LEWIS STONE BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Lewis Stone was born on November 15th, 1879 in Worcester, Massachusetts with the birth name Lewis Shepard Stone, born to Bertrand Stone and Philena Heald Ball. After high school he enlisted to fight in the Spanish American War and upon completing his service he decided to pursue a career as a writer.
Soon he began developing an interest in acting and after receiving a small number of film roles he again took a break from employment to serve during World War I. He then returned to acting and with ease began adding a number of film roles to his resume such as, "Don't Neglect Your Wife" (1921), "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1922), "Scaramouche" (1923), "The Lost World" (1925), and "The Patriot" (1928), a role for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination.
Now under contract with MGM more prominent roles began to come his way starring in the silent films, "A Woman of Affairs" (1928), and "Romance" (1930). He made the transition from silent films to sound with ease adding, "The Trial of Mary Dugan" (1929), "The Big House" (1930), "The Phantom of Paris" (1931), "Inspiration" (1931), "Red-Headed Woman" (1932), "The Mask of Fu Manchu" (1932), "Grand Hotel" (1932), "Bureau of Missing Persons" (1933) and "Queen Christina" (1933).
He became most well known for his portrayal of Judge James Hardy in the Mickey Rooney, "Andy Hardy" series with a total of fifteen appearances in such films as, "You're Only Young Once" (1937), "Andy Hardy's Private Secretary" (1941), "The Courtship of Andy Hardy" (1942) and "Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble" (1944) among others.
Stone was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to the Motion Picture Industry and he never pursued any television work.
Lewis Stone married a total of three times throughout his lifetime, first to Florence Oakley and they had two children before this marriage came to an end. He then married Margaret Langham in 1907 and they were together until she passed away in 1910. His third and final wife was Elizabeth Hazel Wolf whom he wed in 1930 and they were together until he passed away on September 12th, 1953 in Beverly Hills, California after suffering from a heart attack after trying to get some teenagers off his property.
Filmography
1953 All the Brothers Were Valiant
1952 The Prisoner of Zenda
1952 Scaramouche
1952 Talk About a Stranger
1952 Just This Once
1951 It's a Big Country
1951 The Unknown Man
1951 Bannerline
1951 Angels in the Outfield
1951 Night Into Morning
1951 Grounds for Marriage
1950 Stars in My Crown
1950 Key to the City
1949 Any Number Can Play
1949 The Sun Comes Up
1948 State of the Union
1946 Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946 The Hoodlum Saint
1944 Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1942 Andy Hardy's Double Life
1942 The Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942 The Bugle Sounds
1941 Life Begins for Andy Hardy
1941 Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1940 Sporting Blood
1940 Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940 Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things (short)
1939 Judge Hardy and Son
1939 Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939 Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939 The Hardys Ride High
1939 The Ice Follies of 1939
1939 Loews Christmas Greeting
1938 Out West with the Hardys
1938 The Chaser
1938 Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938 Yellow Jack
1938 Stolen Heaven
1938 Judge Hardy's Children
1937 The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937 You're Only Young Once
1937 The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937 The Thirteenth Chair
1937 Outcast
1936 Don't Turn 'em Loose
1936 Sworn Enemy
1936 Suzy
1936 Small Town Girl
1936 The Unguarded Hour
1936 Three Godfathers
1936 Tough Guy
1935 Shipmates Forever
1935 China Seas
1935 Woman Wanted
1935 Public Hero #1
1935 West Point of the Air
1935 Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935 David Copperfield
1934 Treasure Island
1934 The Girl from Missouri
1934 The Mystery of Mr. X
1934 You Can't Buy Everything
1933 Queen Christina
1933 Bureau of Missing Persons
1933 Looking Forward
1933 The White Sister
1933 Men Must Fight
1932 The Son-Daughter
1932 The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932 Divorce in the Family
1932 Unashamed
1932 Red-Headed Woman
1932 New Morals for Old
1932 Letty Lynton
1932 Night Court
1932 Grand Hotel
1932 The Wet Parade
1931 Mata Hari
1931 Strictly Dishonorable
1931 The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931 The Phantom of Paris
1931 The Bargain
1931 Always Goodbye
1931 My Past
1931 The Secret Six
1931 Father's Son
1931 Inspiration
1930 Passion Flower
1930 The Office Wife
1930 Romance
1930 The Big House
1930 Strictly Unconventional
1929 Their Own Desire
1929 Madame X
1929 Wonder of Women
1929 The Trial of Mary Dugan
1929 Wild Orchids
1928 A Woman of Affairs
1928 Freedom of the Press
1928 The Patriot
1928 The Foreign Legion
1927 The Private Life of Helen of Troy
1927 The Prince of Headwaiters
1927 Lonesome Ladies
1927 The Notorious Lady
1927 An Affair of the Follies
1926 The Blonde Saint
1926 Midnight Lovers
1926 Don Juan's Three Nights
1926 Old Loves and New
1926 The Girl from Montmartre
1926 Too Much Money
1925 What Fools Men
1925 Fine Clothes
1925 The Lady Who Lied
1925 The Talker
1925 Confessions of a Queen
1925 The Lost World
1925 Cheaper to Marry
1924 Inez from Hollywood
1924 Husbands and Lovers
1924 Cytherea
1924 Why Men Leave Home
1924 The Stranger
1923 Scaramouche
1923 You Can't Fool Your Wife
1923 The World's Applause
1923 The Dangerous Age
1922 Trifling Women
1922 The Prisoner of Zenda
1922 A Fool There Was
1922 The Rosary
1921 The White Mouse
1921 Pilgrims of the Night
1921 The Child Thou Gavest Me
1921 Don't Neglect Your Wife
1921 The Golden Snare
1921 The Northern Trail
1921 Beau Revel
1921 The Concert
1920 Held by the Enemy
1920 Nomads of the North
1920 Milestones
1920 The River's End
1919 Man's Desire
1918 The Man of Bronze
1918 Inside the Lines
1916 According to the Code
1916 The Havoc
1916 Honor's Altar
1915 The Man Who Found Out
1914 The Bargain
