credits 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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
February 3rd, 2004 | Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self (archive footage) | 7 | |
March 25th, 1994 | Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart | Professor Cabel | 6.9 | |
October 28th, 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 8 | |
November 13th, 1989 | Cast the First Stone | Martin | 7 | |
February 9th, 1986 | Under Siege | John Pace | 7.5 | |
February 8th, 1984 | Don Camillo | Doc | 5.7 | |
January 1st, 1984 | Bruised Celluloid | Himself | TBD | |
November 29th, 1981 | Of Mice and Men | Candy | 7.5 | |
October 14th, 1980 | Reunion | Bob Hollander | 8 | |
November 22nd, 1979 | Letters from Frank | Dan Miller | 8 | |
December 4th, 1978 | Suddenly, Love | Mr. Graham | 8.3 | |
November 19th, 1978 | The Story of Noah | Noah | 2 | |
October 25th, 1978 | Battlestar Galactica | President Adar | 6.9 | |
June 9th, 1978 | Damien - Omen II | Bill Atherton | 6.4 | |
August 1st, 1977 | End of the World | Com. Joseph Beckerman | 3.9 | |
September 29th, 1976 | Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident | Allen Dulles | 7 | |
May 16th, 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 7 | |
January 26th, 1974 | Heatwave! | Dr. Grayson | 6.1 | |
January 23rd, 1974 | The Questor Tapes | Vaslovik | 5.9 | |
June 15th, 1973 | Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Mandemus | 5.7 | |
February 26th, 1973 | The Stranger | Prof. Dylan MacAuley | 3.8 | |
July 19th, 1972 | The Man | Noah Calvin | 6.5 | |
March 22nd, 1972 | The Biscuit Eater | Mr. Ames | 6.3 | |
January 28th, 1972 | She Waits | Dr. Sam Carpenter | 5.9 | |
November 28th, 1971 | Earth II | President Charles Carter Durant | 5.6 | |
March 26th, 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities | Dr. Andrew Swanson | 10 | |
September 20th, 1968 | Cocoon | The Governor | 8.5 | |
April 8th, 1964 | The Carpetbaggers | Mac McAllister | 5.9 | |
June 6th, 1962 | Advise & Consent | The Vice President | 7.2 | |
December 20th, 1956 | The Family Nobody Wanted | Carl Doss | TBD | |
March 7th, 1956 | One Against Many | Dr. John Mohler | TBD | |
September 30th, 1953 | Donovan's Brain | Dr. Patrick J. Cory | 6.2 | |
July 31st, 1953 | No Escape | John Howard Tracy | 4.7 | |
May 18th, 1951 | New Mexico | Capt. Hunt | 3.6 | |
April 8th, 1950 | The Capture | Lin Vanner / Lindley Brown | 6.2 | |
September 14th, 1948 | Johnny Belinda | Dr. Robert Richardson | 6.8 | |
July 1st, 1947 | The Unfaithful | Larry Hannaford | 5.9 | |
April 23rd, 1947 | The Way of Peace | Narrator (voice) | 6 | |
December 31st, 1946 | Blow-Ups of 1946 | Self | 6 | |
October 17th, 1946 | The Dark Mirror | Dr. Scott Elliott | 7 | |
April 22nd, 1942 | Fingers at the Window | Oliver Duffy | 5.6 | |
February 4th, 1942 | Dr. Kildare's Victory | Dr. James Kildare | 6.2 | |
August 22nd, 1941 | Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day | Dr. James Kildare | 6.8 | |
May 2nd, 1941 | The People Vs. Dr. Kildare | Dr. James Kildare | 7 | |
January 10th, 1941 | Maisie Was a Lady | Bob Rawlston | 7 | |
November 29th, 1940 | Dr. Kildare's Crisis | Dr. James Kildare | 6.7 | |
October 24th, 1940 | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | 6.9 | |
