Lewis Stone
Lewis Stone
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.
Acted Movies
Director: Richard Thorpe
Writers: Edward E. Rose,
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Francis Pierlot, James Mason, Jane Greer, Lewis Stone, Louis Calhern, Peter Brocco, Robert Coote, Robert Douglas, Stewart Granger,
Director: George Sidney
Writers: Ronald Millar,
Cast: Eleanor Parker, Elisabeth Risdon, Henry Wilcoxon, Janet Leigh, Lewis Stone, Mel Ferrer, Nina Foch, Richard Anderson, Robert Coote, Stewart Granger,
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Writers: Ben Hecht,
Cast: C. Aubrey Smith, David Torrence, Elizabeth Young, Georges Renavent, Greta Garbo, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Ian Keith, John Gilbert, Lewis Stone, Reginald Owen,
Director: Edmund Goulding
Writers: Vicki Baum,
Cast: Ferdinand Gottschalk, Greta Garbo, Jean Hersholt, Joan Crawford, John Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Lionel Barrymore, Purnell Pratt, Robert McWade, Wallace Beery,
Director: George Fitzmaurice
Writers: Benjamin Glazer,
Cast: Alec B. Francis, Blanche Friderici, C. Henry Gordon, Edmund Breese, Greta Garbo, Helen Jerome Eddy, Karen Morley, Lewis Stone, Lionel Barrymore, Ramon Novarro,
Director: Harry O. Hoyt
Writers: Marion Fairfax,
Cast: Alma Bennett, Arthur Hoyt, Bessie Love, Bull Montana, Frank Finch Smiles, Jules Cowles, Lewis Stone, Lloyd Hughes, Margaret McWade, Wallace Beery,