Lewis Stone

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1879-11-14 (74 years old)

Deathday

1953-09-12

Place of Birth

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Lewis Stone

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 Garb...

Acting

1932

The Mask of Fu Manchu

as Nyland Smith

1925

The Lost World

as Sir John Roxton

1929

Wild Orchids

as John Sterling

1931

Inspiration

as Raymond Delval

1933

Queen Christina

as Oxenstierna

1932

Grand Hotel

as Doctor Otternschlag

1948

State of the Union

as Sam Thorndyke

1931

The Secret Six

as Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law

1931

Mata Hari

as Andriani

1952

The Prisoner of Zenda

as The Cardinal

1928

A Woman of Affairs

as Dr. Hugh Trevelyan

1946

1941

1940

1934

Treasure Island

as Captain Smollett

1938

Love Finds Andy Hardy

as Judge Hardy

1935

David Copperfield

as Mr. Wickfield

1929

Madame X

as Louis Floriot

1930

The Big House

as Warden James Adams

1951

The Unknown Man

as Judge James V. Hulbrook

1936

Suzy

as Baron

1935

China Seas

as Tom Davids

1933

Bureau of Missing Persons

as Police Captain Webb

1942

1946

The Hoodlum Saint

as Father Nolan

1951

It's a Big Country

as Church Sexton

1928

The Patriot

as Count Pahlen

1944

1931

1930

Romance

as Cornelius 'Conny' Van Tuyl

1931

The Phantom of Paris

as Inspector Costaud

1952

Talk About a Stranger

as William J. Wardlaw

1930

The Office Wife

as Larry Fellowes

1932

Red-Headed Woman

as William 'Will' Legendre Sr.

1923

Scaramouche

as The Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr

1942

The Bugle Sounds

as Col. Jack Lawton

1943

Plan for Destruction

as Commentator

1938

1939

Judge Hardy and Son

as Judge Hardy

1949

Any Number Can Play

as Ben Gavery Snelerr

1929

Their Own Desire

as Henry 'Hal' Marlett

1929

1936

Small Town Girl

as Dr. Dakin

1935

West Point of the Air

as Gen. Carter

1938

1950

Key to the City

as Judge Silas Standish

1950

Stars in My Crown

as Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.

1922

The Prisoner of Zenda

as Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf

1949

The Sun Comes Up

as Arthur Norton

1932

Divorce In The Family

as John Parker

1939

The Hardys Ride High

as Judge Hardy

1937

1932

The Wet Parade

as Roger Chilcote

1932

Night Court

as Judge William Osgood

1932

Letty Lynton

as District Attorney Haney

1938

Yellow Jack

as Maj. Walter Reed

1936

Three Godfathers

as James 'Doc' Underwood

1931

Strictly Dishonorable

as Judge Dempsey

1933

The White Sister

as Prince Guido Chiaromonte

1933

Men Must Fight

as Edward Seward

1937

The Thirteenth Chair

as Inspector Marney

1938

Stolen Heaven

as Joseph Langauer

1935

1929

Wonder of Women

as Stephen Tromholt

1934

1930

Passion Flower

as Antonio Morado

1920

Nomads of the North

as Cpl. O'Connor

1927

The Notorious Lady

as Patrick Marlowe / John Carew

1921

Beau Revel

as Lawrence 'Beau' Revel

1939

The Ice Follies of 1939

as Douglas Tolliver Jr.

1935

Shipmates Forever

as Adm. Richard Melville

1936

The Unguarded Hour

as General Lawrence

1932

The Son-Daughter

as Dr. Dong Tong

1931

My Past

as John Thornley

1936

Don't Turn 'em Loose

as John Webster

1936

Sworn Enemy

as Doctor Simon 'Doc' Gattle

1951

Bannerline

as Josh

1946

Three Wise Fools

as Judge James Trumbell

1935

Woman Wanted

as District Attorney

1937

The Man Who Cried Wolf

as Lawrence Fontaine

1932

New Morals for Old

as Mr. Thomas

1932

Unashamed

as Henry Trask

1942

2004

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

as Self (archive footage)

1930

Strictly Unconventional

as Clive Champion-Cheney

1923

The World's Applause

as John Elliott

1937

The Bad Man of Brimstone

as Jackson Douglas

1951

Grounds for Marriage

as Dr. Carleton Radwin Young

1933

Looking Forward

as Gabriel Service Sr.

1931

Always Goodbye

as John Graham

1921

Don't Neglect Your Wife

as Langdon Masters

1924

Cytherea

as Lee Randon

1934

The Girl from Missouri

as Frank Cousins

1952

Just This Once

as Judge Samuel Coulter

1952

Scaramouche

as Georges de Valmorin

1935

Public Hero Number 1

as Prison Warden

1940

Sporting Blood

as Davis Lockwood

1925

1951

Night Into Morning

as Dr. Horace Snyder

1951

Angels in the Outfield

as Arnold P. Hapgood

1931

Father's Son

as William Emory

1927

Lonesome Ladies

as John Fosdick

1926

Midnight Lovers

as Maj. William Ridgewell, RFC

1920

The River's End

as Derwent Conniston/John Keith

1923

The Dangerous Age

as John Emerson

1937

Outcast

as Anthony Abbott

1924

Why Men Leave Home

as John Emerson

1921

The Child Thou Gavest Me

as Edward Berkeley

2003

Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1944

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

1924

The Stranger

as Keith Darrant

1922

Trifling Women

as The Marquis Ferroni

1938

The Chaser

as Delford Prescott

1924

Husbands and Lovers

as James Livingston

1926

Don Juan's 3 Nights

as Johann Aradi

1938

Another Romance of Celluloid

as Self (uncredited)

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Baron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)

1944

Some of the Best

as Himself - Commentator

1925

What Fools Men

as Joseph Greer

1926

The Girl from Montmartre

as Jerome Hautrive

1926

Old Loves and New

as Gervas Carew

1923

You Can't Fool Your Wife

as Garth McBride

1922

A Fool There Was

as John Schuyler

1918

The Man of Bronze

as John Adams

1918

Inside the Lines

as Captain Cavendish

1921

The White Mouse

as Sgt. Blake, R.C.M.P.

1921

Pilgrims of the Night

as Philip Champion / Lord Ellingham

1922

The Rosary

as Father Brian Kelly

1921

The Golden Snare

as Sergeant Philip Raine

1921

The Northern Trail

as Jan Ducet

1920

Held by the Enemy

as Capt. Gordon Haine

1916

According to the Code

as Basil Beckenridge

1916

The Havoc

as Richard Craig

1919

Man's Desire

as Tom Denton

1916

Honor's Altar

as Warren Woods

1920

Milestones

as John Rhead

1921

The Concert

as Augustus Martinot

1925

The Lady Who Lied

as Horace Pierpont

1926

Too Much Money

as Robert Broadley

1928

The Foreign Legion

as Col. Destin

1925

The Talker

as Harry Lennox

1928

Freedom of the Press

as Daniel Steele

1924

Inez from Hollywood

as Stewart Cuyler

1925

Cheaper to Marry

as Jim Knight

1927

1926

The Blonde Saint

as Sebastian Maure

1925

Fine Clothes

as Earl of Denham

1931

The Bargain

as Maitland White

1998

Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy

as Judge Hardy (archive footage)

Production

1919

Man's Desire

as Writer

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