Lew Ayres
Birthday
1908/12/28
Day of death
1996/12/30 (88 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Also know as
Lewis Frederick Ayre III
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 (...Read more
Acting
(1930) All Quiet on the Western Front
as Paul Bäumer
(1977) End of the World
as Com. Joseph Beckerman
(1973) Battle for the Planet of the Apes
as Mandemus
(1981) Of Mice and Men
as Candy
(1978) Damien: Omen II
as Bill Atherton
(1978) Suddenly, Love
as Mr. Graham
(1929) The Kiss
as Pierre Lassalle
(1936) Shakedown
as Bob Sanderson
(1930) The Doorway to Hell
as Louie Ricarno
(1953) Donovan's Brain
as Dr. Patrick J. Cory
(1948) Johnny Belinda
as Dr. Robert Richardson
(1950) The Capture
as Lin Vanner / Lindley Brown
(1946) The Dark Mirror
as Dr. Scott Elliott
(1974) The Questor Tapes
as Vaslovik
(1938) Holiday
as Ned Seton
(1942) Fingers at the Window
as Oliver Duffy
(1962) Advise & Consent
as The Vice President
(1953) No Escape
as John Howard Tracy
(1932) Okay, America!
as Larry Wayne
(1933) State Fair
as Pat Gilbert
(1941) Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
as Dr. James Kildare
(1947) The Unfaithful
as Larry Hannaford
(1940) Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Dr. James Kildare
(1940) Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as Dr. James Kildare
(1971) Earth II
as President Charles Carter Durant
(1938) Young Dr. Kildare
as Dr. James Kildare
(1940) Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as Dr. James Kildare
(1939) Calling Dr. Kildare
as Dr. James Kildare
(1939) The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Dr. James Kildare
(1941) The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
as Dr. James Kildare
(1942) Dr. Kildare's Victory
as Dr. James Kildare
(1941) Maisie Was a Lady
as Bob Rawlston
(1939) Broadway Serenade
as James Geoffrey 'Jimmy' Seymour
(1951) New Mexico
as Capt. Hunt
(1930) East Is West
as Billy Benson
(1940) The Golden Fleecing
as Henry Twinkle
(1938) King of the Newsboys
as Jerry Flynn
(1937) The Crime Nobody Saw
as Nick Milburn
(1932) The Impatient Maiden
as Dr. Myron Brown
(1933) Don't Bet on Love
as Bill McCaffrey
(1931) Iron Man
as Kid Mason
(1936) Murder with Pictures
as Kent Murdock
(1936) Panic on the Air
as Jerry Franklin
(1939) The Ice Follies of 1939
as Eddie Burgess
(1939) These Glamour Girls
as Philip S. Griswold III
(1935) Spring Tonic
as Caleb Enix
(1972) The Man
as Noah Calvin
(1938) Rich Man, Poor Girl
as Henry Thayer
(1939) Remember?
as Sky Ames
(1937) The Last Train from Madrid
as Bill Dexter
(1938) Spring Madness
as Sam Thatcher
(1930) Common Clay
as Hugh Fullerton
(1984) Don Camillo
as Doc
(2004) Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
(1933) My Weakness
as Ronnie Gregory
(1931) Up for Murder
as Robert Marshall
(1932) Night World
as Michael Rand
(1978) Battlestar Galactica
as President Adar
(1974) Heatwave!
as Dr. Grayson
(1934) Cross Country Cruise
as Norman Winthrop
(1969) Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
as Dr. Andrew Swanson
(1929) Big News
as Copyboy (uncredited)
(1980) Reunion
as Bob Hollander
(1929) The Sophomore
as Sophomore Fraternity Brother (uncredited)
(1973) The Stranger
as Prof. Dylan MacAuley
(1934) She Learned About Sailors
as Larry Wilson
(1964) The Carpetbaggers
as 'Mac' McAllister
(1931) Heaven on Earth
as States
(1984) Bruised Celluloid
as Himself
(1972) She Waits
as Dr. Sam Carpenter
(1934) Servants' Entrance
as Erik Landstrom
(1986) Under Siege
as John Pace
(1994) Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart
as Professor Cabel
(1989) Cast the First Stone
as Martin
(1936) The Leathernecks Have Landed
as Woodruff 'Woody' Davis
(1937) Hold 'Em Navy
as Tommy Graham
(1947) The Way of Peace
as Narrator (voice)
(1976) Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
as Allen Dulles
(1940) A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
(1931) The Spirit of Notre Dame
as Edward Aloysius "Bucky" O'Brian
(1935) The Lottery Lover
as Cadet Frank Harrington
(1934) Let’s Be Ritzy
as Jimmy Sterling
(1935) Silk Hat Kid
as Eddie Howard
(1972) The Biscuit Eater
as Mr. Ames
(1978) The Story of Noah
as Noah
(1936) Lady Be Careful
as Chester aka Dynamite
(1946) Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
(1932) The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
as Lew Ayres
(1940) Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
(1976) That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1939) From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
(1938) Scandal Street
as Joe McKnight
(1991) Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1979) Letters from Frank
as Dan Miller
(1968) Cocoon
as The Governor
(1931) Many a Slip
as Jerry Brooks
(1956) One Against Many
as Dr. John Mohler
(1980) Magnum, P.I.
as Sidney Dollinger
(1971) Columbo
as Howard Nicholson
(1979) Trapper John, M.D.
as ---
(1972) Kung Fu
as ---
(1986) L.A. Law
as Lorimar Henderson
(1983) The A-Team
as Bernie Greene
(1960) My Three Sons
as ---
(1974) Little House on the Prairie
as ---
(1963) Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Dr. Thomas Clay
(1982) Fame
as ---
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Marshall Winslow
(1977) The Love Boat
as Carl Hooper
(1976) The Bionic Woman
as ---
(1981) Simon & Simon
as ---
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as The Governor
(1976) Quincy, M.E.
as ---
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1984) Highway to Heaven
as ---
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as ---
(1973) Hawkins
as Gus Bitterman
(1952) Omnibus
as ---
(1982) Hotel
as ---
(1979) Knots Landing
as Andrew Douglas
(1970) The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as ---
(1986) Outlaws
as ---
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Jonathan Cole
(1982) Cagney & Lacey
as ---
(1975) Wonder Woman
as Dr. Kenneth Wilson
(1970) The Interns
as ---
(1961) Bus Stop
as ---
(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as ---
(1971) McMillan & Wife
as ---
(1970) San Francisco International Airport
as ---
(1971) Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as ---
(1962) The Virginian
as Judge John Markham
(1977) The Fantastic Journey
as ---
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1985) Lime Street
as Henry Wade Culver
(1954) Climax!
as Bob Kilgore
(1965) The Big Valley
as Sheriff Roy Kingston
(1964) Slattery's People
as ---
(1968) Here Come the Brides
as ---
(1973) The Magician
as Max Braden
(1984) Finder of Lost Loves
as Oliver Hawthorne
(1966) ABC Stage 67
as Arthur
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1959) Laramie
as ---
(1992) MGM: When the Lion Roars
as ---
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Clint Howard
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as Matt Needham
(1962) Saints and Sinners
as ---
(1979) Salem's Lot
as Jason Burke
(1978) Flying High
as ---
(1959) The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Howard Moon
(1955) Screen Director's Playhouse
as Dr. John Mohler
(1950) The Ken Murray Show
as ---
(1960) The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Dr. Paul Harris
(1965) The Big Valley
as Jason Fleet
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jud Lester
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jesse Martin
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Dr. Elias Haig
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Comm. Reginald Blackwell
(1978) Battlestar Galactica
as President Adar