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Lew Ayres
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Actor Born: December 28, 1908 in Minneapolis, MN Death: December 30, 1996 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:The son of a court reporter, actor "Lew Ayres" began his performing career upon high school graduation when he attempted to make a living as a banjo player. Ayres' college-boy good looks led to extra work in the movies, and before he was 21 the young actor was starring opposite "Greta Garbo" in "The Kiss" (1929).
Director "Lewis Milestone", recognizing Ayres' natural talent and precocious self-confidence, cast him in the demanding role of disillusioned German soldier Paul Baumer in "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930), an intensely powerful antiwar film which went on to win an Academy Award. Ayres was superb, but his gentle demeanor and callow handsomeness resulted in his being stereotyped in film roles as a spoiled rich boy (though one of these roles, as "Katharine Hepburn"'s perennially drunken younger brother in "Holiday" (1938), was among the actor's best work). Ayres' star status was... Full Biography
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