Lewis Stone
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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.
Acting
Movie
Grand Hotel
as Doctor Otternschlag
1932
Movie
The Lost World
as Sir John Roxton
1925
Movie
Queen Christina
as Oxenstierna
1934
Movie
Scaramouche
as Georges de Valmorin
1952
Movie
The Mask of Fu Manchu
as Nyland Smith
1932
Movie
Treasure Island
as Captain Smollett
1934
Movie
David Copperfield
as Mr. Wickfield
1935
Movie
State of the Union
as Sam Thorndyke
1948
Movie
Mata Hari
as Andriani
1931
Movie
The Prisoner of Zenda
as The Cardinal
1952
Movie
The Big House
as Warden James Adams
1930
Movie
Red-Headed Woman
as William 'Will' Legendre Sr.
1932
Movie
Stars in My Crown
as Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
1950
Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
Movie
China Seas
as Tom Davids
1935
Movie
Love Finds Andy Hardy
as Judge Hardy
1938
Movie
Suzy
as Baron
1936
Movie
Angels in the Outfield
as Arnold P. Hapgood
1951
Movie
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Carlo Boretti
1931
Movie
A Woman of Affairs
as Dr. Hugh Trevelyan
1928
Movie
Their Own Desire
as Henry 'Hal' Marlett
1929
Movie
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf
1922
Movie
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
as Judge Hardy (archive footage)
1998
Movie
Bureau of Missing Persons
as Police Captain Webb
1933
