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| | '''Lew Ayres''' (born December 28, 1908, died December 30, 1996) was an American actor. |
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| | born_year= 1908
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| | death_month= 12
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| | death_year= 1996
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| | nationality= US
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| '''Lew Ayres''' (28 December 1908—December 30, 1996) was an American actor. | |
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| Ayres career in films began in 1929 opposite [[w:Greta Garbo|Greta Garbo]] in ''The Kiss''. The following year his role in the anti-war film ''[[w:All Quiet On The Western Front|All Quiet On The Western Front]]'' elevated him to leading man status which peaked in the series of ''[[w:Doctor Kildare|Doctor Kildare]]'' movies for MGM between 1938 and 1942. His declaration of conscientious objector status in [[w:World War II|World War II]] led to a critical and popular backlash that caused MGM to drop him from the ''Kildare'' series. He would serve as a medic during the war. | | Ayres career, which spanned from the 1930s in theatrical films, blossomed in the new world of television, starting with his role in the popular ''Doctor Kildare'' series, where he played the starring character. |
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| After the war, Ayres career resumed, but despite an [[w:Academy Award|Academy Award]] nomination for ''[[w:Johnny Belinda (1948 film)|Johnny Belinda]]'' (1948) he never achieved his earlier pre-war stardom again and became more of a character actor in films with a heavier concentration of television roles.
| | His TV roles span the gamut from science fiction and fantasy (''Kung Fu'', ''Battle for the Planet of the Apes'', ''The Questor Tapes'') to popular drama (''Marcus Welby, M.D.'', ''Hawaiii Five-O'', ''Magnum, P.I.'', ''Knots Landing''). |
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| His TV roles spanned the gamut from science fiction and fantasy (''[[w:Kung Fu (series)|Kung Fu]]'', ''[[w:Battle for the Planet of the Apes|Battle for the Planet of the Apes]]'', ''[[w:The Questor Tapes|The Questor Tapes]]'') to popular drama (''[[w:Marcus Welby, M.D.|Marcus Welby]]'', ''[[w:Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'', ''[[w:Magnum, P.I.|Magnum]]'', ''[[w:Knots Landing|Knots Landing]]'').
| | Lew Ayres was a [[Wikipedia:pacifist|pacifist]] who refused to be a soldier in the U.S. Military during World War II, but did partake in the war effort by saving lives as a medic. Ayres' controversial ideas made some people (and companies) boycott his productions. |
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| Ayres portrayed the misguided President [[Adar (TOS)|Adar]] in the [[Original Series]]. | | Lew Ayres portrayed the misguided President [[Adar (TOS)|Adar]] in the [[Original Series]]. |
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| ==Notes== | | ==Notes== |
| *One of three to appear on the original series who at one time received an Academy Award acting nomination. The others were [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Ray Milland]] (Milland was the only one to win).
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| *In addition to playing a President on the original series, he played a US Vice-President who becomes President in ''Advise And Consent'' (1962) and a US president in the TV-movie ''[[w:Earth II|Earth II]]'' (1971).
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| ==External Links==
| | *[[imdb:nm0000817/|Filmography and biography of Lew Ayres]] on IMDB |
| {{ext-wikipedia|article=Lew Ayres}}
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| * [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1823&pt= Lew Ayres' "Find a Grave" Memorial] | |
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| [[Category:Glen Larson Productions Cast and Crew]] | | [[Category:A to Z|Ayres, Lew]] |
| | | [[Category:Cast|Ayres, Lew]] |
| [[de:{{PAGENAME}}]] | | [[Category:Cast (TOS)|Ayres, Lew]] |
| [[fr:{{PAGENAME}}]] | | [[Category:TOS|Ayres, Lew]] |
