Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
12/28/1908
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. Kildare films was drafted, he was a conscientious objector. America was ou...
Known For
Earth II
as President Charles Carter Durant
Battlestar Galactica
as President Adar
Suddenly, Love
as Mr. Graham
Spring Tonic
as Caleb Enix
The Capture
as Lin Vanner / Lindley Brown
Remember?
as Sky Ames
The Carpetbaggers
as 'Mac' McAllister
New Mexico
as Capt. Hunt
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
as Mandemus
Night World
as Michael Rand
The Sophomore
as Sophomore Fraternity Brother (uncredited)
Don Camillo
as Doc
The Unfaithful
as Larry Hannaford
Cocoon
as The Governor
Johnny Belinda
as Dr. Robert Richardson
Broadway Serenade
as James Geoffrey 'Jimmy' Seymour
Iron Man
as Kid Mason
State Fair
as Pat Gilbert
Shakedown
as Bob Sanderson
Under Siege
as John Pace
Career Timeline
1991
1984
1979
1978
1977
1976
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
1968
1965
1962
1956
1941
1940
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