

You Can't Buy Everything

1934

As John Burton

Nomads of the North

1920

As Cpl. O'Connor

Shipmates Forever

1935

As Adm. Richard Melville

The Unguarded Hour

1936

As General Lawrence

The Son-Daughter

1932

As Dr. Dong Tong

Three Wise Fools

1946

As Judge James Trumbell

Woman Wanted

1935

As District Attorney

New Morals for Old

1932

As Mr. Thomas

Unashamed

1932

As Henry Trask

Just This Once

1952

As Judge Samuel Coulter

Sporting Blood

1940

As Davis Lockwood

Outcast

1937

As Anthony Abbott

The Stranger

1924

As Keith Darrant

The Chaser

1938

As Delford Prescott

You Can't Fool Your Wife

1923

As Garth McBride

Honor's Altar

1916

As Warren Woods

Queen Christina

1933

As Oxenstierna

Mata Hari

1931

As Andriani

Suzy

1936

As Baron

China Seas

1935

As Tom Davids

All the Brothers Were Valiant

1953

As Captain Holt

Talk About a Stranger

1952

As William J. Wardlaw

The Sun Comes Up

1949

As Arthur Norton

Night Court

1932

As Judge William Osgood

Letty Lynton

1932

As District Attorney Haney

Stolen Heaven

1938

As Joseph Langauer

The Ice Follies of 1939

1939

As Douglas Tolliver Jr.

Sworn Enemy

1936

As Doctor Simon 'Doc' Gattle

The Bad Man of Brimstone

1937

As Jackson Douglas

Strictly Unconventional

1930

As Clive Champion-Cheney

The Girl from Missouri

1934

As Frank Cousins

Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)

1939

As Judge James K. Hardy

The Bugle Sounds

1942

As Col. Jack Lawton

Night Into Morning

1951

As Dr. Horace Snyder

The Child Thou Gavest Me

1921

As Edward Berkeley

The Prisoner of Zenda

1952

As The Cardinal

Treasure Island

1934

As Captain Smollett

The Unknown Man

1951

As Judge James V. Hulbrook

The Hoodlum Saint

1946

As Father Nolan

Small Town Girl

1936

As Dr. Dakin

Stars in My Crown

1950

As Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.

Vanessa: Her Love Story

1935

As Adam Paris

Passion Flower

1930

As Antonio Morado

Bannerline

1951

As Josh

Grounds for Marriage

1951

As Dr. Carleton Radwin Young

Angels in the Outfield

1951

As Arnold P. Hapgood

Trifling Women

1922

As The Marquis Ferroni

Held by the Enemy

1920

As Capt. Gordon Haine

Grand Hotel

1932

As Doctor Otternschlag

State of the Union

1948

As Sam Thorndyke

Public Hero Number 1

1935

As Prison Warden

Any Number Can Play

1949

As Ben Gavery Snelerr

Key to the City

1950

As Judge Silas Standish

Scaramouche

1952

As Georges de Valmorin

It's a Big Country

1951

As Church Sexton

Another Romance of Celluloid

1938

As Self (uncredited)

David Copperfield

1935

As Mr. Wickfield

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004

As Self (archive footage)

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

As (archive footage)

Complicated Women

2003

As Self (archive footage)

Twenty Years After

1944

As (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

As (archive footage)

Production

Man's Desire

1919

As Writer

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