Lewis Stone
Acting
Born: November 14, 1879 · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Died: September 12, 1953 (aged 73)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Grand Hotel
1932
The Lost World
1925
Queen Christina
1934
Scaramouche
1952
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
Treasure Island
1934
David Copperfield
1935
State of the Union
1948
Mata Hari
1931
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952
The Big House
1930
Red-Headed Woman
1932
Photos (1)
Movies (153)
Grand Hotel
Doctor Otternschlag
Angels in the Outfield
Arnold P. Hapgood
Scaramouche
Georges de Valmorin
Treasure Island
Captain Smollett
Mata Hari
Andriani
Queen Christina
Oxenstierna
Passion Flower
Antonio Morado
Red-Headed Woman
William 'Will' Legendre Sr.
Stars in My Crown
Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
Stolen Heaven
Joseph Langauer
The Lost World
Sir John Roxton
State of the Union
Sam Thorndyke
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Cardinal
David Copperfield
Mr. Wickfield
Three Wise Fools
Judge James Trumbell
The Patriot
Count Pahlen
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
Small Town Girl
Dr. Dakin
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Nyland Smith
China Seas
Tom Davids
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Adam Paris
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Captain Holt
Outcast
Anthony Abbott
Bannerline
Josh
Key to the City
Judge Silas Standish
West Point of the Air
Gen. Carter
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
Letty Lynton
District Attorney Haney
Madame X
Louis Floriot
Three Godfathers
James 'Doc' Underwood
Scaramouche
The Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr
The Big Parade of Comedy
Baron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)
Night Into Morning
Dr. Horace Snyder
The Bugle Sounds
Col. Jack Lawton
Romance
Cornelius 'Conny' Van Tuyl
Just This Once
Judge Samuel Coulter
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Judge Hardy
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Judge Hardy
Out West with the Hardys
Judge Hardy
Bureau of Missing Persons
Police Captain Webb
It's a Big Country
Church Sexton
The Big House
Warden James Adams
The Hoodlum Saint
Father Nolan
The White Sister
Prince Guido Chiaromonte
The Bargain
Maitland White
Suzy
Baron
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Judge Hardy
Sworn Enemy
Doctor Simon 'Doc' Gattle
Talk About a Stranger
William J. Wardlaw
The Wet Parade
Roger Chilcote
Love Finds Andy Hardy
James Hardy
The White Mouse
Sgt. Blake, R.C.M.P.
Looking Forward
Gabriel Service Sr.
The Office Wife
Larry Fellowes
A Woman of Affairs
Dr. Hugh Trevelyan
Any Number Can Play
Ben Gavery Snelerr
The Chaser
Delford Prescott
The Ice Follies of 1939
Douglas Tolliver Jr.
Yellow Jack
Maj. Walter Reed
The Son-Daughter
Dr. Dong Tong
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Carlo Boretti
Andy Hardy's Double Life
Judge Hardy
The Unknown Man
James V. Hulbrook
Inspiration
Raymond Delval
Wild Orchids
John Sterling
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Judge Hardy
You're Only Young Once
Judge Hardy
Public Hero Number 1
Prison Warden
Judge Hardy's Children
Judge Hardy
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Judge Hardy
The Secret Six
Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Jackson Douglas
The Phantom of Paris
Inspector Costaud
New Morals for Old
Mr. Thomas
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Judge Hardy
Woman Wanted
District Attorney
The Sun Comes Up
Arthur Norton
Judge Hardy and Son
Judge Hardy
The Northern Trail
Jan Ducet
Their Own Desire
Henry 'Hal' Marlett
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Judge Hardy
The Hardys Ride High
Judge Hardy
Old Loves and New
Gervas Carew
The Golden Snare
Sergeant Philip Raine
The Blonde Saint
Sebastian Maure
The Talker
Harry Lennox
Night Court
Judge William Osgood
The Girl from Missouri
Frank Cousins
The Thirteenth Chair
Inspector Marney
Divorce In The Family
John Parker
Man's Desire
Tom Denton
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
Judge Hardy (archive footage)
The Man Who Cried Wolf
Lawrence Fontaine
What Fools Men
Joseph Greer
The Prince of Headwaiters
Pierre
Strictly Unconventional
Clive Champion-Cheney
The Lady Who Lied
Horace Pierpont
Men Must Fight
Edward Seward
Wonder of Women
Stephen Tromholt
Inside the Lines
Captain Cavendish
Grounds for Marriage
Dr. Carleton Radwin Young
My Past
John Thornley
The Man of Bronze
John Adams
Strictly Dishonorable
Judge Dempsey
Shipmates Forever
Adm. Richard Melville
The Unguarded Hour
General Lawrence
The Girl from Montmartre
Jerome Hautrive
Don't Neglect Your Wife
Langdon Masters
Sporting Blood
Davis Lockwood
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
The President
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Garth McBride
Trifling Women
The Marquis Ferroni
You Can't Buy Everything
John Burton
The World's Applause
John Elliott
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Edward West
Freedom of the Press
Daniel Steele
Too Much Money
Robert Broadley
Don't Turn 'em Loose
John Webster
Lonesome Ladies
John Fosdick
Held by the Enemy
Capt. Gordon Haine
Cheaper to Marry
Jim Knight
Father's Son
William Emory
Nomads of the North
Cpl. O'Connor
Cytherea
Lee Randon
The Concert
Augustus Martinot
A Fool There Was
John Schuyler
Confessions of a Queen
The King
The Prisoner of Zenda
Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf
Unashamed
Henry Trask
Don Juan's 3 Nights
Johann Aradi
The Stranger
Keith Darrant
The Foreign Legion
Col. Destin
Husbands and Lovers
James Livingston
The Private Life of Helen of Troy
Menelaus
Why Men Leave Home
John Emerson
The Rosary
Father Brian Kelly
The Mystery of Mr. X
Police Superintendent Connor
Always Goodbye
John Graham
The Dangerous Age
John Emerson
Fine Clothes
Earl of Denham
Inez from Hollywood
Stewart Cuyler
Plan for Destruction
Commentator
Beau Revel
Lawrence 'Beau' Revel
An Affair of the Follies
Hammersley
Milestones
John Rhead
The Havoc
Richard Craig
The River's End
Derwent Conniston/John Keith
Midnight Lovers
Maj. William Ridgewell, RFC
According to the Code
Basil Beckenridge
Pilgrims of the Night
Philip Champion / Lord Ellingham
The Notorious Lady
Patrick Marlowe / John Carew
The Child Thou Gavest Me
Edward Berkeley
Self / Appearances (8)
MGM Parade
self · 1 eps
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
Himself
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
Some of the Best
Himself - Commentator
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940
Himself / Narrator