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Lewis Ayres was born and educated in the UK, completing his M.A. at the University of St. Andrews (1988) and his D.Phil. at Merton College, Oxford University (1994). He has taught in the UK, in Ireland at Trinity College Dublin and in the United States at Duke University and Emory University.
On September 11, 1931, Lane married actor Lew Ayres in Las Vegas, Nevada. They remained wed until 1933. She was also married to Henry Dunham, a yacht broker, and director Roland West. After his death in 1952, she married Robert Hanlon, a retired aircraft executive.
Dec 21, 2023 · Lew Ayres served during the invasion of Leyte at one of the evacuation hospitals and was awarded three battle stars. Just like the others, he came ashore in an amphibious vehicle. He remembered ...
Lew Ayres After the war Ayres was able to resume his career--and his sometimes typecasting as doctors--in such films as "The Dark Mirror" (1946) and "Johnny Belinda" (1948), for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination, though he did little acting in film after the mid-50s.
No Escape: Directed by Charles Bennett. With Lew Ayres, Sonny Tufts, Marjorie Steele, Lewis Martin. When the available evidence in a murder case points to a young woman as the main suspect, her boyfriend, a police detective, arranges for a struggling songwriter who is playing piano in a bar to be blamed for the crime.
Oct 18, 2012 · Lew Ayres (1908-1996) became known to the public when he portrayed the leading character in the epic war film All Quiet on the Western Front.The role made him a household name, introduced him to his closest friends, brought him to the attention of his first two wives, and would overshadow the rest of his career.
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Jan 23, 2014 · Oscar Profile #170: Lew Ayres. Born December 28, 1908 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Irma and Louis Ayres II, an amateur musician and court reporter, Louis III (Lew) was a member of Henry Halstead’s orchestra in 1927 when he left to pursue an acting career. Discovered by a talent agent in 1929, he had two uncredited roles before being cast ...
