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