
Lewis Stone
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.
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Angels in the Outfield

Treasure Island

Mata Hari

State of the Union

China Seas

David Copperfield

Stars in My Crown

The Mask of Fu Manchu

That's Entertainment, Part II

The Prisoner of Zenda

Stolen Heaven

Bureau of Missing Persons

Passion Flower

Three Godfathers

Bannerline

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Lost World

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

The Patriot

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

Any Number Can Play

It's a Big Country

Twenty Years After

Key to the City

The White Sister

The Girl from Missouri

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

All the Brothers Were Valiant

Romance

Talk About a Stranger

Out West with the Hardys

The Wet Parade

From the Ends of the Earth

Small Town Girl

The Son-Daughter

The Phantom of Paris

A Woman of Affairs

Love Finds Andy Hardy

The Courtship of Andy Hardy

Andy Hardy's Double Life

The Hardys Ride High

Sworn Enemy

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

West Point of the Air

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

Outcast

Public Hero Number 1

Red-Headed Woman

The Ice Follies of 1939

The Sun Comes Up

The Secret Six

Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy

Vanessa: Her Love Story

Life Begins for Andy Hardy

You're Only Young Once

Suzy

Just This Once

Judge Hardy's Children

The Trial of Mary Dugan

Complicated Women

The Chaser

Inspiration

Old Loves and New

New Morals for Old

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

The Big House

Letty Lynton

You Can't Buy Everything

The Mystery of Mr. X

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Three Wise Fools

Woman Wanted

The Man Who Cried Wolf

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

Judge Hardy and Son

Another Romance of Celluloid

Night Into Morning

Scaramouche

A Fool There Was

The Stranger

Don't Turn 'em Loose

Confessions of a Queen

The Unknown Man

The Office Wife

Yellow Jack

The Prisoner of Zenda

The River's End

Grounds for Marriage

Night Court

Inside the Lines

The Lady Who Lied

Wild Orchids

The Man of Bronze

Looking Forward

Madame X

The Bad Man of Brimstone

The Thirteenth Chair

The White Mouse

The Blonde Saint

Why Men Leave Home

The Hoodlum Saint

Don't Neglect Your Wife

Nomads of the North

Held by the Enemy

Shipmates Forever

Unashamed

Strictly Dishonorable

The Unguarded Hour

Divorce In The Family

The Private Life of Helen of Troy

Strictly Unconventional

The World's Applause

The Talker

Father's Son

The Northern Trail

You Can't Fool Your Wife

Pilgrims of the Night

Beau Revel

Their Own Desire

Cytherea

The Bugle Sounds

Men Must Fight

The Girl from Montmartre

Wonder of Women

The Rosary

Husbands and Lovers

Trifling Women

The Dangerous Age

The Prince of Headwaiters

Inez from Hollywood

The Bargain

Sporting Blood

Freedom of the Press

My Past

The Golden Snare

According to the Code

What Fools Men

Don Juan's 3 Nights

Lonesome Ladies

Fine Clothes

Some of the Best

The Notorious Lady

The Child Thou Gavest Me

Man's Desire

The Concert

A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios

Cheaper to Marry

An Affair of the Follies

Too Much Money

Milestones

The Havoc

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940

Midnight Lovers

Always Goodbye

Plan for Destruction




