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 chaplains 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.

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Poster movie Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Battle for the Planet of

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Poster movie Suddenly, Love

Suddenly, Love

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Poster movie Johnny Belinda

Johnny Belinda

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Poster movie The Questor Tapes

The Questor Tapes

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Poster movie Earth II

Earth II

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Poster movie New Mexico

New Mexico

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Poster movie The Ice Follies of 1939

The Ice Follies of 1939

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Poster movie Rich Man, Poor Girl

Rich Man, Poor Girl

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Poster movie Remember?

Remember?

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Poster movie The Carpetbaggers

The Carpetbaggers

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Poster movie Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart

Hart to Hart: Crimes of t

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Poster movie Hold 'Em Navy

Hold 'Em Navy

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Poster movie That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Par

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Poster movie Cocoon

Cocoon

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Poster movie Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

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Poster movie Lime Street

Lime Street

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Poster movie ABC Stage 67

ABC Stage 67

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Poster movie Salem's Lot

Salem's Lot

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Poster movie The DuPont Show with June Allyson

The DuPont Show with June

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Poster movie The Barbara Stanwyck Show

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

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Poster movie Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

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Poster movie Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

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Poster movie Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica

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Filme nicht verfügbar ab Lew Ayres

All Quiet on the Western Front

Paul Bäumer

Film 1930

End of the World

Com. Joseph Beckerman

Film 1977

Of Mice and Men

Candy

Film 1981

Damien: Omen II

Bill Atherton

Film 1978

The Kiss

Pierre Lassalle

Film 1929

Shakedown

Bob Sanderson

Film 1936

The Doorway to Hell

Louie Ricarno

Film 1930

Donovan's Brain

Dr. Patrick J. Cory

Film 1953

The Capture

Lin Vanner / Lindley Brown

Film 1950

The Dark Mirror

Dr. Scott Elliott

Film 1946

Holiday

Ned Seton

Film 1938

Fingers at the Window

Oliver Duffy

Film 1942

Advise & Consent

The Vice President

Film 1962

No Escape

John Howard Tracy

Film 1953

Okay, America!

Larry Wayne

Film 1932

State Fair

Pat Gilbert

Film 1933

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

Dr. James Kildare

Film 1941

The Unfaithful

Larry Hannaford

Film 1947

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

Dr. James Kildare

Film 1940

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

Dr. James Kildare

Film 1940

Young Dr. Kildare

Dr. James Kildare

Film 1938

Calling Dr. Kildare

Dr. James Kildare

Film 1939

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

Dr. James Kildare

Film 1939

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

Dr. James Kildare

Film 1940

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare

Dr. James Kildare

Film 1941

Dr. Kildare's Victory

Dr. James Kildare

Film 1942

Maisie Was a Lady

Bob Rawlston

Film 1941

Broadway Serenade

James Geoffrey 'Jimmy' Seymour

Film 1939

East Is West

Billy Benson

Film 1930

The Golden Fleecing

Henry Twinkle

Film 1940

King of the Newsboys

Jerry Flynn

Film 1938

The Crime Nobody Saw

Nick Milburn

Film 1937

The Impatient Maiden

Dr. Myron Brown

Film 1932

Don't Bet on Love

Bill McCaffrey

Film 1933

Iron Man

Kid Mason

Film 1931

Murder with Pictures

Kent Murdock

Film 1936

Panic on the Air

Jerry Franklin

Film 1936

These Glamour Girls

Philip S. Griswold III

Film 1939

Spring Tonic

Caleb Enix

Film 1935

The Man

Noah Calvin

Film 1972

The Last Train from Madrid

Bill Dexter

Film 1937

Spring Madness

Sam Thatcher

Film 1938

Common Clay

Hugh Fullerton

Film 1930

Don Camillo

Doc

Film 1984

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

Self (archive footage)

Film 2004

My Weakness

Ronnie Gregory

Film 1933

Up for Murder

Robert Marshall

Film 1931

Night World

Michael Rand

Film 1932

Battlestar Galactica

President Adar

Film 1978

Heatwave!

