Lewis Stone
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 14, 1879
- Died
- Sep 12, 1953 (aged 73)
- Place of birth
- Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- Credits
- 166
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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
1932Movie
Doctor Otternschlag
The Lost World
1925Movie
Sir John Roxton
Queen Christina
1934Movie
Oxenstierna
Scaramouche
1952Movie
Georges de Valmorin
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932Movie
Nyland Smith
Treasure Island
1934Movie
Captain Smollett
Filmography
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004Movie
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003Movie
Self (archive footage)
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
1998Movie
Judge Hardy (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976Movie
(archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964Movie
Baron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)
MGM Parade
1955TV
self
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953Movie
Captain Holt
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952Movie
The Cardinal
Scaramouche
1952Movie
Georges de Valmorin
Talk About a Stranger
1952Movie
William J. Wardlaw
Just This Once
1952Movie
Judge Samuel Coulter
It's a Big Country
1951Movie
Church Sexton
The Unknown Man
1951Movie
James V. Hulbrook
Angels in the Outfield
1951Movie
Arnold P. Hapgood
Bannerline
1951Movie
Josh
Night Into Morning
1951Movie
Dr. Horace Snyder
Grounds for Marriage
1951Movie
Dr. Carleton Radwin Young
Stars in My Crown
1950Movie
Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
Key to the City
1950Movie
Judge Silas Standish
Any Number Can Play
1949Movie
Ben Gavery Snelerr
The Sun Comes Up
1949Movie
Arthur Norton
State of the Union
1948Movie
Sam Thorndyke
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946Movie
Judge Hardy
Three Wise Fools
1946Movie
Judge James Trumbell
The Hoodlum Saint
1946Movie
Father Nolan
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944Movie
Judge Hardy
Twenty Years After
1944Movie
(archive footage)
Some of the Best
1944Movie
Himself - Commentator
Plan for Destruction
1943Movie
Commentator
Andy Hardy's Double Life
1942Movie
Judge Hardy
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942Movie
Judge Hardy
The Bugle Sounds
1942Movie
Col. Jack Lawton
Holiday Greetings 1941
1941Movie
Himself
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
1941Movie
Judge Hardy
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941Movie
Judge Hardy
Sporting Blood
1940Movie
Davis Lockwood
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940Movie
Judge Hardy
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940Movie
Self
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
1940Movie
Judge Hardy
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940
1940Movie
Himself / Narrator
Judge Hardy and Son
1939Movie
Judge Hardy
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939Movie
The President
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939Movie
Judge Hardy
From the Ends of the Earth
1939Movie
Self
The Hardys Ride High
1939Movie
Judge Hardy
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939Movie
Douglas Tolliver Jr.
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
1939Movie
Judge James K. Hardy
Out West with the Hardys
1938Movie
Judge Hardy
The Chaser
1938Movie
Delford Prescott
Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938Movie
James Hardy
Yellow Jack
1938Movie
Maj. Walter Reed
Stolen Heaven
1938Movie
Joseph Langauer
Judge Hardy's Children
1938Movie
Judge Hardy
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938Movie
Self (uncredited)
The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937Movie
Jackson Douglas
You're Only Young Once
1937Movie
Judge Hardy
The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937Movie
Lawrence Fontaine
The Thirteenth Chair
1937Movie
Inspector Marney
Outcast
1937Movie
Anthony Abbott
Don't Turn 'em Loose
1936Movie
John Webster
Sworn Enemy
1936Movie
Doctor Simon 'Doc' Gattle
Suzy
1936Movie
Baron
Small Town Girl
1936Movie
Dr. Dakin
The Unguarded Hour
1936Movie
General Lawrence
Three Godfathers
1936Movie
James 'Doc' Underwood
Shipmates Forever
1935Movie
Adm. Richard Melville
China Seas
1935Movie
Tom Davids
Woman Wanted
1935Movie
District Attorney
Public Hero Number 1
1935Movie
Prison Warden
West Point of the Air
1935Movie
Gen. Carter
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935Movie
Adam Paris
David Copperfield
1935Movie
Mr. Wickfield
Treasure Island
1934Movie
Captain Smollett
The Girl from Missouri
1934Movie
Frank Cousins
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934Movie
The Mystery of Mr. X
1934Movie
Police Superintendent Connor
Queen Christina
1934Movie
Oxenstierna
You Can't Buy Everything
1934Movie
John Burton
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933Movie
Police Captain Webb
Looking Forward
1933Movie
Gabriel Service Sr.
