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 | Judge James V. Hulbrook | 1951-11-09 |
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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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Love Laughs at Andy Hardy | Judge Hardy | 1946-12-25 |
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Three Wise Fools | Judge James Trumbell | 1946-09-26 |
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The Hoodlum Saint | Father Nolan | 1946-04-04 |
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Some of the Best | Himself - Commentator | 1944-01-01 |
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Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble | Judge Hardy | 1944-05-04 |
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Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | 1944-01-01 |
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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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Andy Hardy's Double Life | Judge Hardy | 1942-12-01 |
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The Courtship of Andy Hardy | Judge Hardy | 1942-03-03 |
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Holiday Greetings 1941 | Himself | 1941-12-25 |
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Andy Hardy's Private Secretary | Judge Hardy | 1941-02-21 |
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Life Begins for Andy Hardy | Judge Hardy | 1941-08-15 |
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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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Another Romance of Celluloid | Self (uncredited) | 1938-02-05 |
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The Chaser | Delford Prescott | 1938-07-29 |
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Yellow Jack | Maj. Walter Reed | 1938-05-19 |
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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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Outcast | Anthony Abbott | 1937-02-05 |
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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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You're Only Young Once | Judge Hardy | 1937-12-10 |
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The Bad Man of Brimstone | Jackson Douglas | 1937-12-31 |
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Don't Turn 'em Loose | John Webster | 1936-09-18 |
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The Unguarded Hour | General Lawrence | 1936-04-10 |
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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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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 Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger | Mr. Wickfield | 1935-01-18 |
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You Can't Buy Everything | John Burton | 1934-01-26 |
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The Mystery of Mr. X | Connor | 1934-02-23 |
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Treasure Island | Captain Smollett | 1934-08-17 |
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 | 1934-03-02 | |
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The Girl from Missouri | Frank Cousins | 1934-08-03 |
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The White Sister | Prince Guido Chiaromonte | 1933-03-17 |
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Queen Christina | Oxenstierna | 1933-12-26 |
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Bureau of Missing Persons | Police Captain Webb | 1933-09-16 |
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Looking Forward | Gabriel Service Sr. | 1933-04-28 |
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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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Unashamed | Henry Trask | 1932-07-02 |
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Red-Headed Woman | William 'Will' Legendre Sr. | 1932-06-25 |
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Night Court | Judge William Osgood | 1932-06-04 |
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Grand Hotel | Doctor Otternschlag | 1932-05-25 |
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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 | 1932-11-05 |
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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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Strictly Dishonorable | Judge Dempsey | 1931-12-01 |
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The Bargain | Maitland White | 1931-07-23 |
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Always Goodbye | John Graham | 1931-05-24 |
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My Past | John Thornley | 1931-05-03 |
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Strictly Unconventional | Clive Champion-Cheney | 1930-05-03 |
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Passion Flower | Antonio Morado | 1930-12-06 |
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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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The Big House | Warden James Adams | 1930-06-14 |
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Madame X | Louis Floriot | 1929-08-17 |
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Wild Orchids | John Sterling | 1929-02-23 |
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The Trial of Mary Dugan | Edward West | 1929-06-08 |
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Their Own Desire | Henry 'Hal' Marlett | 1929-12-27 |
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Wonder of Women | Stephen Tromholt | 1929-07-20 |
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The Patriot | Count Pahlen | 1928-09-01 |
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A Woman of Affairs | Dr. Hugh Trevelyan | 1928-12-15 |
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The Foreign Legion | Col. Destin | 1928-06-23 |
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Freedom of the Press | Daniel Steele | 1928-10-28 |
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An Affair of the Follies | Hammersley | 1927-02-13 |
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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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Lonesome Ladies | John Fosdick | 1927-07-03 |
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The Notorious Lady | Patrick Marlowe / John Carew | 1927-03-26 |
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Don Juan's 3 Nights | Johann Aradi | 1926-09-04 |
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The Girl from Montmartre | Jerome Hautrive | 1926-01-31 |
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Old Loves and New | Gervas Carew | 1926-04-11 |
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The Blonde Saint | Sebastian Maure | 1926-11-20 |
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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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Confessions of a Queen | The King | 1925-03-30 |
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Fine Clothes | Earl of Denham | 1925-08-09 |
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The Lost World | Sir John Roxton | 1925-02-02 |
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The Talker | Harry Lennox | 1925-05-24 |
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What Fools Men | Joseph Greer | 1925-09-13 |
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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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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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Scaramouche | The Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr | 1923-09-15 |
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You Can't Fool Your Wife | Garth McBride | 1923-04-29 |
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The World's Applause | John Elliott | 1923-01-29 |
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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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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 Child Thou Gavest Me | Edward Berkeley | 1921-08-20 |
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Don't Neglect Your Wife | Langdon Masters | 1921-07-31 |
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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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The White Mouse | Sgt. Blake, R.C.M.P. | 1921-11-06 |
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Pilgrims of the Night | Philip Champion / Lord Ellingham | 1921-09-26 |
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The Concert | Augustus Martinot | 1921-02-20 |
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The Northern Trail | Jan Ducet | 1921-07-03 |
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The River's End | Derwent Conniston/John Keith | 1920-02-22 |
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Held by the Enemy | Capt. Gordon Haine | 1920-10-24 |
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Milestones | John Rhead | 1920-09-09 |
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Nomads of the North | Cpl. O'Connor | 1920-09-25 |
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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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The Havoc | Richard Craig | 1916-03-20 |
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Honor's Altar | Warren Woods | 1916-02-14 |
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According to the Code | Basil Beckenridge | 1916-07-10 |
