Lewis Stone
Known for: Acting
Born: November 14, 1879
Died: September 12, 1953
Place of birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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.
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Filmography
165 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
7.0
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
6.9
Complicated Women
2003
5.3
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
1998
7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
7.2
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
7.5
MGM Parade
1955
6.1
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953
6.9
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952
7.0
Scaramouche
1952
6.2
Talk About a Stranger
1952
4.4
Just This Once
1952
5.9
It's a Big Country
1951
5.1
The Unknown Man
1951
7.0
Angels in the Outfield
1951
6.8
Bannerline
1951
6.0
Night Into Morning
1951
5.0
Grounds for Marriage
1951
7.0
Stars in My Crown
1950
6.5
Key to the City
1950
6.9
Any Number Can Play
1949
6.5
The Sun Comes Up
1949
6.8
State of the Union
1948
5.9
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946
5.7
Three Wise Fools
1946
5.5
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
6.3
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944
8.0
Twenty Years After
1944
10.0
Some of the Best
1944
6.6
Plan for Destruction
1943
5.0
Andy Hardy's Double Life
1942
6.2
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942
6.8
The Bugle Sounds
19427.0
Holiday Greetings 1941
1941
6.0
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
1941
5.7
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941
4.2
Sporting Blood
1940
5.7
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940
5.8
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
19408.0
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
1940
6.0
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940
1940
5.9
Judge Hardy and Son
1939
5.0
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
5.7
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939
5.0
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
6.5
The Hardys Ride High
1939
5.6
The Ice Follies of 1939
19395.5
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
1939
6.7
Out West with the Hardys
1938
8.0
The Chaser
1938
6.2
Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938
5.9
Yellow Jack
1938
7.0
Stolen Heaven
1938
6.8
Judge Hardy's Children
1938
5.3
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
6.8
The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937
5.7
You're Only Young Once
1937
7.0
The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937
6.5
The Thirteenth Chair
1937
8.0
Outcast
1937
5.0
Don't Turn 'em Loose
1936
5.8
Sworn Enemy
1936
5.9
Suzy
1936
6.0
Small Town Girl
1936
6.4
The Unguarded Hour
1936
6.9
Three Godfathers
1936
6.6
Shipmates Forever
1935
6.3
China Seas
1935
6.8
Woman Wanted
1935
6.3
Public Hero Number 1
1935
7.0
West Point of the Air
1935
6.2
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
6.7
David Copperfield
1935
6.5
Treasure Island
1934
7.4
The Girl from Missouri
1934
7.3
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
6.8
The Mystery of Mr. X
1934
6.9
Queen Christina
1934
8.0
You Can't Buy Everything
1934
5.7
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933
6.6
Looking Forward
1933
5.4
The White Sister
1933
6.2
Men Must Fight
1933
6.5
The Son-Daughter
1932
5.4
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
7.0
Grand Hotel
1932
6.8
Divorce In The Family
1932
7.3
Unashamed
1932
6.6
Red-Headed Woman
1932
6.5
Night Court
1932
4.5
New Morals for Old
1932
7.0
Letty Lynton
1932
6.2
The Wet Parade
1932
6.2
Mata Hari
1931
5.4
Strictly Dishonorable
1931
5.9
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
6.0
The Phantom of Paris
1931
9.0
The Bargain
1931
10.0
Always Goodbye
1931
4.0
My Past
1931
5.6
The Secret Six
1931
9.0
Father's Son
1931
5.9
Inspiration
1931
5.4
Passion Flower
1930
5.1
The Office Wife
1930
6.5
Romance
1930
6.6
The Big House
1930
4.3
Strictly Unconventional
1930
5.1
Their Own Desire
1929
6.3
Madame X
1929
4.0
Wonder of Women
1929
6.4
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1929
6.3
Wild Orchids
1929
6.5
A Woman of Affairs
1928
8.0
Freedom of the Press
1928
5.8
The Patriot
1928
9.0
The Foreign Legion
1928
4.4
The Private Life of Helen of Troy
1927
7.0
The Prince of Headwaiters
1927
7.0
Lonesome Ladies
1927
7.5
The Notorious Lady
1927
9.0
An Affair of the Follies
1927
10.0
The Blonde Saint
1926
7.5
Midnight Lovers
1926
3.7
Don Juan's 3 Nights
1926
4.0
Old Loves and New
1926
10.0
The Girl from Montmartre
1926
9.0
Too Much Money
1926
3.7
What Fools Men
1925
8.0
Fine Clothes
1925
9.0
The Lady Who Lied
1925
4.0
The Talker
1925
7.3
Confessions of a Queen
1925
7.0
Cheaper to Marry
1925
6.7
The Lost World
1925
8.0
Inez from Hollywood
1924
7.0
Husbands and Lovers
1924
8.0
Cytherea
1924
3.0
Why Men Leave Home
1924
9.0
The Stranger
1924
7.2
Scaramouche
1923
10.0
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1923
8.0
The Dangerous Age
1923
9.0
The World's Applause
1923
3.0
Trifling Women
1922
6.4
The Prisoner of Zenda
1922
10.0
A Fool There Was
1922
7.0
The Rosary
1922
8.0
The White Mouse
1921
10.0
Pilgrims of the Night
1921
10.0
The Child Thou Gavest Me
1921
7.0
Don't Neglect Your Wife
1921
7.0
The Golden Snare
1921
9.0
The Northern Trail
1921
5.0
Beau Revel
1921
10.0
The Concert
1921
9.0
Held by the Enemy
1920
5.7
Nomads of the North
1920
8.0
Milestones
1920
6.0
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
1920
7.0
The River's End
1920
7.0
Man's Desire
1919
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The Man of Bronze
1918
NR
Inside the Lines
1918
NR
According to the Code
1916
NR
The Havoc
1916NR
Honor's Altar
1916