Lewis Stone

He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6524 Hollywood Blvd. Warden received an Emmy Award for his performance as George Halas in Brian's Song (1971), and was nominated for Academy Awards as Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Shampoo (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978). Stone suffered a heart attack and died in Beverly Hills, California. Warden has appeared in over one hundred movies during a career which is now in its sixth decade. Stone appeared as the Judge in fifteen movies, beginning with You're Only Young Once. Warden's breakthrough role was his appearance in 12 Angry Men in 1957. In 1937, Stone assayed the role which would become his most famous, that of Judge Hardy in the Mickey Rooney Andy Hardy series. Peepers.

After that, he appeared in several movies with Greta Garbo. His appearance in the highly-successful prison film The Big House furthered his career, and he starred with some of the biggest names in Hollywood in the 1930s, such stars as Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Ramon Novarro and Jean Harlow. In 1952, he began a three year role in the television series Mr. Stone was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1929 for The Patriot. Warden had his first credited film role in Man with My Face in 1951. By then he had a white-haired, distinguished appearance, and began appearing in roles which matched his demeanor. He had an uncredited film debut in 1951 in You're in the Navy Now, a movie which also featured the debuts of Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson. He soon began acting, but his career was interrupted by World War I. He made his television debut in 1948 in The Philco Television Playhouse and Studio One.