1879-11-14 Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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.
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self (archive footage) | 2004-02-03 |
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Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 |
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Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy | Judge Hardy (archive footage) | 1998-10-01 |
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That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
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The Big Parade of Comedy | Baron in 'Suzy' (archive footage) | 1964-09-02 |
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All the Brothers Were Valiant | Captain Holt | 1953-11-13 |
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Talk About a Stranger | William J. Wardlaw | 1952-04-18 |
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The Prisoner of Zenda | The Cardinal | 1952-11-04 |
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Scaramouche | Georges de Valmorin | 1952-05-08 |
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Just This Once | Judge Samuel Coulter | 1952-02-27 |
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Grounds for Marriage | Dr. Carleton Radwin Young | 1951-01-12 |
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Bannerline | Josh | 1951-10-12 |
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The Unknown Man | James V. Hulbrook | 1951-11-16 |
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Angels in the Outfield | Arnold P. Hapgood | 1951-10-19 |
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Night Into Morning | Dr. Horace Snyder | 1951-06-08 |
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It's a Big Country | Church Sexton | 1951-11-20 |
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Key to the City | Judge Silas Standish | 1950-02-02 |
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Stars in My Crown | Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr. | 1950-05-11 |
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The Sun Comes Up | Arthur Norton | 1949-05-12 |
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Any Number Can Play | Ben Gavery Snelerr | 1949-07-15 |
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State of the Union | Sam Thorndyke | 1948-04-30 |
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The Hoodlum Saint | Father Nolan | 1946-04-04 |
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Three Wise Fools | Judge James Trumbell | 1946-09-26 |
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Love Laughs at Andy Hardy | Judge Hardy | 1946-12-25 |
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Some of the Best | Himself - Commentator | 1944-01-01 |
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Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | 1944-01-01 |
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Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble | Judge Hardy | 1944-05-04 |
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Plan for Destruction | Commentator | 1943-04-22 |
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The Bugle Sounds | Col. Jack Lawton | 1942-01-30 |
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The Courtship of Andy Hardy | Judge Hardy | 1942-03-03 |
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Andy Hardy's Double Life | Judge Hardy | 1942-12-01 |
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Holiday Greetings 1941 | Himself | 1941-12-25 |
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Life Begins for Andy Hardy | Judge Hardy | 1941-08-15 |
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Andy Hardy's Private Secretary | Judge Hardy | 1941-02-21 |
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Sporting Blood | Davis Lockwood | 1940-07-11 |
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Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things | Judge Hardy | 1940-01-01 |
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Big Parade Hits for 1940 | Himself / Narrator | 1940-01-01 |
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Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | 1940-05-29 |
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Andy Hardy Meets Debutante | Judge Hardy | 1940-07-05 |
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From the Ends of the Earth | Self | 1939-05-28 |
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The Hardys Ride High | Judge Hardy | 1939-04-21 |
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Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever | Judge Hardy | 1939-07-21 |
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The Ice Follies of 1939 | Douglas Tolliver Jr. | 1939-03-10 |
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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | The President | 1939-12-01 |
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Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family) | Judge James K. Hardy | 1939-01-09 |
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Judge Hardy and Son | Judge Hardy | 1939-12-22 |
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Yellow Jack | Maj. Walter Reed | 1938-05-19 |
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Another Romance of Celluloid | Self (uncredited) | 1938-02-05 |
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The Chaser | Delford Prescott | 1938-07-29 |
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Love Finds Andy Hardy | Judge Hardy | 1938-07-22 |
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Stolen Heaven | Joseph Langauer | 1938-05-11 |
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Judge Hardy's Children | Judge Hardy | 1938-03-26 |
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Out West with the Hardys | Judge Hardy | 1938-11-25 |
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The Thirteenth Chair | Inspector Marney | 1937-05-07 |
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The Man Who Cried Wolf | Lawrence Fontaine | 1937-08-29 |
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Outcast | Anthony Abbott | 1937-02-05 |
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The Bad Man of Brimstone | Jackson Douglas | 1937-12-31 |
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You're Only Young Once | Judge Hardy | 1937-12-10 |
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The Unguarded Hour | General Lawrence | 1936-04-10 |
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Don't Turn 'em Loose | John Webster | 1936-09-18 |
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Three Godfathers | James 'Doc' Underwood | 1936-03-06 |
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Small Town Girl | Dr. Dakin | 1936-04-10 |
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Sworn Enemy | Doctor Simon 'Doc' Gattle | 1936-09-11 |
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Suzy | Baron | 1936-07-20 |
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Shipmates Forever | Adm. Richard Melville | 1935-10-12 |
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Public Hero Number 1 | Prison Warden | 1935-05-31 |
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Woman Wanted | District Attorney | 1935-08-02 |
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The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger | Mr. Wickfield | 1935-01-18 |
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Vanessa: Her Love Story | Adam Paris | 1935-03-01 |
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China Seas | Tom Davids | 1935-08-09 |
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West Point of the Air | Gen. Carter | 1935-03-23 |
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The Mystery of Mr. X | Police Superintendent Connor | 1934-02-23 |
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The Girl from Missouri | Frank Cousins | 1934-08-03 |
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You Can't Buy Everything | John Burton | 1934-01-26 |
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Treasure Island | Captain Smollett | 1934-08-17 |
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Queen Christina | Oxenstierna | 1934-02-09 |
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 | 1934-03-02 | |
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The White Sister | Prince Guido Chiaromonte | 1933-03-17 |
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Looking Forward | Gabriel Service Sr. | 1933-04-28 |
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Bureau of Missing Persons | Police Captain Webb | 1933-09-16 |
