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Lewis Frederick Ayre III
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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 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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1908-12-28
- event Death Date 1996-12-30
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 3.8
- info Birth Place Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Lew Ayres
7.8
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930-04-29
3.6
End of the World
1977-08-01
5.7
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973-06-15
7
Of Mice and Men
1981-11-29
6.4
Damien: Omen II
1978-06-09
9
Suddenly, Love
1978-12-04
6.2
The Kiss
1929-11-15
0
Shakedown
1936-07-17
6.2
The Doorway to Hell
1930-10-18
6.1
Donovan's Brain
1953-09-30
6.8
Johnny Belinda
1948-09-14
5.9
The Capture
1950-04-08
6.9
The Dark Mirror
1946-10-17
5.7
The Questor Tapes
1974-01-23
7.3
Holiday
1938-05-26
5.4
Fingers at the Window
1942-04-22
7.2
Advise & Consent
1962-06-06
4.5
No Escape
1953-07-31
5
Okay, America!
1932-09-08
6.4
State Fair
1933-02-10
6.5
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
1941-08-22
6
The Unfaithful
1947-07-01
6.8
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940-09-06
6
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940-11-29
5.3
Earth II
1971-11-28
6.5
Young Dr. Kildare
1938-10-14
4.8
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940-04-12
6.1
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939-04-28
5.6
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939-11-24
7
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
1941-05-02
5.8
Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942-02-04
6.8
Maisie Was a Lady
1941-01-10
6.2
Broadway Serenade
1939-04-07
3.5
New Mexico
1951-05-18
4
East Is West
1930-10-23
5.3
The Golden Fleecing
1940-08-16
6
King of the Newsboys
1938-03-18
5
The Crime Nobody Saw
1937-03-12
0
The Impatient Maiden
1932-03-01
0
Don't Bet on Love
1933-06-30
4.8
Iron Man
1931-04-29
5.1
Murder with Pictures
1936-09-24
5.5
Panic on the Air
1936-04-10
5.6
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939-03-10
5.5
These Glamour Girls
1939-08-18
5.3
Spring Tonic
1935-06-27
6.3
The Man
1972-07-19
5.9
Rich Man, Poor Girl
1938-08-12
5.8
Remember?
1939-12-19
4.6
The Last Train from Madrid
1937-06-11
3.9
Spring Madness
1938-11-11
0
Common Clay
1930-08-01
5.6
Don Camillo
1984-02-08
7
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004-02-03
0
My Weakness
1933-09-22
3.5
Up for Murder
1931-05-26
6.7
Night World
1932-05-04
6.9
Battlestar Galactica
1978-09-16
5.9
Heatwave!
1974-01-27
6
Cross Country Cruise
1934-01-16
0
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
1969-03-26
4.6
Big News
1929-09-06
0
Reunion
1980-10-14
4.5
The Sophomore
1929-08-24
3.5
The Stranger
1973-02-26
2.5
She Learned About Sailors
1934-06-28
5.8
The Carpetbaggers
1964-04-08
3
Heaven on Earth
1931-11-27
0
Bruised Celluloid
1984-01-01
5.7
She Waits
1972-01-28
0
Servants' Entrance
1934-09-25
7.5
Under Siege
1986-02-09
6.2
Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart
1994-03-25
0
Cast the First Stone
1989-11-13
5
The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936-02-17
3
Hold 'Em Navy
1937-11-04
5.5
The Way of Peace
1947-04-23
0
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
1976-09-29
6.7
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940-10-24
6.3
The Spirit of Notre Dame
1931-10-13
3
The Lottery Lover
1935-02-05
0
Let’s Be Ritzy
1934-05-01
6
Silk Hat Kid
1935-07-19
6.2
The Biscuit Eater
1972-03-22
2
The Story of Noah
1978-11-19
4.5
Lady Be Careful
1936-09-03
6
Blow-Ups of 1946
1946-12-31
0
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932-03-27
5.5
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940-05-29
6.8
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16
0
From the Ends of the Earth
1939-05-28
0
Scandal Street
1938-02-11
7.7
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991-10-28
0
Letters from Frank
1979-11-22
0
Cocoon
1968-09-20
0
Many a Slip
1931-03-02
0
One Against Many
1956-03-07
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
1980-12-11
8.1
Columbo
1971-09-15
6.3
Trapper John, M.D.
1979-09-23
7.7
Kung Fu
1972-10-14
7.1
L.A. Law
1986-09-15
7.5
The A-Team
1983-01-23
6.5
My Three Sons
1960-09-29
8
Little House on the Prairie
1974-09-11
5.3
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963-10-10
6.7
Fame
1982-01-07
5.5
The F.B.I.
1965-09-19
6.3
The Love Boat
1977-09-24
7
The Bionic Woman
1976-01-14
6.7
Simon & Simon
1981-11-24
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976-10-03
6.4
Route 66
1960-10-07
7.4
Highway to Heaven
1984-09-19
7
The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23
7.2
Hawkins
1973-03-13
6
Omnibus
1952-11-09
6.7
Hotel
1982-08-21
6.8
Knots Landing
1979-12-27
7.5
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970-09-19
6.8
Outlaws
1986-12-28
6.5
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
6.9
Cagney & Lacey
1982-03-25
7
Wonder Woman
1975-11-07
5
The Interns
1970-09-18
0
Bus Stop
1961-10-01
4.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958-10-06
7.3
McMillan and Wife
1971-09-29
0
San Francisco International Airport
1970-10-28
6.3
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971-09-16
6.4
The Virginian
1962-09-19
5.8
The Fantastic Journey
1977-02-03
6.5
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05
5.5
Lime Street
1985-09-21
2.7
Climax!
1954-10-07
6
The Big Valley
1965-09-15
5
Slattery's People
1964-09-21
6
Here Come the Brides
1968-09-25
6.7
The Magician
1973-10-02
5.7
Finder of Lost Loves
1984-09-22
5.7
ABC Stage 67
1966-09-14
5.7
Ben Casey
1961-10-02
6.4
Laramie
1959-09-15
7.7
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992-03-22
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05
3.5
Cavalcade of America
1952-10-01
6
Saints and Sinners
1962-09-17
6.8
Salem's Lot
1979-11-17
4.5
Flying High
1978-09-29
6.3
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959-09-21
6.5
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955-10-05
0
The Ken Murray Show
1950-01-07
6.2
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960-09-19
6
The Big Valley
1965-09-15
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20
7.1
Battlestar Galactica
1978-09-17
