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Lewis Stone
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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-…
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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.
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2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2003
Complicated Women
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1998
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
Movie Judge Hardy (archive footage)
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1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie (archive footage)
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1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie Baron in 'Suzy' (archive footage)
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1955
MGM Parade
TV show self
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1953
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Movie Captain Holt
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1952
The Prisoner of Zenda
Movie The Cardinal
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1952
Scaramouche
Movie Georges de Valmorin
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1952
Talk About a Stranger
Movie William J. Wardlaw
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1952
Just This Once
Movie Judge Samuel Coulter
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1951
It's a Big Country
Movie Church Sexton
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1951
The Unknown Man
Movie James V. Hulbrook
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1951
Angels in the Outfield
Movie Arnold P. Hapgood
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1951
Bannerline
Movie Josh
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1951
Night Into Morning
Movie Dr. Horace Snyder
More credits
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1951
Grounds for Marriage
Movie Dr. Carleton Radwin Young
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1950
Stars in My Crown
Movie Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
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1950
Key to the City
Movie Judge Silas Standish
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1949
Any Number Can Play
Movie Ben Gavery Snelerr
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1949
The Sun Comes Up
Movie Arthur Norton
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1948
State of the Union
Movie Sam Thorndyke
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1946
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Movie Judge Hardy
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1946
Three Wise Fools
Movie Judge James Trumbell
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1946
The Hoodlum Saint
Movie Father Nolan
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1944
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Movie Judge Hardy
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1944
Twenty Years After
Movie (archive footage)
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1944
Some of the Best
Movie Himself - Commentator
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1943
Plan for Destruction
Movie Commentator
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1942
Andy Hardy's Double Life
Movie Judge Hardy
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1942
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Movie Judge Hardy
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1942
The Bugle Sounds
Movie Col. Jack Lawton
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1941
Holiday Greetings 1941
Movie Himself
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1941
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Movie Judge Hardy
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1941
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Movie Judge Hardy
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1940
Sporting Blood
Movie Davis Lockwood
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1940
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Movie Judge Hardy
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1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Movie Self
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1940
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
Movie Judge Hardy
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1940
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940
Movie Himself / Narrator
