Lewis Stone
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 14, 1879
- Died
- September 12, 1953 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
Movie · as Judge Hardy (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie · as Baron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)
MGM Parade
TV · as self · 1 ep
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Movie · as Captain Holt
The Prisoner of Zenda
Movie · as The Cardinal
Talk About a Stranger
Movie · as William J. Wardlaw
Just This Once
Movie · as Judge Samuel Coulter
Scaramouche
Movie · as Georges de Valmorin
The Unknown Man
Movie · as James V. Hulbrook
It's a Big Country
Movie · as Church Sexton
Bannerline
Movie · as Josh
Grounds for Marriage
Movie · as Dr. Carleton Radwin Young
Night Into Morning
Movie · as Dr. Horace Snyder
Angels in the Outfield
Movie · as Arnold P. Hapgood
Key to the City
Movie · as Judge Silas Standish
Stars in My Crown
Movie · as Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
Any Number Can Play
Movie · as Ben Gavery Snelerr
The Sun Comes Up
Movie · as Arthur Norton
State of the Union
Movie · as Sam Thorndyke
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Movie · as Judge Hardy
The Hoodlum Saint
Movie · as Father Nolan
Three Wise Fools
Movie · as Judge James Trumbell
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Movie · as Judge Hardy
Twenty Years After
Movie · as (archive footage)
Some of the Best
Movie · as Himself - Commentator
Plan for Destruction
Movie · as Commentator
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Movie · as Judge Hardy
The Bugle Sounds
Movie · as Col. Jack Lawton
Andy Hardy's Double Life
Movie · as Judge Hardy
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Movie · as Judge Hardy
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Movie · as Judge Hardy
Holiday Greetings 1941
Movie · as Himself
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Movie · as Judge Hardy
Sporting Blood
Movie · as Davis Lockwood
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
Movie · as Judge Hardy
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940
Movie · as Himself / Narrator
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Movie · as Self
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Movie · as Judge Hardy
Judge Hardy and Son
Movie · as Judge Hardy
The Hardys Ride High
Movie · as Judge Hardy
The Ice Follies of 1939
Movie · as Douglas Tolliver Jr.
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
Movie · as Judge James K. Hardy
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Movie · as The President
From the Ends of the Earth
Movie · as Self
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Movie · as James Hardy
Out West with the Hardys
Movie · as Judge Hardy
Judge Hardy's Children
Movie · as Judge Hardy
Yellow Jack
Movie · as Maj. Walter Reed
Stolen Heaven
Movie · as Joseph Langauer
The Chaser
Movie · as Delford Prescott
Another Romance of Celluloid
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
You're Only Young Once
Movie · as Judge Hardy
The 13th Chair
Movie · as Inspector Marney
The Man Who Cried Wolf
Movie · as Lawrence Fontaine
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Movie · as Jackson Douglas
Outcast
Movie · as Anthony Abbott
Suzy
Movie · as Baron
Small Town Girl
Movie · as Dr. Dakin
Three Godfathers
Movie · as James 'Doc' Underwood
The Unguarded Hour
Movie · as General Lawrence
Don't Turn 'em Loose
Movie · as John Webster
Sworn Enemy
Movie · as Doctor Simon 'Doc' Gattle
David Copperfield
Movie · as Mr. Wickfield
China Seas
Movie · as Tom Davids
West Point of the Air
Movie · as Gen. Carter
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Movie · as Adam Paris
Shipmates Forever
Movie · as Adm. Richard Melville
Woman Wanted
Movie · as District Attorney
Public Hero Number 1
Movie · as Prison Warden
Queen Christina
Movie · as Oxenstierna
Treasure Island
Movie · as Captain Smollett
The Mystery of Mr. X
Movie · as Police Superintendent Connor
You Can't Buy Everything
Movie · as John Burton
The Girl from Missouri
Movie · as Frank Cousins
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
Movie
Bureau of Missing Persons
Movie · as Police Captain Webb
The White Sister
Movie · as Prince Guido Chiaromonte
Men Must Fight
Movie · as Edward Seward
Looking Forward
Movie · as Gabriel Service Sr.
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Movie · as Nyland Smith
Grand Hotel
Movie · as Doctor Otternschlag
Red-Headed Woman
Movie · as William 'Will' Legendre Sr.
