Ralph Lewis (actor)

Ralph Percy Lewis (October 8, 1872 – December 4, 1937) was an American actor of the silent film era.[1]

Ralph Lewis
Lewis in The Hoodlum (1919)
Born	Ralph Percy Lewis (1872-10-08)October 8, 1872 Englewood, Illinois, U.S.
Died	December 4, 1937(1937-12-04) (aged 65) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1912–1937
Spouse(s)	Vera Lewis (m. 19??; ? 19??)
Children	1

Born in 1872 in Englewood, Illinois, Lewis appeared in 160 films between 1912 and 1938. The character actor remains perhaps best-remembered for his role as abolitionist U.S. Representative Austin Stoneman in D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915) and the governor in Intolerance (1916). Lewis also starred in one of the early Hollywood sound shorts, Gaunt, in 1931.[2] He was married to actress Vera Lewis.

He died in Los Angeles, California after being hit by a limousine driven by a chauffeur working for Jack L. Warner.

Filmography

• The Great Leap: Until Death Do Us Part (1914) (film debut)
• Home, Sweet Home (1914)
• The Escape (1914) - The Senator
• The Avenging Conscience (1914) - The Detective (film debut)
• The Floor Above (1914, Short) - Jerome
• The Birth of a Nation (1915) - Hon. Austin Stoneman - Leader of the House
• The Wolf Man (1915) - Hilbert Grinde, 'The Wolf Man'
• Jordan Is a Hard Road (1915) - Jim Starbuck
• Let Katie Do It (1916) - Uncle Dan Standish
• Martha's Vindication (1916) - Deacon Hunt
• The Flying Torpedo (1916) - Head of the Board
• Macbeth (1916) - Banquo
• Going Straight (1916) - John Remington
• Hell-to-Pay Austin (1916) - Dad Dawson
• Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916) - Jan Van Houck
• Intolerance (1916) - The Governor
• A Sister of Six (1916) - Caleb Winthrop
• The Children Pay (1916) - Theodore Ainsley - the Girls' Father
• A Tale of Two Cities (1917) - Roger Cly
• Her Temptation (1917) - Ralph Stuart
• The Silent Lie (1917) - Hatfield
• Jack and the Beanstalk (1917) - Francis' Father
• This Is the Life (1917) - Count Herman von Nuttenberg
• Cheating the Public (1918) - John Dowling
• Revenge (1918) - 'Sudden' Duncan
• The Kid Is Clever (1918) - Jazzbando Boullion
• Fires of Youth (1918) - John Linforth
• The Talk of the Town (1918)
• The Dub (1919) - Frederick Blatch
• The Long Lane's Turning (1919) - Gov. Eveland
• The Mother and the Law (1919) - The Governor
• The Valley of the Giants (1919) - Col. Pennington
• The Hoodlum (1919) - Alexander Guthrie
• Eyes of Youth (1919) - Robert Goring
• When the Clouds Roll By (1919) - Curtis Brown
• What Women Love (1920) - James King Cotton
• 813 (1920) - Robert Castleback
• Outside the Law (1920) - Silent Madden
• Common Sense (1920) - Dan Bowers
• Prisoners of Love (1921) - Her Father
• Man, Woman & Marriage (1921) - The Father
• Sowing the Wind (1921) - Brabazon
• Salvage (1921) - Cyrus Ridgeway
• A Private Scandal (1921) - Phillip Lawton
• The Conquering Power (1921) - Pere Grandet
• The $5 Baby (1922) - Ben Shapinsky
• In the Name of the Law (1922) - Patrick O'Hara
• Flesh and Blood (1922) - Fletcher Burton
• The Sin Flood (1922) - Fraser
• Broad Daylight (1922) - Peter Fay
• Environment (1922) - Diamond Jim Favre
• The Third Alarm (1922) - Dan McDowell
• The Fog (1923) - Johnathan Forge
• The West~Bound Limited (1923) - Bill Buckley
• Vengeance of the Deep (1923) - Captain Musgrove
• Tea: With a Kick! (1923) - Jim Day
• Desire (1923) - De Witt Harlan
