Lew Ayres

Personal Info

Birthday

December 28, 1908

Day of Death

1996-12-30

(88 years old)

Place of Birth

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Also Known As

Lewis Frederick Ayre III

Lew Ayres

Biography

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.

Known For

Columbo

The Love Boat

Magnum, P.I.

The A-Team

Knots Landing

Climax!

Hawaii Five-O

The Big Valley

Filmography

2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart
as Professor Cabel
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1989
Cast the First Stone
as Martin
1986
Under Siege
as John Pace
1984
Don Camillo
as Doc
Bruised Celluloid
as Himself
1981
Of Mice and Men
as Candy
1980
Reunion
as Bob Hollander
1979
Letters from Frank
as Dan Miller
1978
Suddenly, Love
as Mr. Graham
The Story of Noah
as Noah
Damien - Omen II
as Bill Atherton
1977
End of the World
as Com. Joseph Beckerman
1976
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
as Allen Dulles
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1974
Heatwave!
as Dr. Grayson
The Questor Tapes
as Vaslovik
1973
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
as Mandemus
The Stranger
as Prof. Dylan MacAuley
1972
The Man
as Noah Calvin
The Biscuit Eater
as Mr. Ames
She Waits
as Dr. Sam Carpenter
1971
Earth II
as President Charles Carter Durant
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
as Dr. Andrew Swanson
1968
Cocoon
as The Governor
1964
The Carpetbaggers
as 'Mac' McAllister
1962
Advise & Consent
as The Vice President
1960
Dr. Kildare (Unaired Pilot)
as Dr. Kildare
1956
One Against Many
as Dr. John Mohler
1953
Donovan's Brain
as Dr. Patrick J. Cory
No Escape
as John Howard Tracy
1951
New Mexico
as Capt. Hunt
1950
The Capture
as Lin Vanner / Lindley Brown
1948
Johnny Belinda
as Dr. Robert Richardson
1947
The Unfaithful
as Larry Hannaford
The Way of Peace
as Narrator (voice)
1946
Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
The Dark Mirror
as Dr. Scott Elliott
1942
Fingers at the Window
as Oliver Duffy
Dr. Kildare's Victory
as Dr. James Kildare
1941
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
as Dr. James Kildare
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
as Dr. James Kildare
Maisie Was a Lady
as Bob Rawlston
1940
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as Dr. James Kildare
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Dr. James Kildare
The Golden Fleecing
as Henry Twinkle
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as Dr. James Kildare
1939
Remember?
as Sky Ames
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Dr. James Kildare
These Glamour Girls
as Philip S. Griswold III
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Dr. James Kildare
Broadway Serenade
as James Geoffrey 'Jimmy' Seymour
The Ice Follies of 1939
as Eddie Burgess
1938
Spring Madness
as Sam Thatcher
Young Dr. Kildare
as Dr. James Kildare
Rich Man, Poor Girl
as Henry Thayer
Holiday
as Ned Seton
King of the Newsboys
as Jerry Flynn
Scandal Street
as Joe McKnight
1937
Hold 'Em Navy
as Tommy Graham
The Last Train from Madrid
as Bill Dexter
The Crime Nobody Saw
as Nick Milburn
1936
Murder with Pictures
as Kent Murdock
Lady Be Careful
as Chester aka Dynamite
Shakedown
as Bob Sanderson
Panic on the Air
as Jerry Franklin
The Leathernecks Have Landed
as Woodruff 'Woody' Davis
1935
Silk Hat Kid
as Eddie Howard
Spring Tonic
as Caleb Enix
The Lottery Lover
as Cadet Frank Harrington
1934
Servants' Entrance
as Erik Landstrom
She Learned About Sailors
as Larry Wilson
Let’s Be Ritzy
as Jimmy Sterling
Cross Country Cruise
as Norman Winthrop
1933
My Weakness
as Ronnie Gregory
Don't Bet on Love
as Bill McCaffrey
State Fair
as Pat Gilbert
1932
Okay, America!
as Larry Wayne
Night World
as Michael Rand
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
as Lew Ayres
The Impatient Maiden
as Dr. Myron Brown
1931
Heaven on Earth
as States
The Spirit of Notre Dame
as Edward Aloysius "Bucky" O'Brian
Up for Murder
as Robert Marshall
Iron Man
as Kid Mason
Many a Slip
as Jerry Brooks
1930
East Is West
as Billy Benson
The Doorway to Hell
as Louie Ricarno
Common Clay
as Hugh Fullerton
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Paul Bäumer
1929
The Kiss
as Pierre Lassalle
Big News
as Copyboy (uncredited)
The Sophomore
as Sophomore Fraternity Brother (uncredited)