Lew Ayres
Highest Rated: 100% Holiday (1938)
Lowest Rated: 33% The Carpetbaggers (1964)
Birthday: Dec 28, 1908
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
This earnest, boyishly handsome star of the pacifist classic "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930) was extremely prolific during the 1930s, at first primarily at Universal Studios, and then also at Fox and Paramount. Although a very talented and sensitive actor, Ayres found his early stardom fade during the decade as he was cast in either trivial light comedies which suited his gentle manner or in films which called for tough, streetwise characterizations which didn't always suit him. He gave an excellent performance, though, as Katharine Hepburn's drunken brother in George Cukor's "Holiday" (1938) and enjoyed considerable popularity in a series of Dr. Kildare films at MGM in the late 30s and early 40s. His career faded during WWII after he declared himself a conscientious objector, but he received renewed respect when he served bravely in a non-combat medical capacity.
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Lew Ayres
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart | Prof. Cabel (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cast the First Stone | Martin (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Under Siege | John Pace (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lime Street | Henry Wade Culver (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
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Of Mice and Men | Candy (Character) | - | 1981 |
89% |
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Salem's Lot | Jason Burke (Character) | - | 1979 |
35% |
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Battlestar Galactica | President Adar (Character) | - | 1979 |
50% |
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Damien: Omen II | Bill Atherton (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Greatest Heroes of the Bible | Noah (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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End of the World | Beckerman (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident | Allen Dulles (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Columbo: Mind over Mayhem | Dr. Howard Nicholson (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heatwave! | Dr. Grayson (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blood Feud | Unknown (Character) | - | 1973 |
36% |
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Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Mandemus, Keeper of the Armory (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Questor Tapes | Vaslovik (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet |
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The Biscuit Eater | Mr. Ames (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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The Stranger | Prof. Dylan MacAuley (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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Earth II | President Charles Carter Durant (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet |
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She Waits | Dr. Sam Carpenter (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man | Noah Calvin (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hawaii Five-0 | The Governor (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kill No More | Dr. Thomas Clay (Character) | - | 1966 |
33% |
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The Carpetbaggers | "Mac" McAllister (Character) | - | 1964 |
77% |
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Advise and Consent | The Vice President (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | City on a Hunt | John Tracy (Character) | - | 1953 |
50% |
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Donovan's Brain | Dr. Patrick J. Cory (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | New Mexico | Captain Hunt (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet |
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The Capture |
Lin Vanner/ |
- | 1950 |
92% |
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Johnny Belinda | Dr. Robert Richardson (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet |
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The Unfaithful | Larry Hannaford (Character) | - | 1947 |
78% |
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The Dark Mirror | Dr. Scott Elliott (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare's Victory | Dr. James "Jimmy" Kildare (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet |
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Fingers at the Window | Oliver Duffy (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day | Dr. James "Jimmy" Kildare (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maisie Was a Lady | Robert "Bob" "Bobby" Rawlston (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet |
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The People vs. Dr. Kildare | Dr. James Kildare (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Golden Fleecing | Henry Twinkle (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet |
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Dr. Kildare's Crisis | Dr. James "Jimmy" Kildare (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare Goes Home | Dr. James Kildare (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet |
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Dr. Kildare's Strange Case | Dr. James "Jimmy" Kildare (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Remember? | Schuyler `'Sky'` Ames (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet |
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Ice Follies of 1939 | Eddie Burgess (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet |
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The Secret of Dr. Kildare | Dr. James "Jimmy" Kildare (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet |
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Broadway Serenade | James Geoffrey "Jimmy" Seymour (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet |
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These Glamour Girls | Philip S. `'Phil'` Griswold III (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet |
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Calling Dr. Kildare | Dr. James 'Jimmy' Kildare (Character) | - | 1939 |
100% |
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Holiday | Ned Seton (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | King of the Newsboys | Jerry Flynn (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scandal Street | Joe McKnight (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spring Madness | Sam Thatcher (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rich Man, Poor Girl | Henry Thayer (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet |
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Young Dr. Kildare | Dr. James Kildare (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hold 'Em Navy! | Tommy Graham (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Crime Nobody Saw | Nick Milburn (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Train From Madrid | Bill Dexter (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder With Pictures | Kent Murdock (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hearts in Bondage | Director | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Panic on the Air | Jerry Franklin (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Leathernecks Have Landed | Woodruff "Woody" Davis (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lady Be Careful |
Chester/ |
- | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lottery Lover | Cadet Frank Harrington (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Silk Hat Kid | Eddie Howard (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spring Tonic | Caleb Enix (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Let's Be Ritzy | Jimmy Sterling (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | She Learned About Sailors | Larry Wilson (Character) | - | 1934 |
100% |
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State Fair | Pat Gilbert (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Don't Bet on Love | Bill McCaffery (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Weakness | Ronnie Gregory (Character) | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet |
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Night World | Michael Rand (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Okay, America! | Larry Wayne (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Impatient Maiden | Unknown (Character) | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Spirit of Notre Dame | Bucky O'Brien (Character) | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Up for Murder | Robert Marshall (Character) | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet |
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Iron Man | Kid Mason (Character) | - | 1931 |
98% |
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All Quiet on the Western Front | Paul Baumer (Character) | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet |
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The Doorway to Hell | Louie Ricarno (Character) | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Common Clay | Hugh Fullerton (Character) | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | East Is West | Billy Benson (Character) | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet |
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The Kiss | Pierre Lassalle (Character) | - | 1929 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 64% | Highway to Heaven | Harry Haynes (Guest Star) | 1985-1986 1989 |
No Score Yet | 70% | The A-Team | Bernie Greene (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simon & Simon | Justin Carter (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lime Street | Henry Wade Culver (Character) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finder of Lost Loves | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 1983 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Magnum, P.I. | Sidney Dollinger (Guest Star) | 1981 |
100% | 80% | Wonder Woman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Doug Booth (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bionic Woman | Dr. Elijah Cooper (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Columbo | Dr. Howard Nicholson (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Harlan Edgerton (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Interns | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Judge John Markham (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Three Sons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Here Come the Brides | Muncey (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Jonathan Cole (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Thomas W. Hardin (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Dr. Samuel Mudd (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1956-1957 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Route 66 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Showcase 39 | Unknown (Character) | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Screen Directors Playhouse | Unknown (Character) | 1956 |