Lewis Stone

Born: 1879-11-14 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 1953-09-12

Known For: Acting

Biography

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.

Filmography

2004

Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self (archive footage)

2003

Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)

1998

Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy as Judge Hardy (archive footage)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy as Baron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)

1953

All the Brothers Were Valiant as Captain Holt

1952

Scaramouche as Georges de Valmorin
The Prisoner of Zenda as The Cardinal
Just This Once as Judge Samuel Coulter
Talk About a Stranger as William J. Wardlaw

1951

The Unknown Man as Judge James V. Hulbrook
It's a Big Country as Church Sexton
Night Into Morning as Dr. Horace Snyder
Grounds for Marriage as Dr. Carleton Radwin Young
Angels in the Outfield as Arnold P. Hapgood
Bannerline as Josh

1950

Key to the City as Judge Silas Standish
Stars in My Crown as Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.

1949

The Sun Comes Up as Arthur Norton
Any Number Can Play as Ben Gavery Snelerr

1948

State of the Union as Sam Thorndyke

1946

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy as Judge Hardy
The Hoodlum Saint as Father Nolan
Three Wise Fools as Judge James Trumbell

1944

Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble as Judge Hardy
Some of the Best as Himself - Commentator

1938

Stolen Heaven as Joseph Langauer
Yellow Jack as Maj. Walter Reed
Love Finds Andy Hardy as Judge Hardy
Another Romance of Celluloid as Self (uncredited)
Out West with the Hardys as Judge Hardy
Judge Hardy's Children as Judge Hardy
The Chaser as Delford Prescott

1937

Outcast as Anthony Abbott
You're Only Young Once as Judge Hardy
The Man Who Cried Wolf as Lawrence Fontaine
The Bad Man of Brimstone as Jackson Douglas
The Thirteenth Chair as Inspector Marney

1936

Suzy as Baron
Three Godfathers as James 'Doc' Underwood
Small Town Girl as Dr. Dakin
The Unguarded Hour as General Lawrence
Don't Turn 'em Loose as John Webster
Sworn Enemy as Doctor Simon 'Doc' Gattle

1935

China Seas as Tom Davids
Woman Wanted as District Attorney
Shipmates Forever as Adm. Richard Melville
David Copperfield as Mr. Wickfield
West Point of the Air as Gen. Carter
Public Hero Number 1 as Prison Warden
Vanessa: Her Love Story as Adam Paris

1934

Queen Christina as Oxenstierna
Treasure Island as Captain Smollett
The Girl from Missouri as Frank Cousins
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
The Mystery of Mr. X as Police Superintendent Connor
You Can't Buy Everything as John Burton

1933

Looking Forward as Gabriel Service Sr.
Bureau of Missing Persons as Police Captain Webb
The White Sister as Prince Guido Chiaromonte
Men Must Fight as Edward Seward

1932

Unashamed as Henry Trask
Night Court as Judge William Osgood
Red-Headed Woman as William 'Will' Legendre Sr.
The Mask of Fu Manchu as Nyland Smith
Grand Hotel as Doctor Otternschlag
New Morals for Old as Mr. Thomas
Divorce In The Family as John Parker
The Son-Daughter as Dr. Dong Tong
The Wet Parade as Roger Chilcote
Letty Lynton as District Attorney Haney

1931

Always Goodbye as John Graham
Inspiration as Raymond Delval
The Bargain as Maitland White
My Past as John Thornley
Mata Hari as Andriani
The Sin of Madelon Claudet as Carlo Boretti
Strictly Dishonorable as Judge Dempsey
The Secret Six as Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
Father's Son as William Emory
The Phantom of Paris as Inspector Costaud

1930

Strictly Unconventional as Clive Champion-Cheney
The Big House as Warden James Adams
Passion Flower as Antonio Morado
The Office Wife as Larry Fellowes
Romance as Cornelius 'Conny' Van Tuyl

1929

Wonder of Women as Stephen Tromholt
The Trial of Mary Dugan as Edward West
Their Own Desire as Henry 'Hal' Marlett
Wild Orchids as John Sterling
Madame X as Louis Floriot

1928

The Patriot as Count Pahlen
A Woman of Affairs as Dr. Hugh Trevelyan
Freedom of the Press as Daniel Steele
The Foreign Legion as Col. Destin

1927

Lonesome Ladies as John Fosdick
The Private Life of Helen of Troy as Menelaus
An Affair of the Follies as Hammersley
The Notorious Lady as Patrick Marlowe / John Carew
The Prince of Headwaiters as Pierre

1926

Don Juan's 3 Nights as Johann Aradi
The Girl from Montmartre as Jerome Hautrive
Old Loves and New as Gervas Carew
The Blonde Saint as Sebastian Maure
Too Much Money as Robert Broadley
Midnight Lovers as Maj. William Ridgewell, RFC

1925

Fine Clothes as Earl of Denham
The Lost World as Sir John Roxton
The Talker as Harry Lennox
Confessions of a Queen as The King
The Lady Who Lied as Horace Pierpont
Cheaper to Marry as Jim Knight
What Fools Men as Joseph Greer

1924

The Stranger as Keith Darrant
Cytherea as Lee Randon
Husbands and Lovers as James Livingston
Why Men Leave Home as John Emerson
Inez from Hollywood as Stewart Cuyler

1923

Scaramouche as The Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr
The Dangerous Age as John Emerson
The World's Applause as John Elliott
You Can't Fool Your Wife as Garth McBride

1922

The Prisoner of Zenda as Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf
A Fool There Was as John Schuyler
Trifling Women as The Marquis Ferroni
The Rosary as Father Brian Kelly

1921

The Concert as Augustus Martinot
Pilgrims of the Night as Philip Champion / Lord Ellingham
Don't Neglect Your Wife as Langdon Masters
The Child Thou Gavest Me as Edward Berkeley
The White Mouse as Sgt. Blake, R.C.M.P.
The Northern Trail as Jan Ducet
The Golden Snare as Sergeant Philip Raine
Beau Revel as Lawrence 'Beau' Revel

1920

The River's End as Derwent Conniston/John Keith
Nomads of the North as Cpl. O'Connor
Milestones as John Rhead
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios as Himself
Held by the Enemy as Capt. Gordon Haine

1919

Man's Desire as Tom Denton

1918

The Man of Bronze as John Adams
Inside the Lines as Captain Cavendish

1916

Honor's Altar as Warren Woods
According to the Code as Basil Beckenridge
The Havoc as Richard Craig