Lew Ayres
1908-12-28 ( 116 years old ) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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.

Movies

Checking Out: Grand Hotel 2004-02-03
Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart 1994-03-25
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker 1991-10-28
Cast the First Stone 1989-11-13
Under Siege 1986-02-09
Don Camillo 1984-02-08
Bruised Celluloid 1984-01-01
Of Mice and Men 1981-11-29
Reunion 1980-10-14
Letters from Frank 1979-11-22
Suddenly, Love 1978-12-04
The Story of Noah 1978-11-19
Battlestar Galactica 1978-09-16
Damien - Omen II 1978-06-09
End of the World 1977-08-01
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident 1976-09-29
That's Entertainment, Part II 1976-05-16
Heatwave! 1974-01-27
The Questor Tapes 1974-01-23
Battle for the Planet of the Apes 1973-06-15
The Stranger 1973-02-26
The Man 1972-07-19
The Biscuit Eater 1972-03-22
She Waits 1972-01-28
Earth II 1971-11-28
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities 1969-03-26
Cocoon 1968-09-20
The Carpetbaggers 1964-04-08
Advise & Consent 1962-06-06
Dr. Kildare (Unaired Pilot) 1960-01-01
One Against Many 1956-03-07
Donovan's Brain 1953-09-30
No Escape 1953-07-31
New Mexico 1951-05-18
The Capture 1950-04-08
Johnny Belinda 1948-09-14
The Unfaithful 1947-07-01
The Way of Peace 1947-04-23
Blow-Ups of 1946 1946-12-31
The Dark Mirror 1946-10-17
Fingers at the Window 1942-04-22
Dr. Kildare's Victory 1942-02-04
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day 1941-08-22
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare 1941-05-02
Maisie Was a Lady 1941-01-10
Dr. Kildare's Crisis 1940-11-29
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound 1940-10-24
Dr. Kildare Goes Home 1940-09-06
The Golden Fleecing 1940-08-16
Hollywood: Style Center of the World 1940-05-29
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case 1940-04-12
Remember? 1939-12-19
The Secret of Dr. Kildare 1939-11-24
These Glamour Girls 1939-08-18
From the Ends of the Earth 1939-05-28
Calling Dr. Kildare 1939-04-28
Broadway Serenade 1939-04-07
The Ice Follies of 1939 1939-03-10
Spring Madness 1938-11-11
Young Dr. Kildare 1938-10-14
Rich Man, Poor Girl 1938-08-12
Holiday 1938-05-26
King of the Newsboys 1938-03-18
Scandal Street 1938-02-11
Hold 'Em Navy 1937-11-04
The Last Train from Madrid 1937-06-11
The Crime Nobody Saw 1937-03-12
Murder with Pictures 1936-09-24
Lady Be Careful 1936-09-03
Shakedown 1936-07-17
Panic on the Air 1936-04-10
The Leathernecks Have Landed 1936-02-17
Silk Hat Kid 1935-07-19
Spring Tonic 1935-06-27
The Lottery Lover 1935-02-05
Servants' Entrance 1934-09-25
She Learned About Sailors 1934-06-28
Let’s Be Ritzy 1934-05-01
Cross Country Cruise 1934-01-16
My Weakness 1933-09-22
Don't Bet on Love 1933-06-30
State Fair 1933-02-10
Okay, America! 1932-09-08
Night World 1932-05-04
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood 1932-03-27
The Impatient Maiden 1932-03-01
Heaven on Earth 1931-11-27
The Spirit of Notre Dame 1931-10-13
Up for Murder 1931-05-26
Iron Man 1931-04-29
Many a Slip 1931-03-02
East Is West 1930-10-23
The Doorway to Hell 1930-10-18
Common Clay 1930-08-01
All Quiet on the Western Front 1930-04-29
The Kiss 1929-11-15
Big News 1929-09-06
The Sophomore 1929-08-24

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