Lewis Stone
Acting
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.
Known for
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
Self (archive footage)
movieComplicated Women
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieAlone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
1998
Judge Hardy (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
(archive footage)
movieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Baron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)
tvMGM Parade
1955
self
movieAll the Brothers Were Valiant
1953
Captain Holt
movieThe Prisoner of Zenda
1952
The Cardinal
movieScaramouche
1952
Georges de Valmorin
movieTalk About a Stranger
1952
William J. Wardlaw
movieJust This Once
1952
Judge Samuel Coulter
movieIt's a Big Country
1951
Church Sexton
movieThe Unknown Man
1951
James V. Hulbrook
movieAngels in the Outfield
1951
Arnold P. Hapgood
movieNight Into Morning
1951
Dr. Horace Snyder
movieGrounds for Marriage
1951
Dr. Carleton Radwin Young
movieStars in My Crown
1950
Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
movieKey to the City
1950
Judge Silas Standish
movieAny Number Can Play
1949
Ben Gavery Snelerr
movieThe Sun Comes Up
1949
Arthur Norton
movieState of the Union
1948
Sam Thorndyke
movieLove Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946
Judge Hardy
movieThree Wise Fools
1946
Judge James Trumbell
movieThe Hoodlum Saint
1946
Father Nolan
movieAndy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944
Judge Hardy
movieTwenty Years After
1944
(archive footage)
movieSome of the Best
1944
Himself - Commentator
moviePlan for Destruction
1943
Commentator
movieAndy Hardy's Double Life
1942
Judge Hardy
movieThe Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942
Judge Hardy
movieThe Bugle Sounds
1942
Col. Jack Lawton
movieLife Begins for Andy Hardy
1941
Judge Hardy
movieAndy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941
Judge Hardy
movieSporting Blood
1940
Davis Lockwood
movieAndy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940
Judge Hardy
movieMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940
1940
Himself / Narrator
movieJudge Hardy and Son
1939
Judge Hardy
movieJoe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
The President
movieAndy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939
Judge Hardy
movieThe Hardys Ride High
1939
Judge Hardy
movieThe Ice Follies of 1939
1939
Douglas Tolliver Jr.
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
1939
Judge James K. Hardy
movieOut West with the Hardys
1938
Judge Hardy
movieThe Chaser
1938
Delford Prescott
movieLove Finds Andy Hardy
1938
James Hardy
movieYellow Jack
1938
Maj. Walter Reed
movieStolen Heaven
1938
Joseph Langauer
movieJudge Hardy's Children
1938
Judge Hardy
movieAnother Romance of Celluloid
1938
Self (uncredited)
movieThe Bad Man of Brimstone
1937
Jackson Douglas
movieYou're Only Young Once
1937
Judge Hardy
movieThe Man Who Cried Wolf
1937
Lawrence Fontaine
movieThe Thirteenth Chair
1937
Inspector Marney
movieOutcast
1937
Anthony Abbott
movieDon't Turn 'em Loose
1936
John Webster
movieSworn Enemy
1936
Doctor Simon 'Doc' Gattle
movieSuzy
1936
Baron
movieSmall Town Girl
1936
Dr. Dakin
movieThe Unguarded Hour
1936
General Lawrence
movieThree Godfathers
1936
James 'Doc' Underwood
movieShipmates Forever
1935
Adm. Richard Melville
movieChina Seas
1935
Tom Davids
movieWoman Wanted
1935
District Attorney
moviePublic Hero Number 1
1935
Prison Warden
movieWest Point of the Air
1935
Gen. Carter
movieVanessa: Her Love Story
1935
Adam Paris
movieDavid Copperfield
1935
Mr. Wickfield
movieTreasure Island
1934
Captain Smollett
movieThe Girl from Missouri
1934
Frank Cousins
movieThe Mystery of Mr. X
1934
Police Superintendent Connor
movieQueen Christina
1934
Oxenstierna
movieYou Can't Buy Everything
1934
John Burton
movieBureau of Missing Persons
1933
Police Captain Webb
movieLooking Forward
1933
Gabriel Service Sr.
movieThe White Sister
1933
Prince Guido Chiaromonte
movieMen Must Fight
1933
Edward Seward
movieThe Son-Daughter
1932
Dr. Dong Tong
movieThe Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
Nyland Smith
movieGrand Hotel
1932
Doctor Otternschlag
movieDivorce In The Family
1932
John Parker
movieUnashamed
1932
Henry Trask
movieRed-Headed Woman
1932
William 'Will' Legendre Sr.
