Lewis Stone
Lewis Shepard Stone (November 15, 1879 – September 12, 1953) was an American film actor. He spent 29 years as a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and was best known for his role as Judge James Hardy in their Andy Hardy film series. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1929 for The Patriot. He appeared in seven films with Greta Garbo, most memorably as Doctor Otternschlag in Grand Hotel.
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| Full name at birth | Lewis Shepard Stone
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| Claim to fame | Judge Hardy from Andy Hardy Movies
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| Date of birth | 15 November 1879
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| Place of birth | Worcester, Massachusetts
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| Date of death | 12 September 1953
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| Age | 73 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Los Angeles, California
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| Cause of death | Heart Attack
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| Resting place | Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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| Occupation | Actor
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| Height | 5' 10½" (179 cm)
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| Distinctive feature | premature gray/white hair
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- In 1928, he appeared in the first of a series of pictures with Greta Garbo. In A Woman of Affairs (1928) he played the older doctor, a friend of the family. But two years later in Romance (1930), he played her lover.
- Fought in the Spanish-American War (1898).
- He had a Lifetime Contract with MGM and appears in the Guiness Book Of World Records as "Artist With The Longest Contract To One Studio." He signed with MGM in 1924 at the very start of MGM and remained with them as a contract player until his death in 1953. A total of 29 years.
- Stone's death was a particularly tragic one. A group of rowdy teenagers had invaded his meticulously kept garden, and he ran out to prevent damage and ask them to leave. The effort proved too much for the gallant 73-year-old and he collapsed of a heart attack, dying almost instantly.
- By the time that he was 20, Lewis Stone had turned prematurely grey
Lewis Stone is known for his role in the film The Prisoner of Zenda (1922) as Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf.
He is also known for his role in the film The Office Wife (1930) as Lawrence Fellowes.
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