Ralph Lewis
Biography
Ralph Lewis was an American actor who worked mainly in silent movies. He was born in 1872 in Englewood, Illinois, and studied at Northwestern University. In 1907 he played Horace West in the Broadway production The Primrose Path. His first screen role came in 1912, and he appeared in roughly 160 films from 1912 to 1938, often as a character actor. He was perhaps best remembered for playing Austin Stoneman, an abolitionist U.S. Representative, in the D. W. Griffith film The Birth of a Nation (1915), and for his part as the governor in Intolerance (1916). He also had a starring part in Gaunt, an early Hollywood sound short, in 1931. Lewis died in 1937.
65years old at death
- Born Englewood
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 20 years1914 to 1934
Every film, newest first
- 1934Mystery LinerIMDb rating 4.7
- 1921Outside the LawIMDb rating 6.6
- 1921The Conquering PowerIMDb rating 6.8
- 1916Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the AgesIMDb rating 7.6
- 1914The Avenging ConscienceIMDb rating 6.4
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