Lewis Stone
Age: 73 | From: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1879-11-15 15:52:50
Death: 1953-09-12 15:52:50
Aliases: Lewis Shepard Stone , Lewis S. Stone , Mr. Lewis Stone
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Movie Involvements: 127
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Lost World
(1925) Sir John Roxton
Grand Hotel
(1932) Doctor Otternschlag
Queen Christina
(1933) Oxenstierna
David Copperfield
(1935) Mr. Wickfield
The Prisoner of Zenda
(1952) The Cardinal
That's Entertainment, Part II
(1976) (archive footage)
Treasure Island
(1934) Captain Smollett
The Mask of Fu Manchu
(1932) Nyland SmithActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2003 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1976 | (archive footage) | |
| 1964 | (archive footage) | |
| 1963 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1953 | Captain Holt | |
| 1952 | The Cardinal | |
| Georges de Valmorin | ||
| William J. Wardlaw | ||
| Judge Samuel Coulter | ||
| 1951 | Church Sexton | |
| Judge James V. Hulbrook | ||
| Arnold P. Hapgood | ||
| Josh | ||
| Dr. Horace Snyder | ||
| Dr. Carleton Radwin Young | ||
| 1950 | Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr. | |
| Judge Silas Standish | ||
| 1949 | Ben Gavery Snelerr | |
| Arthur Norton | ||
| 1948 | Sam Thorndyke | |
| 1946 | Judge Hardy | |
| Judge James Trumbell | ||
| Father Nolan | ||
| 1944 | Judge Hardy | |
| Himself - Commentator | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| 1943 | Commentator | |
| 1942 | Judge Hardy | |
| Judge Hardy | ||
| Col. Jack Lawton | ||
| 1941 | Himself | |
| Judge Hardy | ||
| Judge Hardy | ||
| 1940 | Davis Lockwood | |
| Judge Hardy | ||
| Self | ||
| Himself / Narrator | ||
| Judge Hardy | ||
| 1939 | Judge Hardy | |
| The President | ||
| Judge Hardy | ||
| Self | ||
| Judge Hardy | ||
| Douglas Tolliver Jr. | ||
| Judge James K. Hardy | ||
| 1938 | Judge Hardy | |
| Delford Prescott | ||
| Judge Hardy | ||
| Maj. Walter Reed | ||
| Joseph Langauer | ||
| Judge Hardy | ||
| Self (uncredited) | ||
| 1937 | Jackson Douglas | |
| Judge Hardy | ||
| Lawrence Fontaine | ||
| Inspector Marney | ||
| Anthony Abbott | ||
| 1936 | John Webster | |
| Doctor Simon 'Doc' Gattle | ||
| Baron | ||
| General Lawrence | ||
| Dr. Dakin | ||
| James 'Doc' Underwood | ||
| 1935 | Richard Melville | |
| Tom Davids | ||
| District Attorney | ||
| Prison Warden | ||
| Gen. Carter | ||
| Adam Paris | ||
| Mr. Wickfield | ||
| 1934 | Captain Smollett | |
| Frank Cousins | ||
| N/A | ||
| Connor | ||
| John Burton | ||
| 1933 | Oxenstierna | |
| Police Captain Webb | ||
| Gabriel Service Sr. | ||
| Prince Guido Chiaromonte | ||
| Edward Seward | ||
| 1932 | Dr. Dong Tong | |
| Nyland Smith | ||
| John Parker | ||
| Henry Trask | ||
| William 'Will' Legendre Sr. | ||
| Mr. Thomas | ||
| Judge William Osgood | ||
| Doctor Otternschlag | ||
| District Attorney Haney | ||
| Roger Chilcote | ||
| 1931 | Andriani | |
| Judge Dempsey | ||
| Carlo Boretti | ||
| Inspector Costaud | ||
| Maitland White | ||
| John Graham | ||
| John Thornley | ||
| Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law | ||
| William Emory | ||
| Raymond Delval | ||
| 1930 | Antonio Morado | |
| Larry Fellowes | ||
| Cornelius 'Conny' Van Tuyl | ||
| Warden James Adams | ||
| Clive Champion-Cheney | ||
| 1929 | Henry 'Hal' Marlett | |
| Louis Floriot | ||
| Stephen Trombolt | ||
| Edward West | ||
| John Sterling | ||
| 1928 | Dr. Hugh Trevelyan | |
| Daniel Steele | ||
| Count Pahlen | ||
| Col. Destin | ||
| 1927 | Menelaus | |
| Pierre | ||
| John Fosdick | ||
| Patrick Marlowe / John Carew | ||
| Hammersley | ||
| 1926 | Sebastian Maure | |
| Maj. William Ridgewell, RFC | ||
| Johann Aradi | ||
| Gervas Carew | ||
| Jerome Hautrive | ||
| Robert Broadley | ||
| 1925 | Joseph Greer | |
| Earl of Denham | ||
| Horace Pierpont | ||
| Harry Lennox | ||
| The King | ||
| Jim Knight | ||
| Sir John Roxton | ||
| 1924 | Stewart Cuyler | |
| James Livingston | ||
| Lee Randon | ||
| John Emerson | ||
| Keith Darrant | ||
| 1923 | The Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr | |
| Garth McBride | ||
| John Emerson | ||
| John Elliott | ||
| 1922 | The Marquis Ferroni | |
| Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf | ||
| John Schuyler | ||
| Father Brian Kelly | ||
| 1921 | Sgt. Blake, R.C.M.P. | |
| Philip Champion / Lord Ellingham | ||
| Edward Berkeley | ||
| Langdon Masters | ||
| Sergeant Philip Raine | ||
| Jan Ducet | ||
| Lawrence 'Beau' Revel | ||
| Augustus Martinot | ||
| 1920 | Capt. Gordon Haine | |
| Cpl. O'Connor | ||
| John Rhead | ||
| Himself | ||
| Derwent Conniston/John Keith | ||
| 1919 | Tom Denton | |
| 1918 | John Adams | |
| Captain Cavendish | ||
| 1916 | Basil Beckenridge | |
| Richard Craig | ||
| Warren Woods | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |