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