Lew Ayres
Lew Ayres is an actor, born 1908. Their work on CrossBinge spans TV and films, including Highway to Heaven, with ratings and cross-media recommendations.
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…
Films (15)
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
- Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
- Damien - Omen II (1978)
- Battlestar Galactica (1978)
- The Carpetbaggers (1964)
- The Dark Mirror (1946)
- Advise & Consent (1962)
- Don Camillo (1984)
- Holiday (1938)
- Big News (1929)
- Johnny Belinda (1948)
- Broadway Serenade (1939)
- The Sophomore (1929)
- Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
TV (13)
- Highway to Heaven (1984)
- The Bionic Woman (1976)
- Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971)
- Finder of Lost Loves (1984)
- The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
- The Magician (1973)
- Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)
- Salem's Lot (1979)
- Flying High (1978)
- Bus Stop (1961)
- Here Come the Brides (1968)
- The Fantastic Journey (1977)
- Saints and Sinners (1962)