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