movieNight Court
1932
Judge William Osgood
movieNew Morals for Old
1932
Mr. Thomas
movieLetty Lynton
1932
District Attorney Haney
movieThe Wet Parade
1932
Roger Chilcote
movieMata Hari
1931
Andriani
movieStrictly Dishonorable
1931
Judge Dempsey
movieThe Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
Carlo Boretti
movieThe Phantom of Paris
1931
Inspector Costaud
movieThe Bargain
1931
Maitland White
movieAlways Goodbye
1931
John Graham
movieMy Past
1931
John Thornley
movieThe Secret Six
1931
Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
movieFather's Son
1931
William Emory
movieInspiration
1931
Raymond Delval
moviePassion Flower
1930
Antonio Morado
movieThe Office Wife
1930
Larry Fellowes
movieRomance
1930
Cornelius 'Conny' Van Tuyl
movieThe Big House
1930
Warden James Adams
movieStrictly Unconventional
1930
Clive Champion-Cheney
movieTheir Own Desire
1929
Henry 'Hal' Marlett
movieMadame X
1929
Louis Floriot
movieWonder of Women
1929
Stephen Tromholt
movieThe Trial of Mary Dugan
1929
Edward West
movieWild Orchids
1929
John Sterling
movieA Woman of Affairs
1928
Dr. Hugh Trevelyan
movieFreedom of the Press
1928
Daniel Steele
movieThe Patriot
1928
Count Pahlen
movieThe Foreign Legion
1928
Col. Destin
movieLonesome Ladies
1927
John Fosdick
movieThe Notorious Lady
1927
Patrick Marlowe / John Carew
movieAn Affair of the Follies
1927
Hammersley
movieThe Blonde Saint
1926
Sebastian Maure
movieMidnight Lovers
1926
Maj. William Ridgewell, RFC
movieDon Juan's 3 Nights
1926
Johann Aradi
movieOld Loves and New
1926
Gervas Carew
movieThe Girl from Montmartre
1926
Jerome Hautrive
movieToo Much Money
1926
Robert Broadley
movieWhat Fools Men
1925
Joseph Greer
movieFine Clothes
1925
Earl of Denham
movieThe Lady Who Lied
1925
Horace Pierpont
movieThe Talker
1925
Harry Lennox
movieConfessions of a Queen
1925
The King
movieCheaper to Marry
1925
Jim Knight
movieThe Lost World
1925
Sir John Roxton
movieInez from Hollywood
1924
Stewart Cuyler
movieHusbands and Lovers
1924
James Livingston
movieCytherea
1924
Lee Randon
movieWhy Men Leave Home
1924
John Emerson
movieThe Stranger
1924
Keith Darrant
movieScaramouche
1923
The Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr
movieYou Can't Fool Your Wife
1923
Garth McBride
movieThe Dangerous Age
1923
John Emerson
movieThe World's Applause
1923
John Elliott
movieTrifling Women
1922
The Marquis Ferroni
movieThe Prisoner of Zenda
1922
Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf
movieA Fool There Was
1922
John Schuyler
movieThe Rosary
1922
Father Brian Kelly
movieThe White Mouse
1921
Sgt. Blake, R.C.M.P.
moviePilgrims of the Night
1921
Philip Champion / Lord Ellingham
movieThe Child Thou Gavest Me
1921
Edward Berkeley
movieDon't Neglect Your Wife
1921
Langdon Masters
movieThe Golden Snare
1921
Sergeant Philip Raine
movieThe Northern Trail
1921
Jan Ducet
movieBeau Revel
1921
Lawrence 'Beau' Revel
movieThe Concert
1921
Augustus Martinot
movieHeld by the Enemy
1920
Capt. Gordon Haine
movieNomads of the North
1920
Cpl. O'Connor
movieMilestones
1920
John Rhead
movieThe River's End
1920
Derwent Conniston/John Keith
movieMan's Desire
1919
Tom Denton
movieThe Man of Bronze
1918
John Adams
movieInside the Lines
1918
Captain Cavendish
movieAccording to the Code
1916
Basil Beckenridge
movieThe Havoc
1916
Richard Craig
Honor's Altar
1916
Warren Woods
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movieMan's Desire
1919
Writer