Lewis Stone
Acting
🎂 1879-11-14
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.
Cast credits(165)
Arnold P. Hapgood
1951
Judge Hardy
1940
Doctor Otternschlag
1932
Inspector Marney
1937
Georges de Valmorin
1952
Baron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)
1964
(archive footage)
1976
Self (archive footage)
2003
Sir John Roxton
1925
Church Sexton
1951
Father Nolan
1946
Arthur Norton
1949
Nyland Smith
1932
Count Pahlen
1928
Sam Thorndyke
1948
Josh
1951
Carlo Boretti
1931
The Cardinal
1952
District Attorney Haney
1932
Judge Hardy
1938
James 'Doc' Underwood
1936
Judge Hardy
1938
Adam Paris
1935
Capt. Gordon Haine
1920
Inspector Costaud
1931
Judge Hardy
1941
Jackson Douglas
1937
Mr. Wickfield
1935
John Webster
1936
Warden James Adams
1930
Cornelius 'Conny' Van Tuyl
1930
Self (archive footage)
2004
Andriani
1931
Captain Holt
1953
Maj. Walter Reed
1938
Captain Smollett
1934
Raymond Delval
1931
Lawrence Fontaine
1937
The President
1939
Oxenstierna
1933
Self (uncredited)
1938
Douglas Tolliver Jr.
1939
John Rhead
1920
Tom Davids
1935
Judge Hardy
1944
Judge Hardy
1938
Pierre
1927
Prison Warden
1935
Baron
1936
Judge Hardy
1939
Self
1939
Judge Hardy
1946
Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
1950
Police Captain Webb
1933
Judge James V. Hulbrook
1951
Judge Hardy
1942
Joseph Langauer
1938
Judge Hardy
1939
Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
1931
Judge Hardy
1940
Judge William Osgood
1932
Judge Hardy (archive footage)
1998
Gen. Carter
1935
Roger Chilcote
1932
Daniel Steele
1928
Edward Seward
1933
Delford Prescott
1938
Judge Silas Standish
1950
Dr. Carleton Radwin Young
1951
Judge Hardy
1941
1934
(archive footage)
1944
Connor
1934
Judge Hardy
1937
Henry Trask
1932
Col. Destin
1928
Doctor Simon 'Doc' Gattle
1936
Dr. Dakin
1936
Joseph Greer
1925
Cpl. O'Connor
1920
Stephen Tromholt
1929
Louis Floriot
1929
William J. Wardlaw
1952
Mr. Thomas
1932
Self
1940
Augustus Martinot
1921
John Burton
1934
Stewart Cuyler
1924
Jim Knight
1925
Clive Champion-Cheney
1930
Judge James Trumbell
1946
Robert Broadley
1926
The King
1925
Tom Denton
1919
Judge Hardy
1939
Dr. Hugh Trevelyan
1928
Horace Pierpont
1925
John Emerson
1924
Harry Lennox
1925
Garth McBride
1923
Sgt. Blake, R.C.M.P.
1921
Lee Randon
1924
District Attorney
1935
Judge Samuel Coulter
1952
John Parker
1932
Anthony Abbott
1937
Judge Hardy
1942
Sebastian Maure
1926
William 'Will' Legendre Sr.
1932
John Sterling
1929
John Fosdick
1927
John Graham
1931
Warren Woods
1916
Johann Aradi
1926
Col. Jack Lawton
1942
John Elliott
1923
Gabriel Service Sr.
1933
The Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr
1923
Jan Ducet
1921
Ben Gavery Snelerr
1949
Langdon Masters
1921
Patrick Marlowe / John Carew
1927
Dr. Horace Snyder
1951
Davis Lockwood
1940
Maj. William Ridgewell, RFC
1926
Judge Dempsey
1931
Dr. Dong Tong
1932
Prince Guido Chiaromonte
1933
General Lawrence
1936
Commentator
1943
The Marquis Ferroni
1922
Edward West
1929
Gervas Carew
1926
Basil Beckenridge
1916
Maitland White
1931
Philip Champion / Lord Ellingham
1921
Larry Fellowes
1930
Captain Cavendish
1918
Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf
1922
Edward Berkeley
1921
Frank Cousins
1934
Earl of Denham
1925
William Emory
1931
Adm. Richard Melville
1935
Father Brian Kelly
1922
Lawrence 'Beau' Revel
1921
Hammersley
1927
Judge James K. Hardy
1939
Sergeant Philip Raine
1921
Himself - Commentator
1944
Jerome Hautrive
1926
Menelaus
1927
Derwent Conniston/John Keith
1920
Henry 'Hal' Marlett
1929
Keith Darrant
1924
Antonio Morado
1930
Himself / Narrator
1940
John Thornley
1931
James Livingston
1924
Himself
1920
Richard Craig
1916
John Adams
1918
John Emerson
1923
Himself
1941
John Schuyler
1922