Lew Ayres
Acting
Born December 28, 1908 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Biography
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 ou…
Known For · 40 titles
The Love Boat
Columbo
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The A-Team
Hawaii Five-O
Little House on the Prairie
Magnum, P.I.
The Virginian
Knots Landing
My Three Sons
Trapper John, M.D.
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Simon & Simon
Climax!
Quincy, M.E.
L.A. Law
Cagney & Lacey
Gunsmoke
The F.B.I.
Highway to Heaven
The Bionic Woman
Hotel
The Big Valley
Route 66
Ben Casey
Fame
Laramie
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Omnibus
McMillan & Wife
The Streets of San Francisco
Battlestar Galactica
Screen Director's Playhouse
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Finder of Lost Loves
Wonder Woman
MGM Parade
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
The DuPont Show with June Allyson