Lewis Stone
Born
November 14, 1879
Died
September 12, 1953 (73 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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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.
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Self (archive footage)
2004
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
2003
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
Judge Hardy (archive footage)
1998
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
The Big Parade of Comedy
Baron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)
1964
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Captain Holt
1953
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Cardinal
1952
Scaramouche
Georges de Valmorin
1952
Talk About a Stranger
William J. Wardlaw
1952
Just This Once
Judge Samuel Coulter
1952
It's a Big Country
Church Sexton
1951
The Unknown Man
Judge James V. Hulbrook
1951
Angels in the Outfield
Arnold P. Hapgood
1951
Bannerline
Josh
1951
Night Into Morning
Dr. Horace Snyder
1951
Grounds for Marriage
Dr. Carleton Radwin Young
1951
Stars in My Crown
Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
1950
Key to the City
Judge Silas Standish
1950
Any Number Can Play
Ben Gavery Snelerr
1949
The Sun Comes Up
Arthur Norton
1949
State of the Union
Sam Thorndyke
1948
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Judge Hardy
1946
Three Wise Fools
Judge James Trumbell
1946
The Hoodlum Saint
Father Nolan
1946
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Judge Hardy
1944
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
1944
Some of the Best
Himself - Commentator
1944
Plan for Destruction
Commentator
1943
Andy Hardy's Double Life
Judge Hardy
1942
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Judge Hardy
1942
The Bugle Sounds
Col. Jack Lawton
1942
Holiday Greetings 1941
Himself
1941
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Judge Hardy
1941
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Judge Hardy
1941
Sporting Blood
Davis Lockwood
1940
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Judge Hardy
1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
1940
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
Judge Hardy
1940
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940
Himself / Narrator
1940
Judge Hardy and Son
Judge Hardy
1939
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
The President
1939
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Judge Hardy
1939
From the Ends of the Earth
Self
1939
The Hardys Ride High
Judge Hardy
1939
The Ice Follies of 1939
Douglas Tolliver Jr.
1939
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
Judge James K. Hardy
1939
Out West with the Hardys
Judge Hardy
1938
The Chaser
Delford Prescott
1938
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Judge Hardy
1938
Yellow Jack
Maj. Walter Reed
1938
Stolen Heaven
Joseph Langauer
1938
Judge Hardy's Children
Judge Hardy
1938
Another Romance of Celluloid
Self (uncredited)
1938
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Jackson Douglas
1937
You're Only Young Once
Judge Hardy
1937
The Man Who Cried Wolf
Lawrence Fontaine
1937
The Thirteenth Chair
Inspector Marney
1937
Outcast
Anthony Abbott
1937
Don't Turn 'em Loose
John Webster
1936
Sworn Enemy
Doctor Simon 'Doc' Gattle
1936
Suzy
Baron
1936
Small Town Girl
Dr. Dakin
1936
The Unguarded Hour
General Lawrence
1936
Three Godfathers
James 'Doc' Underwood
1936
Shipmates Forever
Adm. Richard Melville
1935
China Seas
Tom Davids
1935
Woman Wanted
District Attorney
1935
Public Hero Number 1
Prison Warden
1935
West Point of the Air
Gen. Carter
1935
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Adam Paris
1935
David Copperfield
Mr. Wickfield
1935
Treasure Island
Captain Smollett
1934
The Girl from Missouri
Frank Cousins
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
The Mystery of Mr. X
Connor
1934
You Can't Buy Everything
John Burton
1934
Queen Christina
Oxenstierna
1933
Bureau of Missing Persons
Police Captain Webb
1933
Looking Forward
Gabriel Service Sr.
1933
The White Sister
Prince Guido Chiaromonte
1933
Men Must Fight
Edward Seward
1933
The Son-Daughter
Dr. Dong Tong
1932
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Nyland Smith
1932
Divorce In The Family
John Parker
1932
Unashamed
Henry Trask
1932
Red-Headed Woman
William 'Will' Legendre Sr.
