TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Lew Ayres.
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Birthdate: December 28, 1908
Death date: December 30, 1996
Lew Ayres
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1920s
1.1142
2
1930s
2.5719
43
1940s
2.5625
12
1950s
0.9933
4
1960s
1.6731
2
1970s
1.6959
5
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
2.4771
2.4771
Lew Ayres Movie Rankings
1
3.1658Free-thinking Johnny Case finds himself betrothed to a millionaire's daughter. ...more about Holiday
DVD from $10.23
(13 sellers)
2
2.9807In a small fishing village on the island of Cape Breton, Dr. Robert Richardson takes an interest in a sweet deaf mute named Belinda. He teaches her sign language and lip reading, and she soon falls in love with him. ...more about Johnny Belinda
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
DVD from $7.00
(10 sellers)
3
2.7607Seven years later, 13-year-old Damien is just discovering who he really is, and what he is destined to do. Now living with his Aunt, Uncle, and cousin in a wealthy suburb of Chicago, Damien is anxious to inherit everything. ...more about Damien: Omen II
DVD from $4.99
(11 sellers)
4
2.7446
After conquering the oppressive humans in "Conquest for the Planet of the Apes", Caeser(Roddy McDowal) must now keep the peace amongst the humans and apes. Gorilla General Aldo(Claude Akins) views things differently, and tries to cause an ape civil war. ...more about Battle for the Planet of the Apes
DVD from $9.99
(10 sellers)
5
2.7126
Robert Leffingwell is the president's candidate for Secretary of State. Prior to his approval, he must first go through a Senate investigation to determine if he's qualified. ...more about Advise & Consent
DVD from $8.00
(12 sellers)
6
2.7044
George Peppard plays a hard-driven industrialist more than a little reminiscent of Howard Hughes. While he builds airplanes, directs movies and breaks hearts, his friends and lovers try to reach his human side, and find that it's an uphill battle. ...more about Carpetbaggers
DVD from $8.65
(7 sellers)
7
2.5113
The City of Chicago is gripped by an Axe Murderer. The streets are empty at night as there has been six murders and six people have been caught, but they are lunatics. ...more about Fingers at the Window
- Not Available on DVD
8
2.4360
Irene (Greta Garbo) is unhappily married to an older businessman, but very much in love with a handsome young lawyer. He doesn't want to add to her unhappiness by ruining her marriage; she is terrified of her husband's jealousy and anger. ...more about Kiss
- Not Available on DVD
9
2.4200
Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the family's many problems. ...more about Maisie Was a Lady
- Not Available on DVD
10
2.3515
A woman suspected of murdering her doctor boyfriend has an identical twin sister. When both twins have an alibi for the night of the murder, a psychiatrist is called in to assist a detective in solving the case. ...more about Dark Mirror
- Not Available on DVD
11
2.3150
A young college man and his best friend both vie for the affections of the same woman while on their Spring Break vacation. ...more about Spring Madness
- Not Available on DVD
14
2.0547
Dr. Gillespie's cancer has gotten worse, and to force him to take a rest instead of pursuing a sulfa-drug/pneumonia study, Kildare refuses to assist Gillespie, and instead accepts a case of hysterical blindness. ...more about Secret of Dr. Kildare
DVD from $6.06
(7 sellers)
15
1.9848
Yet another version of Curt Siodmak's novel about an honest scientist who keeps the brain of a ruthless dead millionaire (Donovan) alive in a tank. Donovan manages to impose his powerful will on the scientist, and uses him to murder his enemies. ...more about Donovan's Brain
DVD from $28.99
(1 sellers)
16
1.9497
Lou Ricarno is a smart guy. His plan is to organize the various gangs in Chicago so that the mugs will not liquidate each other. ...more about Doorway to Hell
- Not Available on DVD
17
1.3843
When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to ...more about Man
- Not Available on DVD
18
1.2382
This classic Disney film stars Johnny Whitaker as Lonnie McNeil, a young boy who befriends a young bird dog. ...more about Biscuit Eater
DVD from $7.02
(7 sellers)
20
Mary Hale (a singer) and Jimmy Seymour (pianist/composer), are a show biz couple working in The Big Apple in small night clubs hoping to hit it big. One night, Larry Bryant (a Broadway producer) spots Mary and is taken with her beauty and golden voice. ...more about Broadway Serenade
- Not Available on DVD
21
Dr. Gillespie tries to teach Jimmy Kildare a lesson by tossing him into a street clinic. ...more about Calling Dr. Kildare
- Not Available on DVD
22
Badly injured and hunted by the police, Lin Vanner takes refuge in a priest's home, and tells him what has happened. ...more about Capture
