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 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

MGM Parade

Angels in the Outfield

Grand Hotel

Scaramouche

The Lost World

Mata Hari

Treasure Island

David Copperfield

All Movies (165)

• Checking Out: Grand Hotel2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Complicated Women2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy1998 · as Judge Hardy (archive footage)
• That's Entertainment, Part II1976 · as (archive footage)
• The Big Parade of Comedy1964 · as Baron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)
• All the Brothers Were Valiant1953 · as Captain Holt
• The Prisoner of Zenda1952 · as The Cardinal
• Scaramouche1952 · as Georges de Valmorin
• Talk About a Stranger1952 · as William J. Wardlaw
• Just This Once1952 · as Judge Samuel Coulter
• It's a Big Country1951 · as Church Sexton
• The Unknown Man1951 · as James V. Hulbrook
• Angels in the Outfield1951 · as Arnold P. Hapgood
• Bannerline1951 · as Josh
• Night Into Morning1951 · as Dr. Horace Snyder
• Grounds for Marriage1951 · as Dr. Carleton Radwin Young
• Stars in My Crown1950 · as Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
• Key to the City1950 · as Judge Silas Standish
• Any Number Can Play1949 · as Ben Gavery Snelerr
• The Sun Comes Up1949 · as Arthur Norton
• State of the Union1948 · as Sam Thorndyke
• Love Laughs at Andy Hardy1946 · as Judge Hardy
• Three Wise Fools1946 · as Judge James Trumbell
• The Hoodlum Saint1946 · as Father Nolan
• Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble1944 · as Judge Hardy
• Twenty Years After1944 · as (archive footage)
• Some of the Best1944 · as Himself - Commentator
• Plan for Destruction1943 · as Commentator
• Andy Hardy's Double Life1942 · as Judge Hardy
• The Courtship of Andy Hardy1942 · as Judge Hardy
• The Bugle Sounds1942 · as Col. Jack Lawton
• Holiday Greetings 19411941 · as Himself
• Life Begins for Andy Hardy1941 · as Judge Hardy
• Andy Hardy's Private Secretary1941 · as Judge Hardy
• Sporting Blood1940 · as Davis Lockwood
• Andy Hardy Meets Debutante1940 · as Judge Hardy
• Hollywood: Style Center of the World1940 · as Self
• Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things1940 · as Judge Hardy
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 19401940 · as Himself / Narrator
• Judge Hardy and Son1939 · as Judge Hardy
• Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President1939 · as The President
• Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever1939 · as Judge Hardy
• From the Ends of the Earth1939 · as Self
• The Hardys Ride High1939 · as Judge Hardy
• The Ice Follies of 19391939 · as Douglas Tolliver Jr.
• Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)1939 · as Judge James K. Hardy
• Out West with the Hardys1938 · as Judge Hardy
• The Chaser1938 · as Delford Prescott
• Love Finds Andy Hardy1938 · as Judge Hardy
• Yellow Jack1938 · as Maj. Walter Reed
• Stolen Heaven1938 · as Joseph Langauer
• Judge Hardy's Children1938 · as Judge Hardy
• Another Romance of Celluloid1938 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Bad Man of Brimstone1937 · as Jackson Douglas
• You're Only Young Once1937 · as Judge Hardy
• The Man Who Cried Wolf1937 · as Lawrence Fontaine
• The Thirteenth Chair1937 · as Inspector Marney
• Outcast1937 · as Anthony Abbott
• Don't Turn 'em Loose1936 · as John Webster
• Sworn Enemy1936 · as Doctor Simon 'Doc' Gattle
• Suzy1936 · as Baron
• Small Town Girl1936 · as Dr. Dakin
• The Unguarded Hour1936 · as General Lawrence
• Three Godfathers1936 · as James 'Doc' Underwood
• Shipmates Forever1935 · as Adm. Richard Melville
• China Seas1935 · as Tom Davids
• Woman Wanted1935 · as District Attorney
• Public Hero Number 11935 · as Prison Warden
• West Point of the Air1935 · as Gen. Carter
• Vanessa: Her Love Story1935 · as Adam Paris
• David Copperfield1935 · as Mr. Wickfield
• Treasure Island1934 · as Captain Smollett
• The Girl from Missouri1934 · as Frank Cousins
• Hollywood on Parade No. B-11934
• The Mystery of Mr. X1934 · as Police Superintendent Connor
• Queen Christina1934 · as Oxenstierna
