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 Pau ... l 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.
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
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| Organization | Category | Movie |
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Lime Street
as Henry Wade Culver
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Sep 21, 1985
Salem's Lot
as Jason Burke
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 17, 1979
Magnum, P.I.
as Sidney Dollinger
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 11, 1980
Columbo
as Howard Nicholson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1971
L.A. Law
as Lorimar Henderson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1986
The A-Team
as Bernie Greene
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 23, 1983
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Dr. Thomas Clay
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 1963
The F.B.I.
as Marshall Winslow
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1965
The Love Boat
as Carl Hooper
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1977
Hawaii Five-O
as The Governor
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1968
Hawkins
as Gus Bitterman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 13, 1973
Knots Landing
as Andrew Douglas
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 27, 1979
Gunsmoke
as Jonathan Cole
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Wonder Woman
as Dr. Kenneth Wilson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 07, 1975
The Virginian
as Judge John Markham
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
Climax!
as Bob Kilgore
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1954
The Big Valley
as Sheriff Roy Kingston
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1965
The Magician
as Max Braden
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1973
Finder of Lost Loves
as Oliver Hawthorne
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1984
ABC Stage 67
as Arthur
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1966
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Clint Howard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1956
Cavalcade of America
as Matt Needham
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1952
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Howard Moon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1959
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Dr. John Mohler
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1955
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Dr. Paul Harris
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1960
The Big Valley
as Jason Fleet
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1965
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jud Lester
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jesse Martin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1956
Hawaii Five-O
as Dr. Elias Haig
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1968
Hawaii Five-O
as Comm. Reginald Blackwell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1968
Battlestar Galactica
as President Adar
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1978
Highway to Heaven
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 19, 1984
MGM: When the Lion Roars
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Mar 22, 1992
The Bionic Woman
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 14, 1976
Trapper John, M.D.
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1979
Kung Fu
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 14, 1972
My Three Sons
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1960
Little House on the Prairie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1974
Fame
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 07, 1982
Simon & Simon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 24, 1981
Quincy, M.E.
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1976
Route 66
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1960
The Streets of San Francisco
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1972
Omnibus
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 09, 1952
Hotel
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 21, 1982
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1970
Outlaws
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 28, 1986
Cagney & Lacey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 25, 1982
The Interns
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1970
Bus Stop
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1961
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 06, 1958
McMillan & Wife
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1971
San Francisco International Airport
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 28, 1970
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1971
The Fantastic Journey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 03, 1977
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1951
Slattery's People
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1964
Here Come the Brides
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1968
Laramie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1959
Ben Casey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1961
Saints and Sinners
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1962
Flying High
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1978
The Ken Murray Show
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 07, 1950
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