Lewis Stone
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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
Credits
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
as Arnold P. Hapgood
Treasure Island (1934)
as Captain Smollett
Scaramouche (1952)
as Georges de Valmorin
Mata Hari (1931)
as Andriani
Grand Hotel (1932)
as Doctor Otternschlag
Passion Flower (1930)
as Antonio Morado
Three Wise Fools (1946)
as Judge James Trumbell
The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
as Nyland Smith
Bannerline (1951)
as Josh
David Copperfield (1935)
as Mr. Wickfield
Queen Christina (1934)
as Oxenstierna
Outcast (1937)
as Anthony Abbott
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944)
as Judge Hardy
Romance (1930)
as Cornelius 'Conny' Van Tuyl
Stolen Heaven (1938)
as Joseph Langauer
State of the Union (1948)
as Sam Thorndyke
Just This Once (1952)
as Judge Samuel Coulter
Twenty Years After (1944)
as (archive footage)
The Wet Parade (1932)
as Roger Chilcote
The Lost World (1925)
as Sir John Roxton
Stars in My Crown (1950)
as Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
as The Cardinal
The Patriot (1928)
as Count Pahlen
Three Godfathers (1936)
as James 'Doc' Underwood
China Seas (1935)
as Tom Davids
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy (1998)
as Judge Hardy (archive footage)
The Office Wife (1930)
as Larry Fellowes
Old Loves and New (1926)
as Gervas Carew
All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)
as Captain Holt
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Night Into Morning (1951)
as Dr. Horace Snyder
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
as Dr. Hugh Trevelyan
The Man of Bronze (1918)
as John Adams
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934)
Actor
The Big House (1930)
as Warden James Adams
The Son-Daughter (1932)
as Dr. Dong Tong
Held by the Enemy (1920)
as Capt. Gordon Haine
Any Number Can Play (1949)
as Ben Gavery Snelerr
Key to the City (1950)
as Judge Silas Standish
You're Only Young Once (1937)
as Judge Hardy
It's a Big Country (1951)
as Church Sexton
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Baron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)
Red-Headed Woman (1932)
as William 'Will' Legendre Sr.
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946)
as Judge Hardy
Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
as Police Captain Webb
The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
as Carlo Boretti
Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
as James Hardy
The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)
as Douglas Tolliver Jr.
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
as Judge Hardy
The White Sister (1933)
as Prince Guido Chiaromonte
The Phantom of Paris (1931)
as Inspector Costaud
Strictly Dishonorable (1931)
as Judge Dempsey
Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942)
as Judge Hardy
The Unknown Man (1951)
as James V. Hulbrook
Out West with the Hardys (1938)
as Judge Hardy
The 13th Chair (1937)
as Inspector Marney
The Hardys Ride High (1939)
as Judge Hardy
Woman Wanted (1935)
as District Attorney
Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
as Self
Talk About a Stranger (1952)
as William J. Wardlaw
The Girl from Missouri (1934)
as Frank Cousins
The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929)
as Edward West
Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936)
as John Webster
My Past (1931)
as John Thornley
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
as Judge Hardy
The Northern Trail (1921)
as Jan Ducet
From the Ends of the Earth (1939)
as Self
The Golden Snare (1921)
as Sergeant Philip Raine
The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937)
as Jackson Douglas
The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)
as Judge Hardy
Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941)
as Judge Hardy
West Point of the Air (1935)
as Gen. Carter
Inside the Lines (1918)
as Captain Cavendish
The Girl from Montmartre (1926)
as Jerome Hautrive
Suzy (1936)
as Baron
The White Mouse (1921)
as Sgt. Blake, R.C.M.P.
