Lewis Stone

Infobox Actor
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name = Lewis Stone


caption = from the trailer for "Woman Wanted" (1935)
birthname = Lewis Shepard Stone
birthdate = November 15, 1879
location = Worcester, Massachusetts
deathdate = September 12, 1953, aged 73
deathplace = Los Angeles, California
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Lewis Shepard Stone (November 15, 1879 - September 12, 1953) was an American actor.

Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Stone's hair grew gray by the time he was twenty. He fought in the Spanish-American War, then returned to a career as a writer. He soon began acting, but his career was interrupted by World War I. By then he had a white-haired, distinguished appearance, and began appearing in roles which matched his demeanor.

Stone was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1929 for "The Patriot". After that, he appeared in several movies with Greta Garbo. His appearance in the highly-successful prison film "The Big House" furthered his career, and he starred with some of the biggest names in Hollywood in the 1930s, such stars as Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Ramón Novarro, Clark Gable, and Jean Harlow. 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 assayed the role which would become his most famous, that of Judge Hardy in the Mickey Rooney "Andy Hardy" series. Stone appeared as the judge in fifteen movies, beginning with "You're Only Young Once".

Stone died in Beverly Hills, California on September 12, 1953. Reportedly, he suffered a heart attack while chasing away some neighborhood kids who were throwing rocks at his garage. A photo published in Kenneth Anger's "Hollywood Babylon" shows Stone's body immediately after the incident.

He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6524 Hollywood Blvd.

Partial filmography

*"The Bargain" (1914) (film debut)
*"The Prisoner of Zenda" (1922)
*"Scaramouche" (1923)
*"The Lost World" (1925)
*"The Private Life of Helen of Troy" (1927)
*"The Patriot" (1928)
*"Madame X" (1929)
*"Their Own Desire" (1929)
*"The Big House" (1930)
*"Romance" (1930)
*"The Office Wife" (1930)
*"Father's Son" (1931)
*"The Secret Six" (1931)
*"The Sin of Madelon Claudet" (1931)
*"Mata Hari" (1931)
*"Grand Hotel" (1932)
*"Letty Lynton" (1932)
*"Red-Headed Woman" (1932)
*"The Mask of Fu Manchu" (1932)
*"The White Sister" (1933)
*"Bureau of Missing Persons" (1933)
*"Queen Christina" (1933)
*"The Girl from Missouri" (1934)
*"Treasure Island" (1934)
*"David Copperfield" (1935)
*"West Point of the Air" (1935)
*"China Seas" (1935)
*"Three Godfathers" (1936)
*"The Unguarded Hour" (1936)
*"Suzy" (1936)
*"You're Only Young Once" (1937)
*"The Bad Man of Brimstone" (1937)
*"Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things" (1938)
*"Judge Hardy's Children" (1938)
*"Yellow Jack" (1938)
*"Love Finds Andy Hardy" (1938)
*"Out West with the Hardys" (1938)
*"The Ice Follies of 1939" (1939)
*"The Hardys Ride High" (1939)
*"Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever" (1939)
*"Judge Hardy and Son" (1939)
*"Andy Hardy Meets Debutante" (1940)
*"Andy Hardy's Private Secretary" (1941)
*"Life Begins for Andy Hardy" (1941)
*"The Bugle Sounds" (1942)
*"The Courtship of Andy Hardy" (1942)
*"Andy Hardy's Double Life" (1942)
*"Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble" (1944)
*"Love Laughs at Andy Hardy" (1946)
*"State of the Union" (1948)
*"Stars in My Crown" (1950)
*"Angels in the Outfield" (1951)
*"The Unknown Man" (1951)
*"Talk About a Stranger" (1952)
*"Scaramouche" (1952)
*"The Prisoner of Zenda" (1952)
*"All the Brothers Were Valiant" (1953)

External links

*imdb name|id=0832011|name=Lewis Stone
*Lewis Stone at [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=68484 "The New York Times Movies"]
*Lewis Stone at [http://www.cyranos.ch/spston-e.htm The International Silent Movie]
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=896 Photographs of Lewis Stone]

Persondata
NAME= Stone, Lewis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Stone, Lewis Shepard
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= November 15, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH= Worcester, Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH= September 12, 1953, aged 73
PLACE OF DEATH= Los Angeles, California