Lewis Stone
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
Credits
- 2004 · Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
- 1976 · That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1964 · The Big Parade of Comedy as Baron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)
- 1953 · All the Brothers Were Valiant as Captain Holt
- 1952 · 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
- 1951 · It's a Big Country as Church Sexton
- 1951 · The Unknown Man as Judge James V. Hulbrook
- 1951 · Angels in the Outfield as Arnold P. Hapgood
- 1951 · Bannerline as Josh
- 1951 · Night Into Morning as Dr. Horace Snyder
- 1951 · Grounds for Marriage as Dr. Carleton Radwin Young
- 1950 · Stars in My Crown as Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
- 1950 · Key to the City as Judge Silas Standish
- 1949 · Any Number Can Play as Ben Gavery Snelerr
- 1949 · The Sun Comes Up as Arthur Norton
- 1948 · State of the Union as Sam Thorndyke
- 1946 · Love Laughs at Andy Hardy as Judge Hardy
- 1946 · Three Wise Fools as Judge James Trumbell
- 1946 · The Hoodlum Saint as Father Nolan
- 1944 · Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble as Judge Hardy
- 1944 · Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
- 1944 · Some of the Best as Himself - Commentator
- 1943 · Plan for Destruction as Commentator
- 1942 · Andy Hardy's Double Life as Judge Hardy
- 1942 · The Courtship of Andy Hardy as Judge Hardy
- 1942 · The Bugle Sounds as Col. Jack Lawton
- 1941 · Holiday Greetings 1941 as Himself
- 1941 · Life Begins for Andy Hardy as Judge Hardy
- 1941 · Andy Hardy's Private Secretary as Judge Hardy
- 1940 · Sporting Blood as Davis Lockwood
- 1940 · Andy Hardy Meets Debutante as Judge Hardy
- 1940 · Hollywood: Style Center of the World as Self
- 1940 · Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things as Judge Hardy
- 1940 · Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940 as Himself / Narrator
- 1939 · Judge Hardy and Son as Judge Hardy
- 1939 · Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as The President
- 1939 · Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever as Judge Hardy
- 1939 · From the Ends of the Earth as Self
- 1939 · The Hardys Ride High as Judge Hardy
- 1939 · The Ice Follies of 1939 as Douglas Tolliver Jr.
- 1939 · Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family) as Judge James K. Hardy
- 1938 · Out West with the Hardys as Judge Hardy
- 1938 · The Chaser as Delford Prescott
- 1938 · Love Finds Andy Hardy as Judge Hardy
- 1938 · Yellow Jack as Maj. Walter Reed
- 1938 · Stolen Heaven as Joseph Langauer
- 1938 · Judge Hardy's Children as Judge Hardy
- 1938 · Another Romance of Celluloid as Self (uncredited)
- 1937 · The Bad Man of Brimstone as Jackson Douglas
- 1937 · You're Only Young Once as Judge Hardy
- 1937 · The Man Who Cried Wolf as Lawrence Fontaine
- 1937 · The Thirteenth Chair as Inspector Marney
- 1937 · Outcast as Anthony Abbott
- 1936 · Don't Turn 'em Loose as John Webster
- 1936 · Sworn Enemy as Doctor Simon 'Doc' Gattle
- 1936 · Suzy as Baron
- 1936 · Small Town Girl as Dr. Dakin
- 1936 · The Unguarded Hour as General Lawrence
- 1936 · Three Godfathers as James 'Doc' Underwood
- 1935 · Shipmates Forever as Adm. Richard Melville
- 1935 · China Seas as Tom Davids
- 1935 · Woman Wanted as District Attorney
- 1935 · Public Hero Number 1 as Prison Warden
- 1935 · West Point of the Air as Gen. Carter
- 1935 · Vanessa: Her Love Story as Adam Paris
- 1935 · David Copperfield as Mr. Wickfield
- 1934 · Treasure Island as Captain Smollett
- 1934 · The Girl from Missouri as Frank Cousins
- 1934 · Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 as
- 1934 · The Mystery of Mr. X as Connor
- 1934 · You Can't Buy Everything as John Burton
- 1933 · Queen Christina as Oxenstierna
- 1933 · Bureau of Missing Persons as Police Captain Webb
- 1933 · Looking Forward as Gabriel Service Sr.
- 1933 · The White Sister as Prince Guido Chiaromonte
- 1933 · Men Must Fight as Edward Seward
- 1932 · The Son-Daughter as Dr. Dong Tong
- 1932 · The Mask of Fu Manchu as Nyland Smith
- 1932 · Divorce In The Family as John Parker
- 1932 · Unashamed as Henry Trask
- 1932 · Red-Headed Woman as William 'Will' Legendre Sr.
