Lew Ayres

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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1908-12-28
Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Also Known As: Lewis Frederick Ayre III

Movies List of Lew Ayres

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End of the World

1977 Movie
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Of Mice and Men

1981 Movie
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Damien: Omen II

1978 Movie
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Suddenly, Love

1978 Movie
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The Kiss

1929 Movie
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Shakedown

1936 Movie
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The Doorway to Hell

1930 Movie
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Donovan's Brain

1953 Movie
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Johnny Belinda

1948 Movie
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The Capture

1950 Movie
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The Dark Mirror

1946 Movie
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The Questor Tapes

1974 Movie
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Holiday

1938 Movie
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Fingers at the Window

1942 Movie
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Advise & Consent

1962 Movie
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No Escape

1953 Movie
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Okay, America!

1932 Movie
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State Fair

1933 Movie
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The Unfaithful

1947 Movie
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Dr. Kildare Goes Home

1940 Movie
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Dr. Kildare's Crisis

1940 Movie
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Earth II

1971 Movie
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Young Dr. Kildare

1938 Movie
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Calling Dr. Kildare

1939 Movie
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Dr. Kildare's Victory

1942 Movie
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Maisie Was a Lady

1941 Movie
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New Mexico

1951 Movie
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Broadway Serenade

1939 Movie
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East Is West

1930 Movie
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The Golden Fleecing

1940 Movie
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King of the Newsboys

1938 Movie
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The Crime Nobody Saw

1937 Movie
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The Impatient Maiden

1932 Movie
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Don't Bet on Love

1933 Movie
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Iron Man

1931 Movie
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Murder with Pictures

1936 Movie
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Panic on the Air

1936 Movie
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These Glamour Girls

1939 Movie
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Spring Tonic

1935 Movie
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The Man

1972 Movie
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Rich Man, Poor Girl

1938 Movie
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Remember?

1939 Movie
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Spring Madness

1938 Movie
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Common Clay

1930 Movie
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Don Camillo

1984 Movie
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My Weakness

1933 Movie
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Up for Murder

1931 Movie
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Night World

1932 Movie
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Battlestar Galactica

1978 Movie
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Heatwave!

1974 Movie
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Cross Country Cruise

1934 Movie
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Big News

1929 Movie
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Reunion

1980 Movie
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The Sophomore

1929 Movie
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The Stranger

1973 Movie
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The Carpetbaggers

1964 Movie
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Heaven on Earth

1931 Movie
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Bruised Celluloid

1984 Movie
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She Waits

1972 Movie
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Servants' Entrance

1934 Movie
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Under Siege

1986 Movie
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Cast the First Stone

1989 Movie
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Hold 'Em Navy

1937 Movie
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The Way of Peace

1947 Movie
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The Lottery Lover

1935 Movie
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Let’s Be Ritzy

1934 Movie
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Silk Hat Kid

1935 Movie
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The Biscuit Eater

1972 Movie
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The Story of Noah

1978 Movie
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Lady Be Careful

1936 Movie
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Blow-Ups of 1946

1946 Movie
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Scandal Street

1938 Movie
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Letters from Frank

1979 Movie
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Cocoon

1968 Movie
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Many a Slip

1931 Movie