DVD from $4.99
(5 sellers)
23
Small town America: the Cohens own a movie theater; the Kellys own a diner. Kitty Kelly and Maurice Cohen are young lovers; Maurice sends Kitty's picture to a movie studio, and they accept her and make her a star. ...more about Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
- Not Available on DVD
24
Young Ellen Neal gets work as a servant with the wealthy Fullerton family. She falls in love with the Fullerton's handsome young son. ...more about Common Clay
- Not Available on DVD
27
Lew Ayres, a plumber, wins big at the racetrack but then his luck runs out and almost ruins his business. Ginger Rogers, his manicurist girlfriend , stands by him and helps him readjust to life as a plumber. ...more about Don't Bet on Love
- Not Available on DVD
28
Dr. James Kildare has just completed his internship at Blair General Hospital and is assigned to work with his mentor, Dr. Leonard Gillespie. But fearing for the health of his father, Dr. ...more about Dr. Kildare Goes Home
- Not Available on DVD
29
Nurse Mary Lamont is excited about her brother's impending visit. The young man's strange behavior puzzles Dr. Kildare who believes he may be hiding a serious illness. ...more about Dr. Kildare's Crisis
- Not Available on DVD
30
Young Dr. Kildare is still being trained at General Hospital by old, crusty Dr. Gillespie. ...more about Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
DVD from $5.00
(5 sellers)
32
It is a week before Dr. Kildare's wedding to pretty Nurse Mary Lamont. The hospital is a-buzz with preparation for the big day. And good old Dr. Gillespie, despite fatigue, has agreed to help a prominent orchestra conductor regain his hearing. ...more about Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
- Not Available on DVD
33
Ming Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by Lo Sang Kee. To save her from deportation she is sold to Charlie Yong, the Chop Suey King. Billy kidnaps her with plans of marriage. ...more about East Is West
- Not Available on DVD
34
After witnessing a man's death in a bizzare accident, Father Pergado goes on a spiritual retreat, where he encounters his alien double bent on world conquest. ...more about End of the World
DVD from $4.55
(6 sellers)
38
Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Marry gets a picture contract, while Larry is sitting at home, out of work. ...more about Ice Follies of 1939
- Not Available on DVD
40
Prizefighter Mason loses his opening fight so wife Rose leaves him for Hollywood. Without her around Mason trains and starts winning. Rose comes back and wants Mason to dump his manager Regan and replace him with her secret lover Lewis. ...more about Iron Man
- Not Available on DVD
41
A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants and the young man doesn't have. ...more about King of the Newsboys
- Not Available on DVD
47
Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the story. ...more about Murder with Pictures
- Not Available on DVD
49
Captain Hunt of the cavalry is trying to promote good relations with the Indian chief Acoma. But Hunt's superiors in the military insist on pursuing policies that will provoke a conflict, and Chief Acoma is not willing to let himself be insulted. ...more about New Mexico
- Not Available on DVD
50
"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. ...more about Night World
- Not Available on DVD
51
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. ...more about No Escape
- Not Available on DVD
53
Kildare saves the life of an ice skater who was in an auto accident. ...more about People vs. Dr. Kildare
- Not Available on DVD
54
Sky and Linda meet on vacation and become engaged. When Sky introduces Linda to his best friend, Jeff, Linda and Jeff fall in love and marry. But Jeff's work puts a strain on the marriage and a divorce is planned. ...more about Remember?
- Not Available on DVD
60
Shanghai nightclub singer Jean falls in love to a sailor, but after his ship left Shangahai, he is of the oppinion that he cannot support her in the States, so he writes her in a letter, that he will not see her again, but two practical jokers intercept ...more about She Learned About Sailors
- Not Available on DVD
65
A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. ...more about These Glamour Girls
- Not Available on DVD
66
Chris Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created. ...more about Unfaithful
- Not Available on DVD
68
Fresh out of medical school, young Dr. James Kildare decides to leave his father's country practice and take up a position at a large New York hospital. There he meets the famous Dr. Leonard Gillespie who becomes his mentor. ...more about Young Dr. Kildare
- Not Available on DVD
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