Born
14 November 1879 (146)
Place of Birth
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as
Lewis Shepard Stone, Lewis S. 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 b...
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.
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
Complicated Women
2003
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
1998
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952
Scaramouche
1952
Talk About a Stranger
1952
Just This Once
1952
It's a Big Country
1951
The Unknown Man
1951
Angels in the Outfield
1951
Bannerline
1951
Night Into Morning
1951
Grounds for Marriage
1951
Stars in My Crown
1950
Key to the City
1950
Any Number Can Play
1949
The Sun Comes Up
1949
State of the Union
1948
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946
Three Wise Fools
1946
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944
Twenty Years After
1944
Some of the Best
1944
Plan for Destruction
1943
Andy Hardy's Double Life
1942
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942
The Bugle Sounds
1942
Holiday Greetings 1941
1941
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
1941
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941
Sporting Blood
1940
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
1940
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940
1940
Judge Hardy and Son
1939