The Sun Comes Up (1949)
as Arthur Norton
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
as Father Nolan
The Rosary (1922)
as Father Brian Kelly
The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927)
as Menelaus
The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937)
as Lawrence Fontaine
Why Men Leave Home (1924)
as John Emerson
The Havoc (1916)
as Richard Craig
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941)
as Judge Hardy
Sworn Enemy (1936)
as Doctor Simon 'Doc' Gattle
Confessions of a Queen (1925)
as The King
Shipmates Forever (1935)
as Adm. Richard Melville
Public Hero Number 1 (1935)
as Prison Warden
The Unguarded Hour (1936)
as General Lawrence
Vanessa: Her Love Story (1935)
as Adam Paris
Pilgrims of the Night (1921)
as Philip Champion / Lord Ellingham
Their Own Desire (1929)
as Henry 'Hal' Marlett
The World's Applause (1923)
as John Elliott
New Morals for Old (1932)
as Mr. Thomas
According to the Code (1916)
as Basil Beckenridge
The River's End (1920)
as Derwent Conniston/John Keith
The Lady Who Lied (1925)
as Horace Pierpont
Don Juan's 3 Nights (1926)
as Johann Aradi
Letty Lynton (1932)
as District Attorney Haney
Man's Desire (1919)
as Tom Denton
Inspiration (1931)
as Raymond Delval
The Blonde Saint (1926)
as Sebastian Maure
The Dangerous Age (1923)
as John Emerson
Scaramouche (1923)
as The Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things (1940)
as Judge Hardy
The Secret Six (1931)
as Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
A Fool There Was (1922)
as John Schuyler
Judge Hardy's Children (1938)
as Judge Hardy
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)
as The President
Judge Hardy and Son (1939)
as Judge Hardy
Wild Orchids (1929)
as John Sterling
Milestones (1920)
as John Rhead
The Mystery of Mr. X (1934)
as Police Superintendent Connor
Grounds for Marriage (1951)
as Dr. Carleton Radwin Young
Madame X (1929)
as Louis Floriot
Small Town Girl (1936)
as Dr. Dakin
An Affair of the Follies (1927)
as Hammersley
The Child Thou Gavest Me (1921)
as Edward Berkeley
Complicated Women (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Freedom of the Press (1928)
as Daniel Steele
Nomads of the North (1920)
as Cpl. O'Connor
The Prince of Headwaiters (1927)
as Pierre
What Fools Men (1925)
as Joseph Greer
The Chaser (1938)
as Delford Prescott
The Foreign Legion (1928)
as Col. Destin
Divorce In The Family (1932)
as John Parker
You Can't Fool Your Wife (1923)
as Garth McBride
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920)
as Himself
Too Much Money (1926)
as Robert Broadley
The Talker (1925)
as Harry Lennox
Cytherea (1924)
as Lee Randon
You Can't Buy Everything (1934)
as John Burton
Beau Revel (1921)
as Lawrence 'Beau' Revel
Father's Son (1931)
as William Emory
Inez from Hollywood (1924)
as Stewart Cuyler
The Prisoner of Zenda (1922)
as Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf
The Stranger (1924)
as Keith Darrant
Men Must Fight (1933)
as Edward Seward
Night Court (1932)
as Judge William Osgood
Wonder of Women (1929)
as Stephen Tromholt
Another Romance of Celluloid (1938)
as Self (uncredited)
Yellow Jack (1938)
as Maj. Walter Reed
Trifling Women (1922)
as The Marquis Ferroni
Lonesome Ladies (1927)
as John Fosdick
Some of the Best (1944)
as Himself - Commentator
Looking Forward (1933)
as Gabriel Service Sr.
Plan for Destruction (1943)
as Commentator
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family) (1939)
as Judge James K. Hardy
Sporting Blood (1940)
as Davis Lockwood
Strictly Unconventional (1930)
as Clive Champion-Cheney
Don't Neglect Your Wife (1921)
as Langdon Masters
The Bugle Sounds (1942)
as Col. Jack Lawton
Midnight Lovers (1926)
as Maj. William Ridgewell, RFC
The Bargain (1931)
as Maitland White
Husbands and Lovers (1924)
as James Livingston
Always Goodbye (1931)
as John Graham
Unashamed (1932)
as Henry Trask
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940 (1940)
as Himself / Narrator
Cheaper to Marry (1925)
as Jim Knight
The Concert (1921)
as Augustus Martinot
The Notorious Lady (1927)
as Patrick Marlowe / John Carew
Honor's Altar (1916)
as Warren Woods
Holiday Greetings 1941 (1941)
as Himself
Fine Clothes (1925)
as Earl of Denham