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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 ]
Lew Ayres. Actor: Holiday. 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.
Lew Ayres began his career in the late 1920s, appearing in a number of silent films. He gained fame for his role in the 1930 film All Quiet on the Western Front, for which he received an Academy Award nomination.
Lew Ayres. Actor: Holiday. 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.
Lew Ayres was an American actor who had a long career of about 65 years which peaked at the very outset with his starring role as the German soldier Paul Bäumer in the classic anti-war film 'All Quiet on the Western Front' in 1930. He is also remembered for playing Dr. Kildare in nine movies.
Lewis Ayres: A Hollywood Icon with a Conscience Early Life and Career Lewis Frederick Ayres III was born on December 28, 1908, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Raised in San Diego, California, he began his acting career in 1927, playing uncredited bit roles.
A brief look at the life and career of Lew Ayres, best remembered as the youthful star of All Quiet on the Western Front and several Dr. Kildare features.
Ayres starred in the Academy Award- winning film All Quieton the Western Front (1930) and appeared opposite Greta Garbo in The Kiss (1929) before landing the title role in the Dr. Kildare movie series from 1938 to 1942.
As the young German conscript who becomes a resigned pacifist in Lewis Milestone's brilliant anti-war film All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Lew Ayres created an indelible portrait of...
Actor Lew Ayres, who starred in the Academy Award-winning classic “All Quiet on the Western Front”--and who was a reluctant warrior in life as well as on film--died Monday. He was 88. Ayres...