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)

1955

MGM Parade as self

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

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

1950

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

1949

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

1948

State of the Union as Sam Thorndyke

1946

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

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 James Hardy
The Chaser as Delford Prescott
Judge Hardy's Children as Judge Hardy
Another Romance of Celluloid as Self (uncredited)
Out West with the Hardys as Judge Hardy

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

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

1930

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

1929

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

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

1926

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

1925

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

1924

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

1923

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

1920

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

1919

Man's Desire as Tom Denton

1918

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

1916

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