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Acting

Lew Ayres

Career: Active from 1929 to 1989, with up to 6 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 65
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Holiday
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 89 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Lew Ayres Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.3, average 5.4
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0
Dark Humor
1.7, average 2.8
Violence
3.1, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 8
Psychological Thriller 6
Mystery 6
Character-Driven 6
Intrigue 5
Nostalgic 5
Historical Drama 5
Medical Drama 4
Melodrama 4
Historical Setting 4
Film Noir 4
Ethical Dilemmas 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

152

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

3 titles · average score 73

Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart

67

as Professor Cabel

MGM: When the Lion Roars

80

TV show

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

16 titles · average score 67

Under Siege

72

as John Pace

L.A. Law

77

TV show · as Lorimar Henderson

Lime Street

TV show · as Henry Wade Culver

Don Camillo

59

as Doc

Highway to Heaven

73

TV show

The A-Team

74

TV show · as Bernie Greene

Cagney & Lacey

69

TV show

Fame

46

TV show

Hotel

65

TV show · as Nelson O'Neil

Of Mice and Men

73

as Candy

Simon & Simon

46

TV show

Magnum, P.I.

82

TV show · as Sidney Dollinger

1970s

38 titles · average score 63

Salem's Lot

74

TV show · as Jason Burke

Knots Landing

77

TV show · as Andrew Douglas

Damien - Omen II

53

as Bill Atherton

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Carl Hooper

End of the World

30

as Com. Joseph Beckerman

Quincy, M.E.

74

TV show

Altars of the World

Director

Heatwave!

59

as Dr. Grayson

Little House on the Prairie

82

TV show

The Biscuit Eater

59

as Mr. Ames

Columbo

83

TV show · as Howard Nicholson

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

85

TV show

1960s

18 titles · average score 66

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Dr. Elias Haig / Comm. Reginald Blackwell

Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities

as Dr. Andrew Swanson

Cocoon

78

as The Governor

Here Come the Brides

72

TV show

The Big Valley

69

TV show · as Jason Fleet / Sheriff Roy Kingston

The F.B.I.

65

TV show · as Marshall Winslow

The Carpetbaggers

47

as Mac McAllister

Kraft Suspense Theatre

70

TV show · as Dr. Thomas Clay

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Judge John Markham

Ben Casey

65

TV show

My Three Sons

78

TV show

Route 66

48

TV show

1950s

17 titles · average score 62

Laramie

72

TV show

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

72

TV show · as Howard Moon

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

TV show

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

68

TV show · as Clint Howard / Jud Lester

Gunsmoke

76

TV show · as Jonathan Cole

Screen Director's Playhouse

70

TV show · as Dr. John Mohler

Climax!

51

TV show · as Bob Kilgore

Donovan's Brain

48

as Dr. Patrick J. Cory

No Escape

51

as John Howard Tracy

Omnibus

75

TV show

New Mexico

46

as Captain Hunt

The Capture

43

as Lin Vanner / Lindley Brown

1940s

13 titles · average score 61

Johnny Belinda

89

as Robert Richardson

The Unfaithful

60

as Larry Hannaford

The Dark Mirror

72

as Scott Elliott

Fingers at the Window

45

as Oliver Duffy

Dr. Kildare's Victory

62

as Dr. James Kildare

Maisie Was a Lady

68

as Bob Rawlston

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare

49

as Dr. James Kildare

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

65

as Dr. James Kildare

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

42

as James Kildare

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

51

as Dr. James Kildare

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

66

as Dr. James Kildare

The Golden Fleecing

60

as Henry Twinkle

1930s

44 titles · average score 61

The Ice Follies of 1939

46

as Eddie Burgess

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

44

as James Kildare

Calling Dr. Kildare

53

as Dr. James Kildare

These Glamour Girls

53

as Philip S. Griswold III

Young Dr. Kildare

69

as Dr. James Kildare

Holiday

89

as Ned Seton

Rich Man, Poor Girl

61

as Henry Thayer

The Last Train from Madrid

55

as Bill Dexter

The Lottery Lover

as Cadet Frank Harrington

State Fair

80

as Pat Gilbert

All Quiet on the Western Front

88

as Paul Bäumer

The Doorway to Hell

60

as Louie Ricarno

1920s

3 titles · average score 59

The Kiss

69

as Pierre

Big News

49

as Copyboy (uncredited)

The Sophomore

as Sophomore Fraternity Brother (uncredited)