1932
Night Court
Judge William Osgood
1932
New Morals for Old
Mr. Thomas
1932
Grand Hotel
Doctor Otternschlag
1932
Letty Lynton
District Attorney Haney
1932
The Wet Parade
Roger Chilcote
1932
Mata Hari
Andriani
1931
Strictly Dishonorable
Judge Dempsey
1931
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Carlo Boretti
1931
The Phantom of Paris
Inspector Costaud
1931
The Bargain
Maitland White
1931
Always Goodbye
John Graham
1931
My Past
John Thornley
1931
The Secret Six
Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law
1931
Father's Son
William Emory
1931
Inspiration
Raymond Delval
1931
Passion Flower
Antonio Morado
1930
The Office Wife
Larry Fellowes
1930
Romance
Cornelius 'Conny' Van Tuyl
1930
The Big House
Warden James Adams
1930
Strictly Unconventional
Clive Champion-Cheney
1930
Their Own Desire
Henry 'Hal' Marlett
1929
Madame X
Louis Floriot
1929
Wonder of Women
Stephen Trombolt
1929
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Edward West
1929
Wild Orchids
John Sterling
1929
A Woman of Affairs
Dr. Hugh Trevelyan
1928
Freedom of the Press
Daniel Steele
1928
The Patriot
Count Pahlen
1928
The Foreign Legion
Col. Destin
1928
The Private Life of Helen of Troy
Menelaus
1927
The Prince of Headwaiters
Pierre
1927
Lonesome Ladies
John Fosdick
1927
The Notorious Lady
Patrick Marlowe / John Carew
1927
An Affair of the Follies
Hammersley
1927
The Blonde Saint
Sebastian Maure
1926
Midnight Lovers
Maj. William Ridgewell, RFC
1926
Don Juan's 3 Nights
Johann Aradi
1926
Old Loves and New
Gervas Carew
1926
The Girl from Montmartre
Jerome Hautrive
1926
Too Much Money
Robert Broadley
1926
What Fools Men
Joseph Greer
1925
Fine Clothes
Earl of Denham
1925
The Lady Who Lied
Horace Pierpont
1925
The Talker
Harry Lennox
1925
Confessions of a Queen
The King
1925
Cheaper to Marry
Jim Knight
1925
The Lost World
Sir John Roxton
1925
Inez from Hollywood
Stewart Cuyler
1924
Husbands and Lovers
James Livingston
1924
Cytherea
Lee Randon
1924
Why Men Leave Home
John Emerson
1924
The Stranger
Keith Darrant
1924
Scaramouche
The Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr
1923
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Garth McBride
1923
The Dangerous Age
John Emerson
1923
The World's Applause
John Elliott
1923
Trifling Women
The Marquis Ferroni
1922
The Prisoner of Zenda
Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf
1922
A Fool There Was
John Schuyler
1922
The Rosary
Father Brian Kelly
1922
The White Mouse
Sgt. Blake, R.C.M.P.
1921
Pilgrims of the Night
Philip Champion / Lord Ellingham
1921
The Child Thou Gavest Me
Edward Berkeley
1921
Don't Neglect Your Wife
Langdon Masters
1921
The Golden Snare
Sergeant Philip Raine
1921
The Northern Trail
Jan Ducet
1921
Beau Revel
Lawrence 'Beau' Revel
1921
The Concert
Augustus Martinot
1921
Held by the Enemy
Capt. Gordon Haine
1920
Nomads of the North
Cpl. O'Connor
1920
Milestones
John Rhead
1920
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
Himself
1920
The River's End
Derwent Conniston/John Keith
1920
Man's Desire
Tom Denton
1919
The Man of Bronze
John Adams
1918
Inside the Lines
Captain Cavendish
1918
According to the Code
Basil Beckenridge
1916
The Havoc
Richard Craig
1916
Honor's Altar
Warren Woods
1916