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3Lewis Frederick "Lew" Ayres III (December 28, 1908 – December 30, 1996) was an American actor.
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5He 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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7Strangely, 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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9Ayres was married three times, including to Creator/GingerRogers, and had a son named Justin.
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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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