Lewis Stone
Birthday: 1879-11-14
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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The Mask of Fu Manchu
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The Lost World
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Wild Orchids
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Inspiration
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Queen Christina
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The Secret Six
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Mata Hari
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David Copperfield
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Suzy
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Andy Hardy's Double Life
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The Private Life of Helen of Troy
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel
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The Bad Man of Brimstone
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Holiday Greetings 1941
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Grounds for Marriage
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Looking Forward
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Always Goodbye
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Don't Neglect Your Wife
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Cytherea
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The Girl from Missouri
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Just This Once
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Scaramouche
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Public Hero Number 1
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Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
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Sporting Blood
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Confessions of a Queen
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Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
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Night Into Morning
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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
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Angels in the Outfield
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The Prince of Headwaiters
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Father's Son
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940
Promotional short produced for the opening of the Metro Cinema in Cairo in 1940....
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Midnight Lovers
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The River's End
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The Dangerous Age
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Outcast
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Why Men Leave Home
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The Child Thou Gavest Me
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Hollywood: Style Center of the World
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Complicated Women
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That's Entertainment, Part II
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From the Ends of the Earth
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Twenty Years After
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The Stranger
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Trifling Women
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The Chaser
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Husbands and Lovers
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Don Juan's 3 Nights
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Another Romance of Celluloid
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The Big Parade of Comedy
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Some of the Best
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What Fools Men
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A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
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You Can't Fool Your Wife
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A Fool There Was
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The Man of Bronze
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Inside the Lines
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The White Mouse
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Pilgrims of the Night
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The Rosary
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The Golden Snare
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The Northern Trail
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Held by the Enemy
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The Havoc
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Honor's Altar
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Milestones
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The Concert
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The Lady Who Lied
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Too Much Money
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The Foreign Legion
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The Talker
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Freedom of the Press
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Cheaper to Marry
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An Affair of the Follies
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The Blonde Saint
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Fine Clothes
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The Bargain
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