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Lew Ayres

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Biography

Lew Ayres was an American actor who was born in 1908 and died in 1996. Ayres was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in…more

Born

12/28/1908, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Died

12/30/1996

Birth Name

Lewis Frederick Ayre III

Gender

Credits

Star (3)

Role
- Lime Street
  Henry Wade Culver
  - S 1: Ep 5 Old Pilots Never Die
    10/26/85
  - S 1: Ep 4 Diamonds Aren't Forever
    10/12/85
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Wayward Train
    10/5/85
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Mystery of Flight 401
    9/28/85
  - S 1: Ep 1 pilot (aka: Lloyd's of London, aka: J.G. Culver)
    9/21/85
  - + 3 More Credits
- Hawaii Five-O
  The Governor
  - S 1: Ep 2 Cocoon (2)
    9/20/68
  - S 1: Ep 1 Cocoon (1)
    9/20/68
- Frontier Justice
  Host (1958)
  - S 3: Ep 9 A Gun Is For Killing
    9/28/61
  - S 3: Ep 8 Heritage
    9/21/61
  - S 3: Ep 7 Until The Man Dies
    9/14/61
  - S 3: Ep 6 Lariat
    9/7/61
  - S 3: Ep 5 Fearful Courage
    8/31/61
  - + 26 More Credits
Guest Star (72)

