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