September 6th, 1940 | Dr. Kildare Goes Home | Dr. James Kildare | 6.8 | |
August 16th, 1940 | The Golden Fleecing | Henry Twinkle | 5.9 | |
May 29th, 1940 | Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | 6 | |
April 12th, 1940 | Dr. Kildare's Strange Case | Dr. James Kildare | 4.8 | |
December 19th, 1939 | Remember? | Sky Ames | 6 | |
November 24th, 1939 | The Secret of Dr. Kildare | Dr. James Kildare | 6.1 | |
August 18th, 1939 | These Glamour Girls | Philip S. Griswold III | 5.9 | |
May 28th, 1939 | From the Ends of the Earth | Self | TBD | |
April 28th, 1939 | Calling Dr. Kildare | Dr. James Kildare | 6.6 | |
April 7th, 1939 | Broadway Serenade | James Geoffrey 'Jimmy' Seymour | 6.6 | |
March 10th, 1939 | The Ice Follies of 1939 | Eddie Burgess | 5.7 | |
November 11th, 1938 | Spring Madness | Sam Thatcher | 4.9 | |
October 14th, 1938 | Young Dr. Kildare | Dr. James Kildare | 6.7 | |
August 12th, 1938 | Rich Man, Poor Girl | Henry Thayer | 6.1 | |
May 26th, 1938 | Holiday | Ned Seton | 7.3 | |
March 18th, 1938 | King of the Newsboys | Jerry Flynn | 4.8 | |
February 11th, 1938 | Scandal Street | Joe McKnight | 8 | |
November 4th, 1937 | Hold 'Em Navy | Tommy Graham | 4.7 | |
June 25th, 1937 | The Last Train from Madrid | Bill Dexter | 4.5 | |
March 12th, 1937 | The Crime Nobody Saw | Nick Milburn | 5.5 | |
September 24th, 1936 | Murder with Pictures | Kent Murdock | 5.4 | |
September 3rd, 1936 | Lady Be Careful | Chester aka Dynamite | 5.5 | |
July 17th, 1936 | Shakedown | Bob Sanderson | 9 | |
April 10th, 1936 | Panic on the Air | Jerry Franklin | 5.8 | |
February 17th, 1936 | The Leathernecks Have Landed | Woodruff 'Woody' Davis | 7 | |
July 19th, 1935 | Silk Hat Kid | Eddie Howard | 6.5 | |
June 27th, 1935 | Spring Tonic | Caleb Enix | 6.5 | |
February 5th, 1935 | The Lottery Lover | Cadet Frank Harrington | 4.3 | |
September 25th, 1934 | Servants' Entrance | Erik Landstrom | 8 | |
June 28th, 1934 | She Learned About Sailors | Larry Wilson | 4 | |
May 1st, 1934 | Let’s Be Ritzy | Jimmy Sterling | 10 | |
January 16th, 1934 | Cross Country Cruise | Norman Winthrop | 6.7 | |
September 22nd, 1933 | My Weakness | Ronnie Gregory | 7 | |
June 30th, 1933 | Don't Bet on Love | Bill McCaffrey | 8 | |
February 10th, 1933 | State Fair | Pat Gilbert | 6.3 | |
September 8th, 1932 | Okay, America! | Larry Wayne | 5.8 | |
May 4th, 1932 | Night World | Michael Rand | 6.8 | |
March 27th, 1932 | The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood | Lew Ayres | 7 | |
March 1st, 1932 | The Impatient Maiden | Dr. Myron Brown | 9 | |
November 27th, 1931 | Heaven on Earth | States | 5.3 | |
October 13th, 1931 | The Spirit of Notre Dame | Edward Aloysius "Bucky" O'Brian | 7.3 | |
May 26th, 1931 | Up for Murder | Robert Marshall | 4.8 | |
April 29th, 1931 | Iron Man | Kid Mason | 5.7 | |
March 2nd, 1931 | Many a Slip | Jerry Brooks | 10 | |
October 23rd, 1930 | East Is West | Billy Benson | 5.3 | |
October 18th, 1930 | The Doorway to Hell | Louie Ricarno | 6.5 | |
August 1st, 1930 | Common Clay | Hugh Fullerton | 10 | |
April 29th, 1930 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Paul Bäumer | 7.7 | |
November 15th, 1929 | The Kiss | Pierre Lassalle | 6.4 | |
September 6th, 1929 | Big News | Copyboy (uncredited) | 4.5 | |
August 24th, 1929 | The Sophomore | Sophomore Fraternity Brother (uncredited) | 5.3 |