Dr. Grayson

Film 1974

Cross Country Cruise

Norman Winthrop

Film 1934

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

Dr. Andrew Swanson

Film 1969

Big News

Copyboy (uncredited)

Film 1929

Reunion

Bob Hollander

Film 1980

The Sophomore

Sophomore Fraternity Brother (uncredited)

Film 1929

The Stranger

Prof. Dylan MacAuley

Film 1973

She Learned About Sailors

Larry Wilson

Film 1934

Heaven on Earth

States

Film 1931

Bruised Celluloid

Himself

Film 1984

She Waits

Dr. Sam Carpenter

Film 1972

Servants' Entrance

Erik Landstrom

Film 1934

Under Siege

John Pace

Film 1986

Cast the First Stone

Martin

Film 1989

The Leathernecks Have Landed

Woodruff 'Woody' Davis

Film 1936

The Way of Peace

Narrator (voice)

Film 1947

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

Allen Dulles

Film 1976

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

Self

Film 1940

The Spirit of Notre Dame

Edward Aloysius "Bucky" O'Brian

Film 1931

The Lottery Lover

Cadet Frank Harrington

Film 1935

Let’s Be Ritzy

Jimmy Sterling

Film 1934

Silk Hat Kid

Eddie Howard

Film 1935

The Biscuit Eater

Mr. Ames

Film 1972

The Story of Noah

Noah

Film 1978

Lady Be Careful

Chester aka Dynamite

Film 1936

Blow-Ups of 1946

Self

Film 1946

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

Lew Ayres

Film 1932

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Self

Film 1940

From the Ends of the Earth

Self

Film 1939

Scandal Street

Joe McKnight

Film 1938

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

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

Film 1991

Letters from Frank

Dan Miller

Film 1979

Many a Slip

Jerry Brooks

Film 1931

One Against Many

Dr. John Mohler

Film 1956

Fernsehserie nicht verfügbar ab Lew Ayres

Magnum, P.I.

Sidney Dollinger

Tv 1980

Columbo

Howard Nicholson

Tv 1971

Trapper John, M.D.

Tv 1979

Kung Fu

Tv 1972

L.A. Law

Lorimar Henderson

Tv 1986

The A-Team

Bernie Greene

Tv 1983

My Three Sons

Tv 1960

Little House on the Prairie

Tv 1974

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Dr. Thomas Clay

Tv 1963

Fame

Tv 1982

The F.B.I.

Marshall Winslow

Tv 1965

The Love Boat

Carl Hooper

Tv 1977

The Bionic Woman

Tv 1976

Simon & Simon

Tv 1981

Quincy, M.E.

Tv 1976

Route 66

Tv 1960

Highway to Heaven

Tv 1984

The Streets of San Francisco

Tv 1972

Hawkins

Gus Bitterman

Tv 1973

Omnibus

Tv 1952

Hotel

Tv 1982

Knots Landing

Andrew Douglas

Tv 1979

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Tv 1970

Outlaws

Tv 1986

Gunsmoke

Jonathan Cole

Tv 1955

Cagney & Lacey

Tv 1982

Wonder Woman

Dr. Kenneth Wilson

Tv 1975

The Interns

Tv 1970

Bus Stop

Tv 1961

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Tv 1958

McMillan & Wife

Tv 1971

San Francisco International Airport

Tv 1970

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Tv 1971

The Virginian

Judge John Markham

Tv 1962

The Fantastic Journey

Tv 1977

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Tv 1951

Climax!

Bob Kilgore

Tv 1954

The Big Valley

Sheriff Roy Kingston

Tv 1965

Slattery's People

Tv 1964

Here Come the Brides

Tv 1968

The Magician

Max Braden

Tv 1973

Finder of Lost Loves

Oliver Hawthorne

Tv 1984

Ben Casey

Tv 1961

Laramie

Tv 1959

MGM: When the Lion Roars

Tv 1992

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Clint Howard

Tv 1956

Cavalcade of America

Matt Needham

Tv 1952

Saints and Sinners

Tv 1962

Flying High

Tv 1978

Screen Director's Playhouse

Dr. John Mohler

Tv 1955

The Ken Murray Show

Tv 1950

The Big Valley

Jason Fleet

Tv 1965

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Jud Lester

Tv 1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Jesse Martin

Tv 1956