Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 14, 1879
Died
Sep 12, 1953
Place of Birth
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Credits
166 titles
Lewis Stone
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
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)
MGM Parade
self
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
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
Some of the Best
Himself - Commentator
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
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
Judge Hardy
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940
Himself / Narrator
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
James Hardy