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