Lewis Stone
Acting
Born November 14, 1879 · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Films (165)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
Complicated Women
2003
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
1998
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952
Scaramouche
1952
Talk About a Stranger
1952
Just This Once
1952
It's a Big Country
1951
The Unknown Man
1951
Angels in the Outfield
1951
Bannerline
1951
Night Into Morning
1951
Grounds for Marriage
1951
Stars in My Crown
1950
Key to the City
1950
Any Number Can Play
1949
The Sun Comes Up
1949
State of the Union
1948
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946
Three Wise Fools
1946
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944
Twenty Years After
1944
Some of the Best
1944
Plan for Destruction
1943
Andy Hardy's Double Life
1942
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942
The Bugle Sounds
1942
Holiday Greetings 1941
1941
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
1941
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941
Sporting Blood
1940
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
1940
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940
1940
Judge Hardy and Son
1939
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
The Hardys Ride High
1939
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
1939
Out West with the Hardys
1938
The Chaser
1938
Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938
Yellow Jack
1938
Stolen Heaven
1938
Judge Hardy's Children
1938
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937
You're Only Young Once
1937
The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937
The Thirteenth Chair
1937
Outcast
1937
Don't Turn 'em Loose
1936
Sworn Enemy
1936
Suzy
1936
Small Town Girl
1936
The Unguarded Hour
1936
Three Godfathers
1936
Shipmates Forever
1935
China Seas
1935
Woman Wanted
1935
Public Hero Number 1
1935
West Point of the Air
1935
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
David Copperfield
1935
Treasure Island
1934
The Girl from Missouri
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
The Mystery of Mr. X
1934
Queen Christina
1934
You Can't Buy Everything
1934
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933
Looking Forward
1933
The White Sister
1933
Men Must Fight
1933
The Son-Daughter
1932
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
Grand Hotel
1932
Divorce In The Family
1932
Unashamed
1932
Red-Headed Woman
1932
Night Court
1932
New Morals for Old
1932
Letty Lynton
1932
The Wet Parade
1932
Mata Hari
1931
Strictly Dishonorable
1931
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
The Phantom of Paris
1931
The Bargain
1931
Always Goodbye
1931
My Past
1931
The Secret Six
1931
Father's Son
1931
Inspiration
1931
Passion Flower
1930
The Office Wife
1930
Romance
1930
The Big House
1930
Strictly Unconventional
1930
Their Own Desire
1929
Madame X
1929
Wonder of Women
1929
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1929
Wild Orchids
1929
A Woman of Affairs
1928
Freedom of the Press
1928
The Patriot
1928
The Foreign Legion
1928
The Private Life of Helen of Troy
1927
The Prince of Headwaiters
1927
Lonesome Ladies
1927
The Notorious Lady
1927
An Affair of the Follies
1927
The Blonde Saint
1926
Midnight Lovers
1926
Don Juan's 3 Nights
1926
Old Loves and New
1926
The Girl from Montmartre
1926
Too Much Money
1926
What Fools Men
1925
Fine Clothes
1925
The Lady Who Lied
1925
The Talker
1925
Confessions of a Queen
1925
Cheaper to Marry
1925
The Lost World
1925
Inez from Hollywood
1924
Husbands and Lovers
1924
Cytherea
1924
Why Men Leave Home
1924
The Stranger
1924
Scaramouche
1923
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1923
The Dangerous Age
1923
The World's Applause
1923
Trifling Women
1922
The Prisoner of Zenda
1922
A Fool There Was
1922
The Rosary
1922
The White Mouse
1921
Pilgrims of the Night
1921
The Child Thou Gavest Me
1921
Don't Neglect Your Wife
1921
The Golden Snare
1921
The Northern Trail
1921
Beau Revel
1921
The Concert
1921
Held by the Enemy
1920
Nomads of the North
1920
Milestones
1920
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
1920
The River's End
1920
Man's Desire
1919
The Man of Bronze
1918
Inside the Lines
1918
According to the Code
1916
The Havoc
1916
Honor's Altar
1916