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