Lew Ayres

ActorDirector Dec 28 (died age 88) Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 1929–2004 (75 year career)

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Biography

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 (…

Known For

Film

All Quiet on the Western Front

Paul Bäumer

Film

Damien - Omen II

Bill Atherton

Film

Salem's Lot

Jason Burke

Film

Holiday

Ned Seton

Film

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Mandemus

Film

Battlestar Galactica

President Adar

Film

Advise & Consent

The Vice President

Film

The Dark Mirror

Dr. Scott Elliott

Filmography

Acting (156)

Movies (98)

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

2004

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart

1994

as Professor Cabel

6.8

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

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

7.7

Cast the First Stone

1989

as Martin

Under Siege

as John Pace

Don Camillo

as Doc

Bruised Celluloid

as Himself

Of Mice and Men

1981

as Candy

7.1

Reunion

1980

as Bob Hollander

Letters from Frank

1979

as Dan Miller

The Story of Noah

as Noah

Damien - Omen II

as Bill Atherton

Battlestar Galactica

as President Adar

Suddenly, Love

as Mr. Graham

End of the World

as Com. Joseph Beckerman

3.6

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

6.9

Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident

1976

as Allen Dulles

The Questor Tapes

as Vaslovik

Heatwave!

as Dr. Grayson

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

1973

as Mandemus

5.7

The Stranger

1973

as Prof. Dylan MacAuley

The Man

as Noah Calvin

She Waits

as Dr. Sam Carpenter

The Biscuit Eater

as Mr. Ames

Earth II

as President Charles Carter Durant

5.4

Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities

1969

as Dr. Andrew Swanson

Cocoon

as The Governor

The Carpetbaggers

as 'Mac' McAllister

Advise & Consent

as The Vice President

7.1

The Family Nobody Wanted

1956

as Carl Doss

One Against Many

1956

as Dr. John Mohler

Donovan's Brain

1953

as Dr. Patrick J. Cory

No Escape

as John Howard Tracy

New Mexico

as Capt. Hunt

The Capture

as Lin Vanner / Lindley Brown

6.1

Johnny Belinda

1948

as Dr. Robert Richardson

The Unfaithful

as Larry Hannaford

The Way of Peace

as Narrator (voice)

The Dark Mirror

as Dr. Scott Elliott

Blow-Ups of 1946

as Self

Dr. Kildare's Victory

1942

as Dr. James Kildare

5.8

Fingers at the Window

1942

as Oliver Duffy

5.5

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

as Dr. James Kildare

Maisie Was a Lady

as Bob Rawlston

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare

1941

as Dr. James Kildare

6.8

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

1940

as Dr. James Kildare

6.8

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

as Self

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

as Dr. James Kildare

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

as Dr. James Kildare

The Golden Fleecing

as Henry Twinkle

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

as Self

Calling Dr. Kildare

as Dr. James Kildare

From the Ends of the Earth

1939

as Self

Remember?

1939

as Sky Ames

5.8

Broadway Serenade

1939

as James Geoffrey 'Jimmy' Seymour

6.2

The Ice Follies of 1939

1939

as Eddie Burgess

5.6

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

1939

as Dr. James Kildare

5.6

These Glamour Girls

1939

as Philip S. Griswold III

Holiday

as Ned Seton

Rich Man, Poor Girl

as Henry Thayer

Spring Madness

as Sam Thatcher

Young Dr. Kildare

as Dr. James Kildare

King of the Newsboys

as Jerry Flynn

Scandal Street

as Joe McKnight

Hold 'Em Navy

1937

as Tommy Graham

3.0

The Last Train from Madrid

as Bill Dexter

The Crime Nobody Saw

as Nick Milburn

Panic on the Air

as Jerry Franklin

Shakedown

as Bob Sanderson

The Leathernecks Have Landed

1936

as Woodruff 'Woody' Davis

Murder with Pictures

as Kent Murdock

Lady Be Careful

as Chester aka Dynamite

4.0

The Lottery Lover

1935

as Cadet Frank Harrington

Silk Hat Kid

as Eddie Howard

Spring Tonic

as Caleb Enix

Let’s Be Ritzy

as Jimmy Sterling

Cross Country Cruise

1934

as Norman Winthrop

6.0

She Learned About Sailors

1934

as Larry Wilson

2.5

Servants' Entrance

1934

as Erik Landstrom

State Fair

1933

as Pat Gilbert

6.2

My Weakness

1933

as Ronnie Gregory

Don't Bet on Love

1933

as Bill McCaffrey

The Impatient Maiden

1932

as Dr. Myron Brown

Night World

as Michael Rand

Okay, America!

as Larry Wayne

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

1932

as Lew Ayres

Up for Murder

1931

as Robert Marshall

3.5

The Spirit of Notre Dame

1931

as Edward Aloysius "Bucky" O'Brian

Iron Man

as Kid Mason

Heaven on Earth

as States

Many a Slip

as Jerry Brooks

All Quiet on the Western Front

as Paul Bäumer

East Is West

as Billy Benson

The Doorway to Hell

as Louie Ricarno

Common Clay

as Hugh Fullerton

Big News

1929

as Copyboy (uncredited)

4.2

The Sophomore

1929

as Sophomore Fraternity Brother (uncredited)

4.5

The Kiss

1929

as Pierre Lassalle

6.3

Television (58)

MGM: When the Lion Roars

L.A. Law

as Lorimar Henderson

Outlaws

Lime Street

as Henry Wade Culver

Highway to Heaven

Finder of Lost Loves

as Oliver Hawthorne

The A-Team

as Bernie Greene

Cagney & Lacey

Hotel

Fame

Simon & Simon

Magnum, P.I.

as Sidney Dollinger

Knots Landing

as Andrew Douglas

Trapper John, M.D.

Salem's Lot

as Jason Burke

Flying High

Battlestar Galactica

as President Adar

The Love Boat

as Carl Hooper

The Fantastic Journey

as Rayat

Quincy, M.E.

The Bionic Woman

Wonder Woman

as Dr. Kenneth Wilson

7.0

Little House on the Prairie

The Magician

as Max Braden

Hawkins

as Gus Bitterman

The Streets of San Francisco

Kung Fu

as Beaumont

Columbo

as Howard Nicholson

McMillan & Wife

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

1971

6.3

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Interns

San Francisco International Airport

Hawaii Five-O

as The Governor

Here Come the Brides

ABC Stage 67

as Arthur

The F.B.I.

as Marshall Winslow

The Big Valley

as Sheriff Roy Kingston

6.1

Slattery's People

1964

5.0

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

as Dr. Thomas Clay

5.3

The Virginian

1962

as Judge John Markham

Saints and Sinners

Ben Casey

Bus Stop

Route 66

My Three Sons

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

as Dr. Paul Harris

Laramie

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959

as Howard Moon

6.3

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

5.8

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Clint Howard

Gunsmoke

as Jonathan Cole

Screen Director's Playhouse

as Dr. John Mohler

Climax!

as Bob Kilgore

Omnibus

Cavalcade of America

as Matt Needham

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

The Ken Murray Show

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Altars of the World

1976

Director

Hearts in Bondage

1936

Director

4.4