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Men Must Fight | Edward Seward | 1933-02-17 |
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Divorce In The Family | John Parker | 1932-08-27 |
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Red-Headed Woman | William 'Will' Legendre Sr. | 1932-06-25 |
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Unashamed | Henry Trask | 1932-07-02 |
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Night Court | Judge William Osgood | 1932-06-04 |
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Grand Hotel | Doctor Otternschlag | 1932-09-11 |
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The Son-Daughter | Dr. Dong Tong | 1932-12-23 |
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New Morals for Old | Mr. Thomas | 1932-06-04 |
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Letty Lynton | District Attorney Haney | 1932-04-30 |
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The Wet Parade | Roger Chilcote | 1932-03-26 |
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The Mask of Fu Manchu | Nyland Smith | 1932-11-04 |
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The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Carlo Boretti | 1931-10-23 |
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Inspiration | Raymond Delval | 1931-01-31 |
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Mata Hari | Andriani | 1931-12-26 |
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Father's Son | William Emory | 1931-03-07 |
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The Secret Six | Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law | 1931-04-18 |
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The Phantom of Paris | Inspector Costaud | 1931-09-12 |
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My Past | John Thornley | 1931-05-03 |
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Always Goodbye | John Graham | 1931-05-24 |
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The Bargain | Maitland White | 1931-07-23 |
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Strictly Dishonorable | Judge Dempsey | 1931-12-01 |
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The Big House | Warden James Adams | 1930-06-14 |
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Romance | Cornelius 'Conny' Van Tuyl | 1930-08-20 |
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The Office Wife | Larry Fellowes | 1930-08-23 |
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Passion Flower | Antonio Morado | 1930-12-06 |
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Strictly Unconventional | Clive Champion-Cheney | 1930-05-03 |
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The Trial of Mary Dugan | Edward West | 1929-06-08 |
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Wonder of Women | Stephen Tromholt | 1929-07-20 |
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Wild Orchids | John Sterling | 1929-02-23 |
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Their Own Desire | Henry 'Hal' Marlett | 1929-12-27 |
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Madame X | Louis Floriot | 1929-08-17 |
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The Foreign Legion | Col. Destin | 1928-06-23 |
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The Patriot | Count Pahlen | 1928-09-01 |
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Freedom of the Press | Daniel Steele | 1928-10-28 |
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A Woman of Affairs | Dr. Hugh Trevelyan | 1928-12-15 |
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The Private Life of Helen of Troy | Menelaus | 1927-12-09 |
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The Prince of Headwaiters | Pierre | 1927-07-09 |
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An Affair of the Follies | Hammersley | 1927-02-13 |
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The Notorious Lady | Patrick Marlowe / John Carew | 1927-03-26 |
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Lonesome Ladies | John Fosdick | 1927-07-03 |
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Don Juan's 3 Nights | Johann Aradi | 1926-09-04 |
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Old Loves and New | Gervas Carew | 1926-04-11 |
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The Girl from Montmartre | Jerome Hautrive | 1926-01-31 |
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Too Much Money | Robert Broadley | 1926-01-03 |
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Midnight Lovers | Maj. William Ridgewell, RFC | 1926-10-25 |
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The Blonde Saint | Sebastian Maure | 1926-11-20 |
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The Lady Who Lied | Horace Pierpont | 1925-07-12 |
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Cheaper to Marry | Jim Knight | 1925-02-09 |
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The Lost World | Sir John Roxton | 1925-02-02 |
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Confessions of a Queen | The King | 1925-03-30 |
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What Fools Men | Joseph Greer | 1925-09-13 |
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Fine Clothes | Earl of Denham | 1925-08-09 |
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The Talker | Harry Lennox | 1925-05-24 |
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Why Men Leave Home | John Emerson | 1924-03-03 |
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Inez from Hollywood | Stewart Cuyler | 1924-12-14 |
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Cytherea | Lee Randon | 1924-05-04 |
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The Stranger | Keith Darrant | 1924-02-04 |
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Husbands and Lovers | James Livingston | 1924-11-02 |
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The Dangerous Age | John Emerson | 1923-02-04 |
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The World's Applause | John Elliott | 1923-01-29 |
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You Can't Fool Your Wife | Garth McBride | 1923-04-29 |
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Scaramouche | The Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr | 1923-09-15 |
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A Fool There Was | John Schuyler | 1922-06-18 |
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Trifling Women | The Marquis Ferroni | 1922-11-06 |
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The Prisoner of Zenda | Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf | 1922-09-11 |
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The Rosary | Father Brian Kelly | 1922-01-16 |
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The Concert | Augustus Martinot | 1921-02-20 |
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The White Mouse | Sgt. Blake, R.C.M.P. | 1921-11-06 |
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The Child Thou Gavest Me | Edward Berkeley | 1921-08-20 |
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The Northern Trail | Jan Ducet | 1921-07-03 |
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Pilgrims of the Night | Philip Champion / Lord Ellingham | 1921-09-26 |
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Beau Revel | Lawrence 'Beau' Revel | 1921-03-19 |
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The Golden Snare | Sergeant Philip Raine | 1921-07-10 |
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Don't Neglect Your Wife | Langdon Masters | 1921-07-31 |
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Nomads of the North | Cpl. O'Connor | 1920-09-25 |
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The River's End | Derwent Conniston/John Keith | 1920-02-22 |
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Milestones | John Rhead | 1920-09-09 |
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Held by the Enemy | Capt. Gordon Haine | 1920-10-24 |
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A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios | Himself | 1920-08-15 |
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Man's Desire | Tom Denton | 1919-07-20 |
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Inside the Lines | Captain Cavendish | 1918-08-26 |
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The Man of Bronze | John Adams | 1918-12-09 |
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According to the Code | Basil Beckenridge | 1916-07-10 |
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The Havoc | Richard Craig | 1916-03-20 |
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Honor's Altar | Warren Woods | 1916-02-14 |