Divorce In The Family
Movie · as John Parker
The Wet Parade
Movie · as Roger Chilcote
Night Court
Movie · as Judge William Osgood
Letty Lynton
Movie · as District Attorney Haney
The Son-Daughter
Movie · as Dr. Dong Tong
New Morals for Old
Movie · as Mr. Thomas
Unashamed
Movie · as Henry Trask
Inspiration
Movie · as Raymond Delval
The Secret Six
Movie · as Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
Mata Hari
Movie · as Andriani
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Movie · as Carlo Boretti
The Phantom of Paris
Movie · as Inspector Costaud
Strictly Dishonorable
Movie · as Judge Dempsey
My Past
Movie · as John Thornley
Always Goodbye
Movie · as John Graham
Father's Son
Movie · as William Emory
The Bargain
Movie · as Maitland White
The Big House
Movie · as Warden James Adams
Romance
Movie · as Cornelius 'Conny' Van Tuyl
The Office Wife
Movie · as Larry Fellowes
Passion Flower
Movie · as Antonio Morado
Strictly Unconventional
Movie · as Clive Champion-Cheney
Wild Orchids
Movie · as John Sterling
Madame X
Movie · as Louis Floriot
Their Own Desire
Movie · as Henry 'Hal' Marlett
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Movie · as Edward West
Wonder of Women
Movie · as Stephen Tromholt
A Woman of Affairs
Movie · as Dr. Hugh Trevelyan
The Patriot
Movie · as Count Pahlen
Freedom of the Press
Movie · as Daniel Steele
The Foreign Legion
Movie · as Col. Destin
The Notorious Lady
Movie · as Patrick Marlowe / John Carew
The Private Life of Helen of Troy
Movie · as Menelaus
The Prince of Headwaiters
Movie · as Pierre
Lonesome Ladies
Movie · as John Fosdick
An Affair of the Follies
Movie · as Hammersley
Midnight Lovers
Movie · as Maj. William Ridgewell, RFC
Don Juan's 3 Nights
Movie · as Johann Aradi
The Girl from Montmartre
Movie · as Jerome Hautrive
Old Loves and New
Movie · as Gervas Carew
The Blonde Saint
Movie · as Sebastian Maure
Too Much Money
Movie · as Robert Broadley
The Lost World
Movie · as Sir John Roxton
Confessions of a Queen
Movie · as The King
What Fools Men
Movie · as Joseph Greer
Fine Clothes
Movie · as Earl of Denham
The Lady Who Lied
Movie · as Horace Pierpont
The Talker
Movie · as Harry Lennox
Cheaper to Marry
Movie · as Jim Knight
Cytherea
Movie · as Lee Randon
Why Men Leave Home
Movie · as John Emerson
The Stranger
Movie · as Keith Darrant
Husbands and Lovers
Movie · as James Livingston
Inez from Hollywood
Movie · as Stewart Cuyler
Scaramouche
Movie · as The Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr
The World's Applause
Movie · as John Elliott
The Dangerous Age
Movie · as John Emerson
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Movie · as Garth McBride
The Prisoner of Zenda
Movie · as Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf
Trifling Women
Movie · as The Marquis Ferroni
A Fool There Was
Movie · as John Schuyler
The Rosary
Movie · as Father Brian Kelly
Beau Revel
Movie · as Lawrence 'Beau' Revel
Don't Neglect Your Wife
Movie · as Langdon Masters
The Child Thou Gavest Me
Movie · as Edward Berkeley
The White Mouse
Movie · as Sgt. Blake, R.C.M.P.
Pilgrims of the Night
Movie · as Philip Champion / Lord Ellingham
The Golden Snare
Movie · as Sergeant Philip Raine
The Northern Trail
Movie · as Jan Ducet
The Concert
Movie · as Augustus Martinot
Nomads of the North
Movie · as Cpl. O'Connor
The River's End
Movie · as Derwent Conniston/John Keith
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
Movie · as Himself
Held by the Enemy
Movie · as Capt. Gordon Haine
Milestones
Movie · as John Rhead
Man's Desire
Movie · as Tom Denton
The Man of Bronze
Movie · as John Adams
Inside the Lines
Movie · as Captain Cavendish
According to the Code
Movie · as Basil Beckenridge
The Havoc
Movie · as Richard Craig
Honor's Altar
Movie · as Warren Woods