- 1932 · Night Court as Judge William Osgood
- 1932 · New Morals for Old as Mr. Thomas
- 1932 · Grand Hotel as Doctor Otternschlag
- 1932 · Letty Lynton as District Attorney Haney
- 1932 · The Wet Parade as Roger Chilcote
- 1931 · Mata Hari as Andriani
- 1931 · Strictly Dishonorable as Judge Dempsey
- 1931 · The Sin of Madelon Claudet as Carlo Boretti
- 1931 · The Phantom of Paris as Inspector Costaud
- 1931 · The Bargain as Maitland White
- 1931 · Always Goodbye as John Graham
- 1931 · My Past as John Thornley
- 1931 · The Secret Six as Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
- 1931 · Father's Son as William Emory
- 1931 · Inspiration as Raymond Delval
- 1930 · Passion Flower as Antonio Morado
- 1930 · The Office Wife as Larry Fellowes
- 1930 · Romance as Cornelius 'Conny' Van Tuyl
- 1930 · The Big House as Warden James Adams
- 1930 · Strictly Unconventional as Clive Champion-Cheney
- 1929 · Their Own Desire as Henry 'Hal' Marlett
- 1929 · Madame X as Louis Floriot
- 1929 · Wonder of Women as Stephen Trombolt
- 1929 · The Trial of Mary Dugan as Edward West
- 1929 · Wild Orchids as John Sterling
- 1928 · A Woman of Affairs as Dr. Hugh Trevelyan
- 1928 · Freedom of the Press as Daniel Steele
- 1928 · The Patriot as Count Pahlen
- 1928 · The Foreign Legion as Col. Destin
- 1927 · The Private Life of Helen of Troy as Menelaus
- 1927 · The Prince of Headwaiters as Pierre
- 1927 · Lonesome Ladies as John Fosdick
- 1927 · The Notorious Lady as Patrick Marlowe / John Carew
- 1927 · An Affair of the Follies as Hammersley
- 1926 · The Blonde Saint as Sebastian Maure
- 1926 · Midnight Lovers as Maj. William Ridgewell, RFC
- 1926 · Don Juan's 3 Nights as Johann Aradi
- 1926 · Old Loves and New as Gervas Carew
- 1926 · The Girl from Montmartre as Jerome Hautrive
- 1926 · Too Much Money as Robert Broadley
- 1925 · What Fools Men as Joseph Greer
- 1925 · Fine Clothes as Earl of Denham
- 1925 · The Lady Who Lied as Horace Pierpont
- 1925 · The Talker as Harry Lennox
- 1925 · Confessions of a Queen as The King
- 1925 · Cheaper to Marry as Jim Knight
- 1925 · The Lost World as Sir John Roxton
- 1924 · Inez from Hollywood as Stewart Cuyler
- 1924 · Husbands and Lovers as James Livingston
- 1924 · Cytherea as Lee Randon
- 1924 · Why Men Leave Home as John Emerson
- 1924 · The Stranger as Keith Darrant
- 1923 · Scaramouche as The Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr
- 1923 · You Can't Fool Your Wife as Garth McBride
- 1923 · The Dangerous Age as John Emerson
- 1923 · The World's Applause as John Elliott
- 1922 · Trifling Women as The Marquis Ferroni
- 1922 · The Prisoner of Zenda as Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf
- 1922 · A Fool There Was as John Schuyler
- 1922 · The Rosary as Father Brian Kelly
- 1921 · The White Mouse as Sgt. Blake, R.C.M.P.
- 1921 · Pilgrims of the Night as Philip Champion / Lord Ellingham
- 1921 · The Child Thou Gavest Me as Edward Berkeley
- 1921 · Don't Neglect Your Wife as Langdon Masters
- 1921 · The Golden Snare as Sergeant Philip Raine
- 1921 · The Northern Trail as Jan Ducet
- 1921 · Beau Revel as Lawrence 'Beau' Revel
- 1921 · The Concert as Augustus Martinot
- 1920 · Held by the Enemy as Capt. Gordon Haine
- 1920 · Nomads of the North as Cpl. O'Connor
- 1920 · Milestones as John Rhead
- 1920 · A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios as Himself
- 1920 · The River's End as Derwent Conniston/John Keith
- 1919 · Man's Desire as Tom Denton
- 1918 · The Man of Bronze as John Adams
- 1918 · Inside the Lines as Captain Cavendish
- 1916 · According to the Code as Basil Beckenridge
- 1916 · The Havoc as Richard Craig
- 1916 · Honor's Altar as Warren Woods