Lewis Stone
- Acting
- November 14, 1879 · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- September 12, 1953
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Checking Out: Grand Hotel · Self
- Complicated Women · Self
- Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy · Judge Hardy (archive footage)
- That's Entertainment, Part II · (archive footage)
- The Big Parade of Comedy · Baron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)
- MGM Parade · Self
- All the Brothers Were Valiant · Captain Holt
- The Prisoner of Zenda · The Cardinal
- Scaramouche · Georges de Valmorin
- Talk About a Stranger · William J. Wardlaw
- Just This Once · Judge Samuel Coulter
- It's a Big Country · Church Sexton
- The Unknown Man · James V. Hulbrook
- Angels in the Outfield · Arnold P. Hapgood
- Bannerline · Josh
- Night Into Morning · Dr. Horace Snyder
- Grounds for Marriage · Dr. Carleton Radwin Young
- Stars in My Crown · Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
- Key to the City · Judge Silas Standish
- Any Number Can Play · Ben Gavery Snelerr
- The Sun Comes Up · Arthur Norton
- State of the Union · Sam Thorndyke
- Love Laughs at Andy Hardy · Judge Hardy
- Three Wise Fools · Judge James Trumbell
- The Hoodlum Saint · Father Nolan
- Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble · Judge Hardy
- Twenty Years After · (archive footage)
- Some of the Best · Self
- Plan for Destruction · Commentator
- Andy Hardy's Double Life · Judge Hardy
- The Courtship of Andy Hardy · Judge Hardy
- The Bugle Sounds · Col. Jack Lawton
- Holiday Greetings 1941 · Self
- Life Begins for Andy Hardy · Judge Hardy
- Andy Hardy's Private Secretary · Judge Hardy
- Sporting Blood · Davis Lockwood
- Andy Hardy Meets Debutante · Judge Hardy
- Hollywood: Style Center of the World · Self
- Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things · Judge Hardy
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940 · Himself / Narrator
- Judge Hardy and Son · Judge Hardy
- Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President · The President
- Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever · Judge Hardy
- From the Ends of the Earth · Self
- The Hardys Ride High · Judge Hardy
- The Ice Follies of 1939 · Douglas Tolliver Jr.
- Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family) · Judge James K. Hardy
- Out West with the Hardys · Judge Hardy
- The Chaser · Delford Prescott
- Love Finds Andy Hardy · James Hardy
- Yellow Jack · Maj. Walter Reed
- Stolen Heaven · Joseph Langauer
- Judge Hardy's Children · Judge Hardy
- Another Romance of Celluloid · Self
- The Bad Man of Brimstone · Jackson Douglas
- You're Only Young Once · Judge Hardy
- The Man Who Cried Wolf · Lawrence Fontaine
- The Thirteenth Chair · Inspector Marney
- Outcast · Anthony Abbott
- Don't Turn 'em Loose · John Webster
- Sworn Enemy · Doctor Simon 'Doc' Gattle
- Suzy · Baron
- Small Town Girl · Dr. Dakin
- The Unguarded Hour · General Lawrence
- Three Godfathers · James 'Doc' Underwood
- Shipmates Forever · Adm. Richard Melville
- China Seas · Tom Davids
- Woman Wanted · District Attorney
- Public Hero Number 1 · Prison Warden
- West Point of the Air · Gen. Carter
- Vanessa: Her Love Story · Adam Paris
- David Copperfield · Mr. Wickfield
- Treasure Island · Captain Smollett
- The Girl from Missouri · Frank Cousins
- Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
- The Mystery of Mr. X · Police Superintendent Connor
- Queen Christina · Oxenstierna
- You Can't Buy Everything · John Burton
- Bureau of Missing Persons · Police Captain Webb
- Looking Forward · Gabriel Service Sr.