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| death_year= 1996
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| death= 30 december 1996
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'''Lew Ayres''' (28 December 1908—December 30, 1996) was an American actor.
'''Lew Ayres''' (28 December 1908—December 30, 1996) was an American actor.


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 ''[[w:Doctor Kildare|Doctor Kildare]]'' series, where he played the starring character.


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 (''[[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:Hawaiii Five-O|Hawaiii Five-O]]'', ''[[w:Magnum, P.I.|Magnum]]'', ''[[w:Knots Landing|Knots Landing]]'').


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]]'').
Ayres was a [[w:pacifist|pacifist]] who refused to be a soldier in the U.S. Military during [[w:World War II|World War II]], but did partake in the war effort by saving lives as a medic. Ayres' controversial ideas made some people, as well as companies (including [[w:MGM|MGM]]), boycott his productions.


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]].


==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).
*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).


==External Links==
* {{ext-wikipedia|article=Lew Ayres}}
{{ext-wikipedia|article=Lew Ayres}}
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1823&pt= Lew Ayres' "Find a Grave" Memorial]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1823&pt= Lew Ayres' "Find a Grave" Memorial]


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