
Lew Ayres
Known for: Acting
Born: December 28, 1908
Died: December 30, 1996
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 (…
Known for

Shakedown
1936

The Doorway to Hell
1930

Donovan's Brain
1953

The Capture
1950

Fingers at the Window
1942

No Escape
1953

Okay, America!
1932

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
1941

Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940

Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
1941

The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940

Calling Dr. Kildare
1939

Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942

New Mexico
1951

The Golden Fleecing
1940

King of the Newsboys
1938

The Crime Nobody Saw
1937

The Impatient Maiden
1932

Don't Bet on Love
1933

Iron Man
1931

Murder with Pictures
1936

Panic on the Air
1936

These Glamour Girls
1939

Spring Tonic
1935

Up for Murder
1931

Night World
1932

Cross Country Cruise
1934

Heaven on Earth
1931

The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936

Hold 'Em Navy
1937

The Way of Peace
1947

The Spirit of Notre Dame
1931

The Lottery Lover
1935

Let’s Be Ritzy
1934

Silk Hat Kid
1935

The Story of Noah
1978

Lady Be Careful
1936

Scandal Street
1938
One Against Many
1956

All Quiet on the Western Front
1930

Johnny Belinda
1948

The Dark Mirror
1946

The Unfaithful
1947

Young Dr. Kildare
1938

Maisie Was a Lady
1941

Broadway Serenade
1939

East Is West
1930

Rich Man, Poor Girl
1938

The Last Train from Madrid
1937

Spring Madness
1938

Common Clay
1930

My Weakness
1933

She Learned About Sailors
1934

Servants' Entrance
1934

Many a Slip
1931

The Family Nobody Wanted
1956

Of Mice and Men
1981

State Fair
1933

The Ice Follies of 1939
1939

Remember?
1939

Heatwave!
1974

Under Siege
1986

Blow-Ups of 1946
1946

The Questor Tapes
1974

Holiday
1938

The Man
1972

The Stranger
1973

She Waits
1972

The Biscuit Eater
1972

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932

End of the World
1977

The Kiss
1929

Don Camillo
1984

Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
1969

Bruised Celluloid
1984

Cast the First Stone
1989

Damien - Omen II
1978

Suddenly, Love
1978

Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940

The Carpetbaggers
1964

Letters from Frank
1979

Cocoon
1968

Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973

Advise & Consent
1962

Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart
1994

From the Ends of the Earth
1939

Earth II
1971
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004

Reunion
1980

The Sophomore
1929

Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
1976

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940

Big News
1929

Battlestar Galactica
1978

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976

Magnum, P.I.
1980

Columbo
1971

Trapper John, M.D.
1979

Kung Fu
1972

L.A. Law
1986

The A-Team
1983

My Three Sons
1960

Little House on the Prairie
1974

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963

Fame
1982

The F.B.I.
1965

The Love Boat
1977

The Bionic Woman
1976

Simon & Simon
1981

Hawaii Five-O
1968

Quincy, M.E.
1976

Route 66
1960

Highway to Heaven
1984

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

Hawkins
1973

Omnibus
1952

Hotel
1982

Knots Landing
1979

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970

Outlaws
1986

Gunsmoke
1955

Cagney & Lacey
1982

Wonder Woman
1975

The Interns
1970

Bus Stop
1961

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958

McMillan & Wife
1971

San Francisco International Airport
1970

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971

The Virginian
1962

The Fantastic Journey
1977

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

Lime Street
1985

Climax!
1954

The Big Valley
1965

Slattery's People
1964

Here Come the Brides
1968

The Magician
1973

Finder of Lost Loves
1984

ABC Stage 67
1966

Ben Casey
1961

Laramie
1959

MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956

Cavalcade of America
1952

Saints and Sinners
1962

Salem's Lot
1979

Flying High
1978

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
The Ken Murray Show
1950

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960

Battlestar Galactica
1978

MGM Parade
1955