Lewis Stone

Known for ActingBorn 1879-11-14Died 1953-09-12Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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.Read more

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Some of the Best

Always Goodbye

The Girl from Montmartre

The Blonde Saint

You Can't Fool Your Wife

A Fool There Was

The Child Thou Gavest Me

Pilgrims of the Night

The Concert

MGM Parade

Father's Son

The Bargain

The Foreign Legion

An Affair of the Follies

Too Much Money

The Lady Who Lied

The Stranger

The World's Applause

The Northern Trail

Held by the Enemy

Twenty Years After

Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things

The Chaser

Outcast

You Can't Buy Everything

Freedom of the Press

Fine Clothes

Cytherea

Inez from Hollywood

The Dangerous Age

The White Mouse

Milestones

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

Complicated Women

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Notorious Lady

Midnight Lovers

That's Entertainment, Part II

The Girl from Missouri

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

Confessions of a Queen

Unashamed

Scaramouche

Letty Lynton

Angels in the Outfield

Stars in My Crown

Scaramouche

The Prisoner of Zenda