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.
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Movies (50)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
as Judge Hardy (archive footage)
1998
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Baron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)
1964
All the Brothers Were Valiant
as Captain Holt
1953
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
1952
It's a Big Country
as Church Sexton
1951
The Unknown Man
as 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
1951
Stars in My Crown
as Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
1950
Key to the City
as Judge Silas Standish
1950
Any Number Can Play
as Ben Gavery Snelerr
1949
The Sun Comes Up
as Arthur Norton
1949
State of the Union
as Sam Thorndyke
1948
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
as Judge Hardy
1946
Three Wise Fools
as Judge James Trumbell
1946
The Hoodlum Saint
as Father Nolan
1946
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
as Judge Hardy
1944
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1944
Some of the Best
as Himself - Commentator
1944
Plan for Destruction
as Commentator
1943
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
1942
Holiday Greetings 1941
as Himself
1941
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
as Judge Hardy
1941
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
as Judge Hardy
1941
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
1940
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
1939
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