Movies List
TV Show List
All the Brothers Were Valiant

as Captain Holt

1953
The Prisoner of Zenda

as The Cardinal

1952
Scaramouche

as Georges de Valmorin

1952
Talk About a Stranger

as William J. Wardlaw

1952
Just This Once

as Judge Samuel Coulter

1952
Angels in the Outfield

as Arnold P. Hapgood

1951
The Unknown Man

as Judge James V. Hulbrook

1951
Bannerline

as Josh

1951
Night Into Morning

as Dr. Horace Snyder

1951
Grounds for Marriage

as Dr. Carleton Radwin Young

1951
Stars in My Crown

as Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.

1950
Key to the City

as Judge Silas Standish

1950
Any Number Can Play

as Ben Gavery Snelerr

1949
The Sun Comes Up

as Arthur Norton

1949
State of the Union

as Sam Thorndyke

1948
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

as Judge Hardy

1946
The Hoodlum Saint

as Father Nolan

1946
Plan for Destruction

as Commentator

1943
Andy Hardy's Double Life

as Judge Hardy

1942
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

as Judge Hardy

1941
Life Begins for Andy Hardy

as Judge Hardy

1941
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

as Judge Hardy

1940
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

as Judge Hardy

1939
The Ice Follies of 1939

as Douglas Tolliver Jr.

1939
Love Finds Andy Hardy

as Judge Hardy

1938
Judge Hardy's Children

as Judge Hardy

1938
You're Only Young Once

as Judge Hardy

1937
The Thirteenth Chair

as Inspector Marney

1937
Small Town Girl

as Dr. Dakin

1936
The Unguarded Hour

as General Lawrence

1936
Lewis Stone Lewis Stone

Birthday

1879-11-15

Place of Birth

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.
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