Lew Ayres
Acting
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…
Filmography
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004
Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart
1994
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Cast the First Stone
1989
Outlaws
1986
L.A. Law
1986
Under Siege
1986
Lime Street
1985
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
Highway to Heaven
1984
Don Camillo
1984
Bruised Celluloid
1984
The A-Team
1983
Hotel
1982
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Fame
1982
Of Mice and Men
1981
Simon & Simon
1981
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Reunion
1980
Knots Landing
1979
Letters from Frank
1979
Salem's Lot
1979
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Suddenly, Love
1978
The Story of Noah
1978
Battlestar Galactica
1978
Flying High
1978
Battlestar Galactica
1978
Damien - Omen II
1978
The Love Boat
1977
End of the World
1977
The Fantastic Journey
1977
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
The Bionic Woman
1976
Wonder Woman
1975
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Heatwave!
1974
The Questor Tapes
1974
The Magician
1973
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
Hawkins
1973
The Stranger
1973
Kung Fu
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Man
1972
The Biscuit Eater
1972
She Waits
1972
Earth II
1971
McMillan & Wife
1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
Columbo
1971
San Francisco International Airport
1970
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
The Interns
1970
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
1969
Here Come the Brides
1968
Cocoon
1968
Hawaii Five-O
1968
ABC Stage 67
1966
The F.B.I.
1965
The Big Valley
1965
Slattery's People
1964
The Carpetbaggers
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
The Virginian
1962
Saints and Sinners
1962
Advise & Consent
1962
Ben Casey
1961
Bus Stop
1961
Route 66
1960
My Three Sons
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
Laramie
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Family Nobody Wanted
1956
Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart
1994
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Cast the First Stone
1989
Outlaws
1986
L.A. Law
1986
Under Siege
1986
Lime Street
1985
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
Highway to Heaven
1984
Don Camillo
1984
Bruised Celluloid
1984
The A-Team
1983
Hotel
1982
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Fame
1982
Of Mice and Men
1981
Simon & Simon
1981
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Reunion
1980
Knots Landing
1979
Letters from Frank
1979
Salem's Lot
1979
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Suddenly, Love
1978
The Story of Noah
1978
Battlestar Galactica
1978
Flying High
1978
Battlestar Galactica
1978
Damien - Omen II
1978
The Love Boat
1977
End of the World
1977
The Fantastic Journey
1977
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
The Bionic Woman
1976
Wonder Woman
1975
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Heatwave!
1974
The Questor Tapes
1974
The Magician
1973
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
Hawkins
1973
The Stranger
1973
Kung Fu
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Man
1972
The Biscuit Eater
1972
She Waits
1972
Earth II
1971
McMillan & Wife
1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
Columbo
1971
San Francisco International Airport
1970
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
The Interns
1970
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
1969
Here Come the Brides
1968
Cocoon
1968
Hawaii Five-O
1968
ABC Stage 67
1966
The F.B.I.
1965
The Big Valley
1965
Slattery's People
1964
The Carpetbaggers
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
The Virginian
1962
Saints and Sinners
1962
Advise & Consent
1962
Ben Casey
1961
Bus Stop
1961
Route 66
1960
My Three Sons
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
Laramie
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Family Nobody Wanted
1956