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Interprétation

Lew Ayres

Métier
Interprétation
Naissance
28 décembre 1908 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Décès
30 décembre 1996

Biographie

Lew Ayres was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in San Diego, California. A college dropout, he was found by a talent scout in the Coconut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles and entered Hollywood as a bit player. He was leading man to Greta Garbo in The Kiss (1929), but it was the role of Paul Baumer in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) that was his big break. He was profoundly affected by the anti-war message of that film, and when, in 1942, the popular star of Young Dr. Kildare (1938) and subsequent Dr. Kildare films was drafted, he was a conscientious objector. America was outraged, and theaters vowed never to show his films again, but quietly he achieved the Medical Corps status he had requested, serving as a medic under fire in the South Pacific and as a chaplain's aid in New Guinea and the Phillipines. His return to film after the war was undistinguished until Johnny Belinda (1948) - his role as the sympathetic physician treating the deaf-mute Jane Wyman won him an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor. Subsequent movie roles were scarce; an opportunity to play Dr. Kildare in television was aborted when the network refused to honor his request for no cigarette sponsorship. He continued to act, but in the 1970s put his long experience into a project to bring to the west the philosophy of the East - the resulting film, Altars of the World (1976), while not a box-office success, won critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award. Lew Ayres died in Los Angeles, California on December 30, 1996, just two days after his 88th birthday.

Connu pour

Affiche de L'Agence tous risques
L'Agence tous risques
Série · 1983 · ★ 7,5
Affiche de La Bataille de la planète des singes
La Bataille de la planète des singes
Film · 1973 · ★ 5,7
Affiche de La Petite Maison dans la prairie
La Petite Maison dans la prairie
Série · 1974 · ★ 8,0
Affiche de À l'ouest, rien de nouveau
À l'ouest, rien de nouveau
Film · 1930 · ★ 7,8
Affiche de Columbo
Columbo
Série · 1971 · ★ 8,1
Affiche de La Malédiction II
La Malédiction II
Film · 1978 · ★ 6,4
Affiche de Les Vampires de Salem
Les Vampires de Salem
Série · 1979 · ★ 6,8
Affiche de Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman
Série · 1975 · ★ 7,0
Affiche de Magnum
Magnum
Série · 1980 · ★ 7,3
Affiche de Vacances
Vacances
Film · 1938 · ★ 7,3
Affiche de Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica
Série · 1978 · ★ 7,1
Affiche de Super Jaimie
Super Jaimie
Série · 1976 · ★ 7,0

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