Role
- Hart To Hart
  Professor Cabel
  - S 6: Ep 3 Crimes of The Hart (TV Movie)
    3/25/94
- Highway to Heaven
  Mr. Zelinka
  - S 5: Ep 8 Goodbye, Mr. Zelinka
    6/23/89
- L.A. Law
  Lorimar Henderson
  - S 3: Ep 14 Leave It to Geezer
    3/30/89
- Cagney & Lacey
  Conrad Minton
  - S 7: Ep 10 Old Flames
    1/12/88
- Outlaws (1986)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 6 Madril
    2/7/87
- The A-Team
  Bernie Greene
  - S 5: Ep 12 The Grey Team
    12/30/86
- Highway to Heaven
  Frank Worton
  - S 2: Ep 22 Sail Away
    4/2/86
- Highway to Heaven
  Harry Haynes
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Right Thing
    3/27/85
- Finder of Lost Loves
  Oliver Hawthorne
  - S 1: Ep 6 Goodbye, Sara
    11/3/84
- Hotel
  Man
  - S 1: Ep 22 Trials
    5/2/84
- Fame
  Bert Kline
  - S 3: Ep 15 A Way of Winning
    2/26/84
- Fantasy Island
  John Cook
  - S 6: Ep 13 Midnight Waltz / Let Them Eat Cake
    2/12/83
- Quincy, M.E.
  Professor Henry Lester Hillman
  - S 8: Ep 11 The Law Is a Fool
    1/5/83
- The Devlin Connection
  Wedemeyer
  - S 1: Ep 10 Claudine
    12/11/82
- Little House on the Prairie
  Lem McCary
  - S 9: Ep 3 Welcome To Olesonville
    10/11/82
- Trapper John, M.D.
  Dr. Chambers
  - S 4: Ep 1 Don't Rain on My Charade
    9/26/82
- Knots Landing
  Andrew Douglas
  - S 3: Ep 16 Silver Shadows
    3/25/82
- Magnum, P.I.
  Sidney Dollinger
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club
    2/19/81
- The Love Boat
  Carl Hooper
  - S 4: Ep 12 The Frugal Pair/Doc's Dismissal/The Girl Next Door
    1/3/81
- Fantasy Island
  J.D. Pettigrew
  - S 2: Ep 21 Yesterday's Love / Fountain of Youth
    3/17/79
- Greatest Heroes of the Bible
  Noah
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Story of Noah
    11/19/78
- Battlestar Galactica
  President Adar
  - S 1: Ep 1 Saga of a Star World (1)
    9/17/78
- Wonder Woman
  Dr. Theodore Wilson
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Man Who Could Move the World
    9/30/77
- The Fantastic Journey
  Rayat
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Innocent Prey
    6/16/77
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  Doug Booth
  - S 7: Ep 19 Mary and the Sexagenarian
    2/12/77
- The Bionic Woman
  Dr. Elijah Cooper (video only)
  - S 2: Ep 16 Doomsday Is Tomorrow (2)
    1/26/77
- The Bionic Woman
  Dr. Elijah Cooper
  - S 2: Ep 15 Doomsday Is Tomorrow (1)
    1/19/77
- Hawaii Five-O
  Commander Reginald Blackwell
  - S 8: Ep 17 Legacy of Terror
    1/1/76
- McMillan & Wife
  Justin Sinclair
  - S 5: Ep 2 Requiem for a Bride
    10/26/75
- Kung Fu
  Beaumont
  - S 3: Ep 6 The Vanishing Image
    12/20/74
- Columbo
  Prof. Howard Nicholson
  - S 3: Ep 6 Mind over Mayhem
    2/18/74
- Hawkins
  Gus Bitterman
  - S 1: Ep 5 Blood Feud
    12/4/73
- Hawaii Five-O
  Dr Elias Haig
  - S 6: Ep 12 Anybody Can Build a Bomb
    11/27/73
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  Harlan Edgerton
  - S 1: Ep 22 The House on Hyde Street
    3/1/73
- Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law
  Hamilton
  - S 2: Ep 4 Hour of Judgment
    10/5/72
- The Virginian
  Judge Markham
  - S 9: Ep 9 The Price of the Hanging
    11/11/70
- The Doris Day Show
  William Tyler
  - S 3: Ep 6 Doris Leaves Today's World (2)
    10/19/70
  - S 3: Ep 5 Doris Leaves Today's World (1)
    10/12/70
  - S 2: Ep 21 Doris Hires a Millionaire (2)
    3/2/70
  - S 2: Ep 20 Doris Hires a Millionaire (1)
    2/23/70
- My Three Sons
  Professor Harper
  - S 10: Ep 23 Mister X
    3/14/70
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
  Dr. Andrew Swanson
  - S 1: Ep 0 A Matter of Humanities
    3/26/69
- Here Come the Brides
  Matthew Muncey
  - S 1: Ep 18 One Good Lie Deserves Another
    2/12/69
- The Big Valley
  Jason Fleet
  - S 4: Ep 3 Presumed Dead
    10/7/68
- The Big Valley
  Sheriff Roy Kingston
  - S 3: Ep 8 The Disappearance
    11/6/67
- Gunsmoke
  Jonathan Cole
  - S 13: Ep 3 The Prodigal
    9/25/67
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 71 July 24, 1967
    7/24/67
  - S 1: Ep 37 June 6, 1967
    6/6/67
- ABC Stage 67
  Arthur
  - S 1: Ep 8 The People Trap
    11/9/66
- The F.B.I.
  Marshall Winslow
  - S 1: Ep 28 The Tormentors
    4/10/66
- I Spy
  Dr. Owen Maclean
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Tiger
    1/5/66
- Slattery's People
  Spencer Champion Carlisle
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Last Commuter
    11/19/65
- Kraft Suspense Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 23 Kill No More
    4/29/65
- Ben Casey
  Thomas W. Hardin
  - S 3: Ep 32 For a Just Man Falleth Seven Times
    4/15/64
- Laramie
  Dr. Samuel Mudd
  - S 4: Ep 11 Time Of The Traitor
    12/11/62
- Saints and Sinners (1962)
  Guest Star
- Bus Stop
  John Benson
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Opposite Virtues
    2/18/62
- Barbara Stanwyck Show
  Dr. Paul Harris
  - S 1: Ep 24 Adventure on Happiness Street
    3/20/61
- Zane Grey Theater
  Jessie Martin
  - S 5: Ep 21 The Scar
    3/2/61
- The June Allyson Show
  Howard Moon
  - S 2: Ep 10 A Thief or Two
    12/1/60
- Route 66
  Bartlett
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Man on the Monkey Board
    10/28/60
- Alcoa Theatre
  Nathan Hardy
  - S 2: Ep 22 Corporal Hardy
    2/16/59
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
  Dr. Mudd
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Case For Dr. Mudd
    10/20/58
- Frontier Justice
  Clint Howard
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Unrelenting Sky
    8/18/58
- Alcoa Theatre
  Jed Risk
  - S 1: Ep 37 Johnny Risk
    6/16/58
- Climax!
  Bob Kilgore
  - S 4: Ep 24 The Thief With the Big Blue Eyes
    3/6/58
- The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 14 January 2, 1958
    1/2/58
- Zane Grey Theater
  Jed Lester
  - S 2: Ep 9 A Man To Look Up To
    11/29/57
- Cavalcade of America
  unknown
  - S 5: Ep 22 The Man Who Asked No Favors
    3/5/57
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 12 A Light in the Desert
    12/21/56
- Playhouse 90
  Carl Doss
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Family Nobody Wanted
    12/20/56
- Zane Grey Theater
  Clint Howard
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Unrelenting Sky
    10/26/56
- Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre
  Father Gerald
  - S 5: Ep 4 Measure of Faith
    10/24/56
- Screen Director's Playhouse
  Dr. John Mohler
  - S 1: Ep 20 One Against Many
    3/7/56
- Omnibus
  Julius Maltby
  - S 2: Ep 17 Nothing so Monstrous
    1/24/54
- The Ken Murray Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 2 9/15/1951
    9/15/51
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- Saints and Sinners (1962)
  Judge Victor Llewelyn
  - S 1: Ep 4 Judgement In Jazz Alley
    10/8/62

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- Ayres directed one picture, Hearts In Bondage (1936) at Republic.
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- Ayres' documentary film Altars of the World (1976) brought his Eastern philosophical beliefs to the screen and earned him critical acclaim.
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- Ayres served with the Medical Corps in the Pacific and in New Guinea.
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