Lew Ayres

Acting

Lew Ayres

Born 1908-12-28 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 99 films

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, …

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Filmography

99 films
Under Siege poster

Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonate…

Under Siege

★ 7.5 1986

Don Camillo poster

A priest helps the small town he's stationed in to resolve conflicts by working together.

Don Camillo

★ 5.6 1984

Reunion poster

A married man, returning to his small town for a high school reunion, finds himself torn between hi…

Reunion

★ 8.0 1980

Suddenly, Love poster

Young lovers — she's a child of the ghetto, determined to escape her alcoholic, bickering parents;…

Suddenly, Love

★ 8.3 1978