Lewis Stone
Acting
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.
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
Judge Hardy (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Baron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Captain Holt
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Cardinal
Scaramouche
Georges de Valmorin
Talk About a Stranger
William J. Wardlaw
Just This Once
Judge Samuel Coulter
It's a Big Country
Church Sexton
The Unknown Man
James V. Hulbrook
Angels in the Outfield
Arnold P. Hapgood
Bannerline
Josh
Night Into Morning
Dr. Horace Snyder
Grounds for Marriage
Dr. Carleton Radwin Young
Stars in My Crown
Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
Key to the City
Judge Silas Standish
Any Number Can Play
Ben Gavery Snelerr
The Sun Comes Up
Arthur Norton
State of the Union
Sam Thorndyke
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Judge Hardy
Three Wise Fools
Judge James Trumbell
The Hoodlum Saint
Father Nolan
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Judge Hardy
Some of the Best
Himself - Commentator
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
Plan for Destruction
Commentator
Andy Hardy's Double Life
Judge Hardy
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Judge Hardy
The Bugle Sounds
Col. Jack Lawton
Holiday Greetings 1941
Himself
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Judge Hardy
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Judge Hardy
Sporting Blood
Davis Lockwood
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Judge Hardy
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940
Himself / Narrator
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
Judge Hardy
Judge Hardy and Son
Judge Hardy
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
The President
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Judge Hardy
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
The Hardys Ride High
Judge Hardy
The Ice Follies of 1939
Douglas Tolliver Jr.
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
Judge James K. Hardy
Out West with the Hardys
Judge Hardy
The Chaser
Delford Prescott
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Judge Hardy
Yellow Jack
Maj. Walter Reed
Stolen Heaven
Joseph Langauer
Judge Hardy's Children
Judge Hardy
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Jackson Douglas
You're Only Young Once
Judge Hardy
The Man Who Cried Wolf
Lawrence Fontaine
The Thirteenth Chair
Inspector Marney
Outcast
Anthony Abbott
Don't Turn 'em Loose
John Webster
Sworn Enemy
Doctor Simon 'Doc' Gattle
Suzy
Baron
The Unguarded Hour
General Lawrence
Small Town Girl
Dr. Dakin
Three Godfathers
James 'Doc' Underwood
Shipmates Forever
Adm. Richard Melville
China Seas
Tom Davids
Woman Wanted
District Attorney
Public Hero Number 1
Prison Warden
West Point of the Air
Gen. Carter
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Adam Paris
David Copperfield
Mr. Wickfield
Treasure Island
Captain Smollett
The Girl from Missouri
Frank Cousins
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
The Mystery of Mr. X
Police Superintendent Connor
Queen Christina
Oxenstierna
You Can't Buy Everything
John Burton
Bureau of Missing Persons
Police Captain Webb
Looking Forward
Gabriel Service Sr.
The White Sister
Prince Guido Chiaromonte
Men Must Fight
Edward Seward
The Son-Daughter
Dr. Dong Tong
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Nyland Smith
Grand Hotel
Doctor Otternschlag
Divorce In The Family
John Parker
Unashamed
Henry Trask
Red-Headed Woman
William 'Will' Legendre Sr.
New Morals for Old
Mr. Thomas
Night Court
Judge William Osgood
Letty Lynton
District Attorney Haney
The Wet Parade
Roger Chilcote
Mata Hari
Andriani
Strictly Dishonorable
Judge Dempsey
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Carlo Boretti
The Phantom of Paris
Inspector Costaud
The Bargain
Maitland White
Always Goodbye
John Graham
My Past
John Thornley
The Secret Six
Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
Father's Son
William Emory
Inspiration
Raymond Delval
Passion Flower
Antonio Morado
The Office Wife
Larry Fellowes
Romance
Cornelius 'Conny' Van Tuyl
The Big House
Warden James Adams
Strictly Unconventional
Clive Champion-Cheney
Their Own Desire
Henry 'Hal' Marlett
Madame X
Louis Floriot
Wonder of Women
Stephen Tromholt
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Edward West
Wild Orchids
John Sterling
A Woman of Affairs
Dr. Hugh Trevelyan
Freedom of the Press
Daniel Steele
The Patriot
Count Pahlen
The Foreign Legion
Col. Destin
The Private Life of Helen of Troy
Menelaus
The Prince of Headwaiters
Pierre
Lonesome Ladies
John Fosdick
The Notorious Lady
Patrick Marlowe / John Carew
An Affair of the Follies
Hammersley
The Blonde Saint
Sebastian Maure
Midnight Lovers
Maj. William Ridgewell, RFC
Don Juan's 3 Nights
Johann Aradi
Old Loves and New
Gervas Carew
The Girl from Montmartre
Jerome Hautrive
Too Much Money
Robert Broadley
What Fools Men
Joseph Greer
Fine Clothes
Earl of Denham
The Lady Who Lied
Horace Pierpont
The Talker
Harry Lennox
Confessions of a Queen
The King
Cheaper to Marry
Jim Knight
The Lost World
Sir John Roxton
Inez from Hollywood
Stewart Cuyler
Husbands and Lovers
James Livingston
Cytherea
Lee Randon
Why Men Leave Home
John Emerson
The Stranger
Keith Darrant
Scaramouche
The Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Garth McBride
The Dangerous Age
John Emerson
The World's Applause
John Elliott
Trifling Women
The Marquis Ferroni
The Prisoner of Zenda
Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf
A Fool There Was
John Schuyler
The Rosary
Father Brian Kelly
The White Mouse
Sgt. Blake, R.C.M.P.
Pilgrims of the Night
Philip Champion / Lord Ellingham
The Child Thou Gavest Me
Edward Berkeley
Don't Neglect Your Wife
Langdon Masters
The Golden Snare
Sergeant Philip Raine
The Northern Trail
Jan Ducet
Beau Revel
Lawrence 'Beau' Revel
The Concert
Augustus Martinot
Held by the Enemy
Capt. Gordon Haine
Nomads of the North
Cpl. O'Connor
Milestones
John Rhead
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
Himself
The River's End
Derwent Conniston/John Keith
Man's Desire
Tom Denton
The Man of Bronze
John Adams
Inside the Lines
Captain Cavendish
According to the Code
Basil Beckenridge
The Havoc
Richard Craig
Honor's Altar
Warren Woods