• You Can't Buy Everything1934 · as John Burton
• Bureau of Missing Persons1933 · as Police Captain Webb
• Looking Forward1933 · as Gabriel Service Sr.
• The White Sister1933 · as Prince Guido Chiaromonte
• Men Must Fight1933 · as Edward Seward
• The Son-Daughter1932 · as Dr. Dong Tong
• The Mask of Fu Manchu1932 · as Nyland Smith
• Grand Hotel1932 · as Doctor Otternschlag
• Divorce In The Family1932 · as John Parker
• Unashamed1932 · as Henry Trask
• Red-Headed Woman1932 · as William 'Will' Legendre Sr.
• Night Court1932 · as Judge William Osgood
• New Morals for Old1932 · as Mr. Thomas
• Letty Lynton1932 · as District Attorney Haney
• The Wet Parade1932 · as Roger Chilcote
• Mata Hari1931 · as Andriani
• Strictly Dishonorable1931 · as Judge Dempsey
• The Sin of Madelon Claudet1931 · as Carlo Boretti
• The Phantom of Paris1931 · as Inspector Costaud
• The Bargain1931 · as Maitland White
• Always Goodbye1931 · as John Graham
• My Past1931 · as John Thornley
• The Secret Six1931 · as Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
• Father's Son1931 · as William Emory
• Inspiration1931 · as Raymond Delval
• Passion Flower1930 · as Antonio Morado
• The Office Wife1930 · as Larry Fellowes
• Romance1930 · as Cornelius 'Conny' Van Tuyl
• The Big House1930 · as Warden James Adams
• Strictly Unconventional1930 · as Clive Champion-Cheney
• Their Own Desire1929 · as Henry 'Hal' Marlett
• Madame X1929 · as Louis Floriot
• Wonder of Women1929 · as Stephen Tromholt
• The Trial of Mary Dugan1929 · as Edward West
• Wild Orchids1929 · as John Sterling
• A Woman of Affairs1928 · as Dr. Hugh Trevelyan
• Freedom of the Press1928 · as Daniel Steele
• The Patriot1928 · as Count Pahlen
• The Foreign Legion1928 · as Col. Destin
• The Private Life of Helen of Troy1927 · as Menelaus
• The Prince of Headwaiters1927 · as Pierre
• Lonesome Ladies1927 · as John Fosdick
• The Notorious Lady1927 · as Patrick Marlowe / John Carew
• An Affair of the Follies1927 · as Hammersley
• The Blonde Saint1926 · as Sebastian Maure
• Midnight Lovers1926 · as Maj. William Ridgewell, RFC
• Don Juan's 3 Nights1926 · as Johann Aradi
• Old Loves and New1926 · as Gervas Carew
• The Girl from Montmartre1926 · as Jerome Hautrive
• Too Much Money1926 · as Robert Broadley
• What Fools Men1925 · as Joseph Greer
• Fine Clothes1925 · as Earl of Denham
• The Lady Who Lied1925 · as Horace Pierpont
• The Talker1925 · as Harry Lennox
• Confessions of a Queen1925 · as The King
• Cheaper to Marry1925 · as Jim Knight
• The Lost World1925 · as Sir John Roxton
• Inez from Hollywood1924 · as Stewart Cuyler
• Husbands and Lovers1924 · as James Livingston
• Cytherea1924 · as Lee Randon
• Why Men Leave Home1924 · as John Emerson
• The Stranger1924 · as Keith Darrant
• Scaramouche1923 · as The Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr
• You Can't Fool Your Wife1923 · as Garth McBride
• The Dangerous Age1923 · as John Emerson
• The World's Applause1923 · as John Elliott
• Trifling Women1922 · as The Marquis Ferroni
• The Prisoner of Zenda1922 · as Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf
• A Fool There Was1922 · as John Schuyler
• The Rosary1922 · as Father Brian Kelly
• The White Mouse1921 · as Sgt. Blake, R.C.M.P.
• Pilgrims of the Night1921 · as Philip Champion / Lord Ellingham
• The Child Thou Gavest Me1921 · as Edward Berkeley
• Don't Neglect Your Wife1921 · as Langdon Masters
• The Golden Snare1921 · as Sergeant Philip Raine
• The Northern Trail1921 · as Jan Ducet
• Beau Revel1921 · as Lawrence 'Beau' Revel
• The Concert1921 · as Augustus Martinot
• Held by the Enemy1920 · as Capt. Gordon Haine
• Nomads of the North1920 · as Cpl. O'Connor
• Milestones1920 · as John Rhead
• A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios1920 · as Himself
• The River's End1920 · as Derwent Conniston/John Keith
• Man's Desire1919 · as Tom Denton
• The Man of Bronze1918 · as John Adams
• Inside the Lines1918 · as Captain Cavendish
• According to the Code1916 · as Basil Beckenridge
• The Havoc1916 · as Richard Craig
• Honor's Altar1916 · as Warren Woods

All TV Shows (1)

• MGM Parade1955 · as self