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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. [1] .
He married three times, divorced twice. With his wife of nearly 33 years, Diana Hall, he had a son. In 1960 he was inducted in The Hollywood Walk of Fame, earning a star for film as well as one for his radio work.
He is survived by his third wife, Diana, and a son, Justin. In his career, which spanned more than 60 years, Mr. Ayres seesawed between stardom and character roles, and often seemed to be in a...
Perhaps best of all, the actor's unpublished autobiography and the memories of the actor's son, Dr. Justin Ayres, who practices medicine in Los Angeles, helped to fill in much of the story. Lew Ayres did it all during his long career.
He would marry for a third time to flight attendant Diana Hall in 1964 and remain married until his death. They had one son together, Justin in 1968. Lew passed away from complications while in a coma at the age of 88. He appeared in over 80 films and over 80 television shows during his long career that spanned six decades. Mr.
He and Diana Ayres, a former flight attendant, married in 1964. They had one son, Justin. Born Lewis Ayer in Minneapolis in 1908, he studied medicine at the University of Arizona. The musical life appealed to him more, and while touring with a band in Hollywood in 1928 he was discovered for films.
It was a quiet, around-the-house kind of life that he shared with his third wife, former airline flight attendant Diana Hall, whom he married in 1964, and their son, Justin, born in 1969.