The White Sister
1933Movie
Prince Guido Chiaromonte
Men Must Fight
1933Movie
Edward Seward
The Son-Daughter
1932Movie
Dr. Dong Tong
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932Movie
Nyland Smith
Grand Hotel
1932Movie
Doctor Otternschlag
Divorce In The Family
1932Movie
John Parker
Unashamed
1932Movie
Henry Trask
Red-Headed Woman
1932Movie
William 'Will' Legendre Sr.
Night Court
1932Movie
Judge William Osgood
New Morals for Old
1932Movie
Mr. Thomas
Letty Lynton
1932Movie
District Attorney Haney
The Wet Parade
1932Movie
Roger Chilcote
Mata Hari
1931Movie
Andriani
Strictly Dishonorable
1931Movie
Judge Dempsey
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931Movie
Carlo Boretti
The Phantom of Paris
1931Movie
Inspector Costaud
The Bargain
1931Movie
Maitland White
Always Goodbye
1931Movie
John Graham
My Past
1931Movie
John Thornley
The Secret Six
1931Movie
Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
Father's Son
1931Movie
William Emory
Inspiration
1931Movie
Raymond Delval
Passion Flower
1930Movie
Antonio Morado
The Office Wife
1930Movie
Larry Fellowes
Romance
1930Movie
Cornelius 'Conny' Van Tuyl
The Big House
1930Movie
Warden James Adams
Strictly Unconventional
1930Movie
Clive Champion-Cheney
Their Own Desire
1929Movie
Henry 'Hal' Marlett
Madame X
1929Movie
Louis Floriot
Wonder of Women
1929Movie
Stephen Tromholt
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1929Movie
Edward West
Wild Orchids
1929Movie
John Sterling
A Woman of Affairs
1928Movie
Dr. Hugh Trevelyan
Freedom of the Press
1928Movie
Daniel Steele
The Patriot
1928Movie
Count Pahlen
The Foreign Legion
1928Movie
Col. Destin
The Private Life of Helen of Troy
1927Movie
Menelaus
The Prince of Headwaiters
1927Movie
Pierre
Lonesome Ladies
1927Movie
John Fosdick
The Notorious Lady
1927Movie
Patrick Marlowe / John Carew
An Affair of the Follies
1927Movie
Hammersley
The Blonde Saint
1926Movie
Sebastian Maure
Midnight Lovers
1926Movie
Maj. William Ridgewell, RFC
Don Juan's 3 Nights
1926Movie
Johann Aradi
Old Loves and New
1926Movie
Gervas Carew
The Girl from Montmartre
1926Movie
Jerome Hautrive
Too Much Money
1926Movie
Robert Broadley
What Fools Men
1925Movie
Joseph Greer
Fine Clothes
1925Movie
Earl of Denham
The Lady Who Lied
1925Movie
Horace Pierpont
The Talker
1925Movie
Harry Lennox
Confessions of a Queen
1925Movie
The King
Cheaper to Marry
1925Movie
Jim Knight
The Lost World
1925Movie
Sir John Roxton
Inez from Hollywood
1924Movie
Stewart Cuyler
Husbands and Lovers
1924Movie
James Livingston
Cytherea
1924Movie
Lee Randon
Why Men Leave Home
1924Movie
John Emerson
The Stranger
1924Movie
Keith Darrant
Scaramouche
1923Movie
The Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1923Movie
Garth McBride
The Dangerous Age
1923Movie
John Emerson
The World's Applause
1923Movie
John Elliott
Trifling Women
1922Movie
The Marquis Ferroni
The Prisoner of Zenda
1922Movie
Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf
A Fool There Was
1922Movie
John Schuyler
The Rosary
1922Movie
Father Brian Kelly
The White Mouse
1921Movie
Sgt. Blake, R.C.M.P.
Pilgrims of the Night
1921Movie
Philip Champion / Lord Ellingham
The Child Thou Gavest Me
1921Movie
Edward Berkeley
Don't Neglect Your Wife
1921Movie
Langdon Masters
The Golden Snare
1921Movie
Sergeant Philip Raine
The Northern Trail
1921Movie
Jan Ducet
Beau Revel
1921Movie
Lawrence 'Beau' Revel
The Concert
1921Movie
Augustus Martinot
Held by the Enemy
1920Movie
Capt. Gordon Haine
Nomads of the North
1920Movie
Cpl. O'Connor
Milestones
1920Movie
John Rhead
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
1920Movie
Himself
The River's End
1920Movie
Derwent Conniston/John Keith
Man's Desire
1919Movie
Tom Denton
The Man of Bronze
1918Movie
John Adams
Inside the Lines
1918Movie
Captain Cavendish
According to the Code
1916Movie
Basil Beckenridge
The Havoc
1916Movie
Richard Craig
Honor's Altar
1916Movie
Warren Woods