• Blow Your Own Horn (1923) - Nicholas Small
• The Mailman (1923) - Bob Morley
• Untamed Youth (1924) - Joe Ardis
• The Man Who Came Back (1924) - Thomas Potter
• Dante's Inferno (1924) - The Man - Mortimer Judd
• In Every Woman's Life (1924) - Captain
• East of Broadway (1924) - Commissioner
• The Bridge of Sighs (1925) - William Craig
• Who Cares (1925) - Grandfather Ludlow
• The Million Dollar Handicap (1925) - John Porter
• The Re-Creation of Brian Kent (1925) - Homer Ward
• The Overland Limited (1925) - Ed Barton
• Heir-Loons (1925)
• One of the Bravest (1925) - John Kelly
• The Last Edition (1925) - Tom McDonald
• The Lady from Hell (1926) - Earl of Kennet
• Shadow of the Law (1926) - Brophy
• Fascinating Youth (1926) - John Ward
• Bigger Than Barnum's (1926) - Peter Blandin
• The Block Signal (1926) - 'Jovial Joe' Ryan
• The False Alarm (1926) - Fighting John Casey
• The Silent Power (1926) - John Rollins
• Held by the Law (1927) - George Travis
• The Sunset Derby (1927) - Sam Gibson
• The Shield of Honor (1927) - Dan MacDowell
• Casey Jones (1927) - Casey Jones
• Outcast Souls (1928) - John Turner
• Crooks Can't Win (1928) - Dad Gillen
• The Girl in the Glass Cage (1929) - John Cosgrove
• The Bad One (1930) - Blochet
• Abraham Lincoln (1930) - Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
• The Fourth Alarm (1930) - Chief Turner
• The Lost Squadron (1930) - Joe
• American Madness (1932) - Judge (uncredited)
• McKenna of the Mounted (1932) - Kennedy
• Strange Justice (1932) - Prison Warden (uncredited)
• Call Her Savage (1932) - Doctor (uncredited)
• The Death Kiss (1932) - Winchell (uncredited)
• Sucker Money (1933) - John Walton
• Somewhere in Sonora (1933) - Mr. Kelly Burton
• Riot Squad (1933) - Judge Nathaniel Moore
• Mystery Liner (1934) - Prof. Grimson
• Badge of Honor (1934) - Randall Brewster
• Fighting Hero (1934) - The Judge
• Terror of the Plains (1934) - Dad Lansing
• Ready for Love (1934) - Mr. Thompson (uncredited)
• When Lightning Strikes (1934) - Minor Role (uncredited)
• Outlaw Rule (1935) - John Lathrop
• The Lost City (1935, Serial) - Prof. Reynolds [Chs.1-4]
• Behind the Green Lights (1935) - Judge #2 / Lawyer
• Born to Battle (1935) - Justice Hiram McClump
• Sunset Range (1935) - Sheriff
• Diamond Jim (1935) - Man at Bar (uncredited)
• Dr. Socrates (1935) - Bookstore Proprietor (uncredited)
• Thanks a Million (1935) - Politician (uncredited)
• Swifty (1935) - Alec McNiel
• Border Flight (1936) - Boat Captain (uncredited)
• San Francisco (1936) - Founders' Club Member (uncredited)
• The Accusing Finger (1936) - Senator (uncredited)
• Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) - Business Man (uncredited)
• West Bound Limited (1937) - Foreman of the Jury (uncredited)
• Behind the Mike (1937) - Townsman (uncredited)
• Music for Madame (1937) - Henchman (uncredited)
• The Buccaneer (1938) - Prominent Gentleman (uncredited)

References

1. "Ralph Lewis". NY Times. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
2. Edwin M. Bradley The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931 1476606846 2005 p453 "Gaunt, with Ralph Lewis, Clarence Geldert, John Beck, George Waggner, Murray Smith and Allison Larkin, Esja, 3 reels, T. Director: Joseph Henry Steele. Screenplay: Joseph Henry Steele (based on story "The Debt Collector" by Maurice Levin")

External links

• Ralph Lewis on IMDb
• Ralph Lewis at Find a Grave