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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.
Filmography
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Movies 165
self 9
Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)
Complicated Women (2003)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
Scaramouche (1952)
Talk About a Stranger (1952)
Just This Once (1952)
It's a Big Country (1951)
The Unknown Man (1951)
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
Night Into Morning (1951)
Grounds for Marriage (1951)
Stars in My Crown (1950)
Key to the City (1950)
Any Number Can Play (1949)
The Sun Comes Up (1949)
State of the Union (1948)
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946)
Three Wise Fools (1946)
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944)
Some of the Best (1944)
Twenty Years After (1944)
Plan for Destruction (1943)
Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942)
The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)
The Bugle Sounds (1942)
Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941)
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941)
Sporting Blood (1940)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
Judge Hardy and Son (1939)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
The Hardys Ride High (1939)
The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family) (1939)
Out West with the Hardys (1938)
The Chaser (1938)
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
Yellow Jack (1938)
Stolen Heaven (1938)
Judge Hardy's Children (1938)
Another Romance of Celluloid (1938)
The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937)
You're Only Young Once (1937)
The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937)
The Thirteenth Chair (1937)
Outcast (1937)
Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936)
Sworn Enemy (1936)
Suzy (1936)
Small Town Girl (1936)
The Unguarded Hour (1936)
Three Godfathers (1936)
Shipmates Forever (1935)
China Seas (1935)
Woman Wanted (1935)
Public Hero Number 1 (1935)
West Point of the Air (1935)
Vanessa: Her Love Story (1935)
David Copperfield (1935)
Treasure Island (1934)
The Girl from Missouri (1934)
The Mystery of Mr. X (1934)
Queen Christina (1933)
Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
Looking Forward (1933)
The White Sister (1933)
Men Must Fight (1933)
The Son-Daughter (1932)
The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
Divorce In The Family (1932)
Unashamed (1932)
Red-Headed Woman (1932)
Night Court (1932)
New Morals for Old (1932)
Grand Hotel (1932)
Letty Lynton (1932)
The Wet Parade (1932)
Mata Hari (1931)
Strictly Dishonorable (1931)
The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
The Phantom of Paris (1931)
The Bargain (1931)
Always Goodbye (1931)
My Past (1931)
The Secret Six (1931)
Father's Son (1931)
Inspiration (1931)
Passion Flower (1930)
The Office Wife (1930)
Romance (1930)
Strictly Unconventional (1930)
Their Own Desire (1929)
Madame X (1929)
Wonder of Women (1929)
The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929)
Wild Orchids (1929)
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
Freedom of the Press (1928)
The Patriot (1928)
The Foreign Legion (1928)
Lonesome Ladies (1927)
The Notorious Lady (1927)
An Affair of the Follies (1927)
The Blonde Saint (1926)
Midnight Lovers (1926)
Don Juan's 3 Nights (1926)
Old Loves and New (1926)
The Girl from Montmartre (1926)
Too Much Money (1926)
What Fools Men (1925)
Fine Clothes (1925)
The Lady Who Lied (1925)
The Talker (1925)
Cheaper to Marry (1925)
The Lost World (1925)
Inez from Hollywood (1924)
Husbands and Lovers (1924)
Cytherea (1924)
Why Men Leave Home (1924)
The Stranger (1924)
Scaramouche (1923)
You Can't Fool Your Wife (1923)
The Dangerous Age (1923)
The World's Applause (1923)
Trifling Women (1922)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1922)
A Fool There Was (1922)
The Rosary (1922)
The White Mouse (1921)
Pilgrims of the Night (1921)
The Child Thou Gavest Me (1921)
Don't Neglect Your Wife (1921)
The Golden Snare (1921)
The Northern Trail (1921)
Beau Revel (1921)
The Concert (1921)
Held by the Enemy (1920)
Nomads of the North (1920)
Milestones (1920)
The River's End (1920)
Man's Desire (1919)
The Man of Bronze (1918)
Inside the Lines (1918)
According to the Code (1916)
The Havoc (1916)
Honor's Altar (1916)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1879-11-15
Deathday1953-09-12 (73 years old)
Birth NameLewis Shepard Stone
Birth PlaceWorcester, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsLewis Shepard Stone, Lewis S. Stone, Mr. Lewis Stone
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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