
Profile via TMDB · Courtesy of TMDB
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1908
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Altars of the East
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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…
Known for
- Checking Out: Grand Hotel — Self (archive footage)2004
- Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart — Professor Cabel1994
- MGM: When the Lion Roars1992
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker — actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)1991
- Cast the First Stone — Martin1989
- Under Siege — John Pace1986
- L.A. Law — Lorimar Henderson1986
- Outlaws1986
- Lime Street — Henry Wade Culver1985
- Don Camillo — Doc1984
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1908
- Active to
- 1996
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space
· 2012 · cited 24,617x
- Genome-wide atlas of gene expression in the adult mouse brain
· 2006 · cited 5,269x
- Bayesian phylogenetic and phylodynamic data integration using BEAST 1.10
· 2018 · cited 3,607x
- Survival in Patients with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
· 1991 · cited 2,873x
- New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
· 2022 · cited 2,310x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Lewis Frederick Ayres III , ( 1908-12-28 ) December 28, 1908, Minneapolis , Minnesota, U.S.
- Died
- December 30, 1996 (1996-12-30) (aged 88), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Resting place
- Westwood Village Memorial Park
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1927–1989
- Known for
- All Quiet on the Western Front Johnny Belinda State Fair Servants' Entrance Iron Man The Doorway to Hell
- Spouses
- Lola Lane ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1931 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1933 ) Ginger Rogers ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1934 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1940 ) Diana Hall ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1964 )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Lewis Frederick Ayres III (December 28, 1908 – December 30, 1996) was an American actor whose film and television career spanned 65 years. He is best known for starring as German soldier Paul Bäumer in the film All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and for playing Dr. Kildare in nine films. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Johnny Belinda (1948).
Early life and career
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