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