
Known for
Acting
Born
December 28, 1908
Birthplace
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Died
December 30, 1996 (aged 88)
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 outraged, and theaters vowed never to show his films again, but quietly he achieved the Medical Corps...
2004
as Self (archive footage)
1994
as Professor Cabel
1992
1991
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1989
as Martin
1986
1986
1986
as John Pace
1985
1984
1984
1984
as Doc
1984
as Himself
1983
1982
1982
1982
1981
as Candy
1981
1980
1980
as Bob Hollander
1979
1979
as Dan Miller
1979
1979