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.
166 acting credits
Acting · 166
MGM Parade
1955
Grand Hotel
1932
Angels in the Outfield
1951
Scaramouche
1952
Red-Headed Woman
1932
Complicated Women
2003
Queen Christina
1934
Treasure Island
1934
The Lost World
1925
David Copperfield
1935
China Seas
1935
You're Only Young Once
1937
Small Town Girl
1936
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952
The Lady Who Lied
1925
Mata Hari
1931
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953
State of the Union
1948
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Letty Lynton
1932
Romance
1930
Inspiration
1931
Key to the City
1950
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
From the Ends of the Earth
1939
The Secret Six
1931
Any Number Can Play
1949
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
The Big House
1930
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940
Twenty Years After
1944
Yellow Jack
1938
It's a Big Country
1951
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
Stars in My Crown
1950
Suzy
1936
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
1941
Shipmates Forever
1935
The Patriot
1928
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939
Sworn Enemy
1936
Three Godfathers
1936
Wild Orchids
1929
Scaramouche
1923
Their Own Desire
1929
The Unknown Man
1951
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942
Madame X
1929
Bannerline
1951
What Fools Men
1925
Outcast
1937
The Talker
1925
Night Court
1932
The Girl from Missouri
1934
Andy Hardy's Double Life
1942
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939
The Chaser
1938
Looking Forward
1933
West Point of the Air
1935
Night Into Morning
1951
The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937
Stolen Heaven
1938
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
1940
Woman Wanted
1935
The Hardys Ride High
1939
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
Sporting Blood
1940
Don't Turn 'em Loose
1936
The Son-Daughter
1932
Unashamed
1932
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938
The Wet Parade
1932
Judge Hardy and Son
1939
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944
Strictly Dishonorable
1931
Public Hero Number 1
1935
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938
Out West with the Hardys
1938
Grounds for Marriage
1951
Passion Flower
1930
A Woman of Affairs
1928
Three Wise Fools
1946
Strictly Unconventional
1930
The Stranger
1924
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941
The White Sister
1933
The Blonde Saint
1926
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933
Father's Son
1931
The Prisoner of Zenda
1922
The World's Applause
1923
Midnight Lovers
1926
The Bugle Sounds
1942
Fine Clothes
1925
The Bargain
1931
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946
Talk About a Stranger
1952
The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937
The Sun Comes Up
1949
The Thirteenth Chair
1937
Just This Once
1952
Pilgrims of the Night
1921
Nomads of the North
1920
Confessions of a Queen
1925
Wonder of Women
1929
The Foreign Legion
1928
Inez from Hollywood
1924
The Private Life of Helen of Troy
1927
Trifling Women
1922
Too Much Money
1926
You Can't Buy Everything
1934
Cytherea
1924
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1929
Cheaper to Marry
1925
Judge Hardy's Children
1938
The Mystery of Mr. X
1934
Man's Desire
1919
The Rosary
1922
Lonesome Ladies
1927
The Phantom of Paris
1931
Milestones
1920
The Havoc
1916
Always Goodbye
1931
Why Men Leave Home
1924
The River's End
1920
New Morals for Old
1932
The Girl from Montmartre
1926
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
1939
Husbands and Lovers
1924
Plan for Destruction
1943
An Affair of the Follies
1927
The Office Wife
1930
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
1998
My Past
1931
The Concert
1921
Honor's Altar
1916
The White Mouse
1921
Inside the Lines
1918
The Unguarded Hour
1936
Freedom of the Press
1928
Divorce In The Family
1932
According to the Code
1916
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
1920
The Northern Trail
1921
The Golden Snare
1921
The Child Thou Gavest Me
1921
The Prince of Headwaiters
1927
The Notorious Lady
1927
Some of the Best
1944
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1923
A Fool There Was
1922
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940
1940
The Dangerous Age
1923
Men Must Fight
1933
The Man of Bronze
1918
Held by the Enemy
1920
Old Loves and New
1926
Beau Revel
1921
Don't Neglect Your Wife
1921
Don Juan's 3 Nights
1926
Holiday Greetings 1941
1941