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person_profile-Lew Ayres

Lew Ayres Died at age: 88

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Lew Ayres

Date of Birth:

Dec 28, 1908

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Dec 30, 1996

Biography of

Lew Ayres

    Lew Ayres was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in San Diego, California. A college dropout, he was found by a talent scout in the Coconut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles and entered Hollywood as a bit player. He was leading man to Greta Garbo in The Kiss (1929), but it was the role of Paul Baumer in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) that was his big break. He was profoundly affected by the anti-war message of that film, and when, in 1942, the popular star of Young Dr. Kildare (1938) and subsequent Dr. Kildare films was drafted, he was a conscientious objector. America was outraged, and theaters vowed never to show his films again, but quietly he achieved the Medical Corps status he had requested, serving as a medic under fire in the South Pacific and as a chaplain's aid in New Guinea and the Phillipines. His return to film after the war was undistinguished until Johnny Belinda (1948) - his role as the sympathetic physician treating the deaf-mute Jane Wyman won him an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor. Subsequent movie roles were scarce; an opportunity to play Dr. Kildare in television was aborted when the network refused to honor his request for no cigarette sponsorship. He continued to act, but in the 1970s put his long experience into a project to bring to the west the philosophy of the East - the resulting film, Altars of the World (1976), while not a box-office success, won critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award. Lew Ayres died in Los Angeles, California on December 30, 1996, just two days after his 88th birthday.

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Filmography of

Lew Ayres

Found 93 Movies in total

Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart

Professor Cabel ( Actor )

... 1994

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1991

Cast the First Stone

Martin ( Actor )

... 1989

Under Siege

John Pace ( Actor )

... 1986

Don Camillo

Doc ( Actor )

... 1984

Of Mice and Men

Candy ( Actor )

... 1981

Reunion

Bob Hollander ( Actor )

... 1980

Letters from Frank

Dan Miller ( Actor )

... 1979

Salem's Lot

Jason Burke ( Actor )

... 1979

Salem's Lot

Jason Burke ( Actor )

... 1979

Suddenly, Love

Mr. Graham ( Actor )

... 1978

The Story of Noah

Noah ( Actor )

... 1978

Battlestar Galactica

President Adar ( Actor )

... 1978

Damien - Omen II

Bill Atherton ( Actor )

... 1978

End of the World

Com. Joseph Beckerman ( Actor )

... 1977

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1976

Heatwave!

Dr. Grayson ( Actor )

... 1974

The Questor Tapes

Vaslovik ( Actor )

... 1974

... 1973

The Stranger

Prof. Dylan MacAuley ( Actor )

... 1973

The Man

Noah Calvin ( Actor )

... 1972

The Biscuit Eater

Mr. Ames ( Actor )

... 1972

She Waits

Dr. Sam Carpenter ( Actor )

... 1972

Earth II

President Charles Carter Durant ( Actor )

... 1971

... 1969

Cocoon

The Governor ( Actor )

... 1968

Hollywood My Home Town

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1965

The Carpetbaggers

'Mac' McAllister ( Actor )

... 1964

Hollywood Without Make-Up

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1963

Advise & Consent

The Vice President ( Actor )

... 1962

Donovan's Brain

Dr. Patrick J. Cory ( Actor )

... 1953

No Escape

John Howard Tracy ( Actor )

... 1953

New Mexico

Capt. Hunt ( Actor )

... 1951

The Capture

Lin Vanner / Lindley Brown ( Actor )

... 1950

Johnny Belinda

Dr. Robert Richardson ( Actor )

... 1948

The Unfaithful

Larry Hannaford ( Actor )

... 1947

The Dark Mirror

Dr. Scott Elliott ( Actor )

... 1946

Fingers at the Window

Oliver Duffy ( Actor )

... 1942

Dr. Kildare's Victory

Dr. James Kildare ( Actor )

... 1942

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

Dr. James Kildare ( Actor )

... 1941

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare

Dr. James Kildare ( Actor )

... 1941

Maisie Was a Lady

Bob Rawlston ( Actor )

... 1941

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

Dr. James Kildare ( Actor )

... 1940

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

Dr. James Kildare ( Actor )

... 1940

The Golden Fleecing

Henry Twinkle ( Actor )

... 1940

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

Dr. James Kildare ( Actor )

... 1940

Remember?

Sky Ames ( Actor )

... 1939

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

Dr. James Kildare ( Actor )

... 1939

These Glamour Girls

Philip S. Griswold III ( Actor )

... 1939

Calling Dr. Kildare

Dr. James Kildare ( Actor )

... 1939

Broadway Serenade

James Geoffrey 'Jimmy' Seymour ( Actor )

... 1939

The Ice Follies of 1939

Eddie Burgess ( Actor )

... 1939

Spring Madness

Sam Thatcher ( Actor )

... 1938

Young Dr. Kildare

Dr. James Kildare ( Actor )

... 1938

Rich Man, Poor Girl

Henry Thayer ( Actor )

... 1938

Holiday

Ned Seton ( Actor )

... 1938

King of the Newsboys

Jerry Flynn ( Actor )

... 1938

Scandal Street

Joe McKnight ( Actor )

... 1938

Hold 'Em Navy

Tommy Graham ( Actor )

... 1937

The Last Train from Madrid

Bill Dexter ( Actor )

... 1937

The Crime Nobody Saw

Nick Milburn ( Actor )

... 1937

Murder with Pictures

Kent Murdock ( Actor )

... 1936

Lady Be Careful

Chester aka Dynamite ( Actor )

... 1936

Shakedown

Bob Sanderson ( Actor )

... 1936

Panic on the Air

Jerry Franklin ( Actor )

... 1936

The Leathernecks Have Landed

Woodruff 'Woody' Davis ( Actor )

... 1936

Silk Hat Kid

Eddie Howard ( Actor )

... 1935

Spring Tonic

Caleb Enix ( Actor )

... 1935

The Lottery Lover

Cadet Frank Harrington ( Actor )

... 1935

Servants' Entrance

Erik Landstrom ( Actor )

... 1934

She Learned About Sailors

Larry Wilson ( Actor )

... 1934

Let’s Be Ritzy

Jimmy Sterling ( Actor )

... 1934

Cross Country Cruise

Norman Winthrop ( Actor )

... 1934

My Weakness

Ronnie Gregory ( Actor )

... 1933

Don't Bet on Love

Bill McCaffrey ( Actor )

... 1933

State Fair

Pat Gilbert ( Actor )

... 1933

Okay, America!

Larry Wayne ( Actor )

... 1932

Night World

Michael Rand ( Actor )

... 1932

... 1932

The Impatient Maiden

Dr. Myron Brown ( Actor )

... 1932

Heaven on Earth

States ( Actor )

... 1931

The Spirit of Notre Dame

Edward Aloysius "Bucky" O'Brian ( Actor )

... 1931

Up for Murder

Robert Marshall ( Actor )

... 1931

Iron Man

Kid Mason ( Actor )

... 1931

Many a Slip

Jerry Brooks ( Actor )

... 1931

East Is West

Billy Benson ( Actor )

... 1930

The Doorway to Hell

Louie Ricarno ( Actor )

... 1930

Common Clay

Hugh Fullerton ( Actor )

... 1930

All Quiet on the Western Front

Paul Bäumer ( Actor )

... 1930

The Kiss

Pierre Lassalle ( Actor )

... 1929

Big News

Copyboy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1929

The Sophomore

Sophomore Fraternity Brother (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1929