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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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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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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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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West Point of the Air | Gen. Carter | 1935-03-23 |
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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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The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger | Mr. Wickfield | 1935-01-18 |
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The Mystery of Mr. X | Police Superintendent Connor | 1934-02-23 |
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Treasure Island | Captain Smollett | 1934-08-17 |
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You Can't Buy Everything | John Burton | 1934-01-26 |
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 | 1934-03-02 | |
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Queen Christina | Oxenstierna | 1934-02-09 |
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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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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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Red-Headed Woman | William 'Will' Legendre Sr. | 1932-06-25 |
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Unashamed | Henry Trask | 1932-07-02 |
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New Morals for Old | Mr. Thomas | 1932-06-04 |
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The Son-Daughter | Dr. Dong Tong | 1932-12-23 |
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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 Mask of Fu Manchu | Nyland Smith | 1932-11-04 |
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The Wet Parade | Roger Chilcote | 1932-03-26 |
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Letty Lynton | District Attorney Haney | 1932-04-30 |
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Father's Son | William Emory | 1931-03-07 |
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The Bargain | Maitland White | 1931-07-23 |
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Inspiration | Raymond Delval | 1931-01-31 |
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Always Goodbye | John Graham | 1931-05-24 |
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Strictly Dishonorable | Judge Dempsey | 1931-12-01 |
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The Secret Six | Richard 'Newt' Newton - Attorney at Law | 1931-04-18 |
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Mata Hari | Andriani | 1931-12-26 |
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The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Carlo Boretti | 1931-10-23 |
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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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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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Strictly Unconventional | Clive Champion-Cheney | 1930-05-03 |
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Passion Flower | Antonio Morado | 1930-12-06 |
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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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A Woman of Affairs | Dr. Hugh Trevelyan | 1928-12-15 |
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Freedom of the Press | Daniel Steele | 1928-10-28 |
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The Patriot | Count Pahlen | 1928-09-01 |
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The Foreign Legion | Col. Destin | 1928-06-23 |
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The Notorious Lady | Patrick Marlowe / John Carew | 1927-03-26 |
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The Private Life of Helen of Troy | Menelaus | 1927-12-09 |
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Lonesome Ladies | John Fosdick | 1927-07-03 |
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An Affair of the Follies | Hammersley | 1927-02-13 |
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The Prince of Headwaiters | Pierre | 1927-07-09 |
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The Girl from Montmartre | Jerome Hautrive | 1926-01-31 |
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Midnight Lovers | Maj. William Ridgewell, RFC | 1926-10-25 |
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Too Much Money | Robert Broadley | 1926-01-03 |
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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 Blonde Saint | Sebastian Maure | 1926-11-20 |
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What Fools Men | Joseph Greer | 1925-09-13 |
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The Lost World | Sir John Roxton | 1925-02-02 |
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Cheaper to Marry | Jim Knight | 1925-02-09 |
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The Lady Who Lied | Horace Pierpont | 1925-07-12 |
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Confessions of a Queen | The King | 1925-03-30 |
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The Talker | Harry Lennox | 1925-05-24 |
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Fine Clothes | Earl of Denham | 1925-08-09 |
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The Stranger | Keith Darrant | 1924-02-04 |
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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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Why Men Leave Home | John Emerson | 1924-03-03 |
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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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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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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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A Fool There Was | John Schuyler | 1922-06-18 |
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Beau Revel | Lawrence 'Beau' Revel | 1921-03-19 |
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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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Pilgrims of the Night | Philip Champion / Lord Ellingham | 1921-09-26 |
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The White Mouse | Sgt. Blake, R.C.M.P. | 1921-11-06 |
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The Golden Snare | Sergeant Philip Raine | 1921-07-10 |
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The Northern Trail | Jan Ducet | 1921-07-03 |
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The Concert | Augustus Martinot | 1921-02-20 |
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The River's End | Derwent Conniston/John Keith | 1920-02-22 |
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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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Held by the Enemy | Capt. Gordon Haine | 1920-10-24 |
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Milestones | John Rhead | 1920-09-09 |
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Man's Desire | Tom Denton | 1919-07-20 |
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The Man of Bronze | John Adams | 1918-12-09 |
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Inside the Lines | Captain Cavendish | 1918-08-26 |
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The Havoc | Richard Craig | 1916-03-20 |
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According to the Code | Basil Beckenridge | 1916-07-10 |
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Honor's Altar | Warren Woods | 1916-02-14 |
