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3 | Lewis Frederick "Lew" Ayres III (December 28, 1908 – December 30, 1996) was an American actor. |
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5 | He appeared in many films during UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra and UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood. He is known for his memorable appearance in the Lewis Milestone film adaptation of ''Literature/AllQuietOnTheWesternFront'' and was one of the most popular actors throughout the 1930s. He was also a musician, playing banjo in a band as a teenager, but his interest withered away to acting after he left school. |
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7 | Strangely, Ayres' acting popularity would only be for a decade and dimmed greatly after UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo; this might have been related to the fact that he'd initially declared himself a conscientious objector, although he later served in the Army as a medic, earning three battle stars. He continued to act after the war in films and television, earning a Best Actor UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination for ''Film/JohnnyBelinda''. |
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9 | Ayres was married three times, including to Creator/GingerRogers, and had a son named Justin. |
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12 | !!Lew Ayres on TV Tropes: |
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14 | * ''Film/{{The Kiss|1929}}'' (1929) -- Notable as the last silent film ever made by a Hollywood studio ([[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]]) |
15 | * ''Film/{{All Quiet on the Western Front|1930}}'' (1930) |
16 | * ''Film/StateFair'' (1933) |
17 | * Nine ''Film/DrKildare'' films (1938-42) |
18 | * ''Film/{{Holiday}}'' (1938) |
19 | * ''Film/TheDarkMirror'' (1946) |
20 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheWayOfPeace'' (1947)(animated short; narrator) |
21 | * ''Film/JohnnyBelinda'' (1948) |
22 | * ''Film/AdviseAndConsent'' (1962) |
23 | * ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'' (1968) -- He played the Governor in the PilotMovie and could have had the role in the series, but he was unwilling to move to Hawaii full-time, so Richard Denning got the role in the series. Ayers did guest-star twice on the series proper in different roles, in "Anybody Can Build a Bomb" (1973) and "Legacy of Terror" (1976). |
24 | * ''Film/BattleForThePlanetOfTheApes'' (1973) |
25 | * ''Series/{{Columbo}}'', episode "[[Recap/ColumboS03E06 Mind Over Mayhem]]" (1974) |
26 | * ''Film/DamienOmenII'' (1978) |
27 | * ''Series/SalemsLot'' (1979) |
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