George J. Lewis
George J. Lewis
Born in Mexico, George J. Lewis gained prominence in the mid-1920s as a an athletic all-American boy in Universal's popular Collegiates 2-reeler series. He remained with Collegiates into the talkie era before forsaking leading roles for character parts. Sporting a mustache in most of his talkie appearances, Lewis played a steady stream of society villains, weaklings, "other men" and cads, at both Republic Studios and the Columbia short-subjects unit. His best-known serial role was as the erudite gangster who plays "Moonlight Sonata" on his piano while planning the demise of the hero in the 1945 Republic serial Federal Operator 99. Uncharacteristically, Lewis was cast as the good guy in the 1944 chapter play Zorro's Black Whip. Thirteen years later, a much grayer George J. Lewis returned to the same territory by playing the father of the "Mexican Robin Hood" on the Disney TV series Zorro. In the mid 1960s, Lewis swapped his acting career for a long, successful stint in real estate. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of George J. Lewis:
- Wagon Team with Gene Autry , Pat Buttram , Gail Davis , Gordon Jones , Henry Rowland , Harry Sr. Harvey , Sid Saylor
- Gilda with Rita Hayworth , Glenn Ford , George MacReady , Joseph Calleia , Steven Geray , Joseph Sawyer , Gerald Mohr , Ludwig Donath , Donald Douglas , Lionel Royce , Eugene Borden , Eduardo Ciannelli , Jean DelVal , Herbert Evans , Sam Flint , Alphonse Martell , John Merton , Forbes Murray , Ruth Roman , George Sorel , John Tyrrell , Philip vanZandt , Robert Stevens
- The Prodigal with Lana Turner , Edmund Purdom , Louis Calhern , Audrey Dalton , Neville Brand , Taina Elg , Walter Hampden , Francis L. Sullivan , Joseph Wiseman , Cecil Kellaway , Henry Daniell , Paul Cavanagh , Jay Novello , Dorothy Adams , Richard Devon , Charles Wagenheim , Paul Bryar , John Dehner , Jody Gilbert , Allison Hayes , Chuck Roberson , Almira Sessions
- Kid Galahad with Elvis Presley , Gig Young , Lola Albright , Joan Blackman , Charles Bronson , Robert Emhardt , Ned Glass , David Lewis , Richard Devon , Liam Redmond , Ed Asner , Frank Gerstle
- The Comancheros with John Wayne , Stuart Whitman , Ina Balin , Nehemiah Persoff , Lee Marvin , Michael Ansara , Bruce Cabot , Joan O'Brien , Jack Elam , Edgar Buchanan , Henry Daniell , Richard Devon , John Dierkes , Bob Steele , Don Brodie , Harry Jr. Carey , Alan Carney , Patrick Wayne , Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
- The Bad and the Beautiful with Kirk Douglas , Lana Turner , Walter Pidgeon , Dick Powell , Barry Sullivan , Gloria Grahame , Gilbert Roland , Leo G. Carroll , Vanessa Brown , Paul Stewart , Ivan Triesault , Elaine Stewart , Kathleen Freeman , Robert Burton , Jay Adler , Stanley Andrews , Barbara Billingsley , Francis X. Bushman , Louis Calhern , Bess Flowers , Steve Forrest , Ned Glass , Dabbs Greer , Dorothy Patrick , William "Bill" Phillips , Frank Scannell , Kaaren Verne , William Tannen
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