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Lewis Stone
🎂 Nov 14, 1879 — 🕯️ Sep 12, 1953 (73 years)
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA 1.3 popularity
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.
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149
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Angels in the Outfield
1951
Romance
1930
Grand Hotel
1932
Scaramouche
1952
Stars in My Crown
1950
The Lost World
1925
Mata Hari
1931
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
The Wet Parade
1932
China Seas
1935
State of the Union
1948
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952
Queen Christina
1934
Bannerline
1951
Treasure Island
1934
Red-Headed Woman
1932
It's a Big Country
1951
David Copperfield
1935
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
West Point of the Air
1935
Andy Hardy's Double Life
1942
Out West with the Hardys
1938
Public Hero Number 1
1935
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953
Woman Wanted
1935
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939
Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944
The Son-Daughter
1932
Talk About a Stranger
1952
Yellow Jack
1938
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
1998
Suzy
1936
Just This Once
1952
Sporting Blood
1940
Small Town Girl
1936
Any Number Can Play
1949
The Unknown Man
1951
Passion Flower
1930
Don't Turn 'em Loose
1936
Night Into Morning
1951
Scaramouche
1923
The Prisoner of Zenda
1922
The Hardys Ride High
1939
The Big House
1930
Key to the City
1950
Looking Forward
1933
The Bugle Sounds
1942
Sworn Enemy
1936
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
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Lewis Stone
1879-11-14 · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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.