Ralph Lewis (I) (1872–1937)

Actor

Ralph Lewis was born on October 28, 1872 in Englewood, Illinois, USA as Ralph Percy Lewis. He was ...

Born: October 28, 1872
Died: December 4, 1937 (age 65)

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Known For

The Birth of a Nation Hon. Austin Stoneman - Leader of the House (1915)
Casey Jones Casey Jones (1927)
Dante's Inferno The Man - Mortimer Judd (1924)
Known For

The Wolf Man Hilbert Grinde, 'The Wolf Man' (1915)
Actor

The Buccaneer Prominent Gentleman (1938)
Music for Madame Henchman (1937)
Behind the Mike Townsman (1937)
West Bound Limited Foreman of the Jury (1937)
Make Way for Tomorrow Business Man (1937)
The Accusing Finger Senator (1936)
San Francisco Founders' Club Member (1936)
Border Flight Boat Captain (1936)
Swifty Alec McNiel (1935)
Thanks a Million Politician (1935)
Dr. Socrates Bookstore Proprietor (1935)
Diamond Jim Man at Bar (1935)
Sunset Range Sheriff (1935)
Born to Battle Justice Hiram McClump (1935)
Behind the Green Lights Judge #2 / Lawyer (1935)
The Lost City Prof. Reynolds (1935)
Outlaw Rule John Lathrop (1935)
When Lightning Strikes Woodsman (1934)
Terror of the Plains Dad Lansing (1934)
Ready for Love Mr. Thompson (1934)
Fighting Hero The Judge (1934)
Badge of Honor Randall Brewster (1934)
Mystery Liner Prof. Grimson (1934)
Riot Squad Judge Nathaniel Moore (1933)
Somewhere in Sonora Mr. Kelly Burton (1933)
Sucker Money John Walton (1933)
The Death Kiss Winchell (1932)
Call Her Savage Doctor (1932)
Always Kickin' (1932)
Strange Justice Prison Warden (1932)
McKenna of the Mounted Kennedy (1932)
American Madness Judge (1932)
The Lost Squadron Joe (1932)
The Fourth Alarm Chief Turner (1930)
Abraham Lincoln Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (1930)
The Bad One Blochet (1930)
The Great Divide Portrait (1929)
The Girl in the Glass Cage John Cosgrove (1929)
Crooks Can't Win Dad Gillen (1928)
Outcast Souls John Turner (1928)
Life in Hollywood No. 7 (1927)
Casey Jones Casey Jones (1927)
The Shield of Honor Dan MacDowell (1927)
The Sunset Derby Sam Gibson (1927)
Held by the Law George Travis (1927)
The Silent Power John Rollins (1926)
The False Alarm Fighting John Casey (1926)
The Block Signal 'Jovial Joe' Ryan (1926)
Bigger Than Barnum's Peter Blandin (1926)
Fascinating Youth John Ward (1926)
Shadow of the Law Brophy (1926)
The Lady from Hell Earl of Kennet (1926)
The Last Edition Tom McDonald (1925)
One of the Bravest John Kelly (1925)
Heir-Loons (1925)
The Overland Limited Ed Barton (1925)
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent Homer Ward (1925)
The Million Dollar Handicap John Porter (1925)
Who Cares Grandfather Ludlow (1925)
The Bridge of Sighs William Craig (1925)
East of Broadway Commissioner (1924)
In Every Woman's Life Captain (1924)
Dante's Inferno The Man - Mortimer Judd (1924)
The Man Who Came Back Thomas Potter (1924)
Untamed Youth Joe Ardis (1924)
The Mailman Bob Morley (1923)
Blow Your Own Horn Nicholas Small (1923)
Desire De Witt Harlan (1923)
Tea: With a Kick! Jim Day (1923)
Vengeance of the Deep Captain Musgrove (1923)
The West~Bound Limited Bill Buckley (1923)
The Fog Johnathan Forge (1923)
The Third Alarm Dan McDowell (1922)
Environment Diamond Jim Favre (1922)
Broad Daylight Peter Fay (1922)
The Sin Flood Fraser (1922)
Flesh and Blood Fletcher Burton (1922)
In the Name of the Law Patrick O'Hara (1922)
The $5 Baby Ben Shapinsky (1922)
The Conquering Power Pere Grandet (1921)
A Private Scandal Phillip Lawton (1921)
Salvage Cyrus Ridgeway (1921)
Sowing the Wind Brabazon (1921)
Man-Woman-Marriage Victoria's Father (1921)
Prisoners of Love Her Father (1921)
Outside the Law Silent Madden (1920)
813 Robert Castleback (1920)
What Women Love James King Cotton (1920)
Common Sense Dan Bowers (1920)
When the Clouds Roll by Curtis Brown (1919)
Eyes of Youth Robert Goring (1919)
The Valley of the Giants Col. Pennington (1919)
The Hoodlum Alexander Guthrie (1919)
The Long Lane's Turning Gov. Eveland (1919)
The Dub Frederick Blatch (1919)
The Talk of the Town (1918)
Fires of Youth John Linforth (1918)
The Kid Is Clever Jazzbando Boullion (1918)
Revenge 'Sudden' Duncan (1918)
Cheating the Public John Dowling (1918)
This Is the Life Count Herman von Nuttenberg (1917)
Jack and the Beanstalk Francis' Father (1917)
The Silent Lie Hatfield (1917)
Her Temptation Ralph Stuart (1917)
A Tale of Two Cities Roger Cly (1917)
The Children Pay Theodore Ainsley - the Girls' Father (1916)
A Sister of Six Caleb Winthrop (1916)
Intolerance The Governor (1916)
Gretchen the Greenhorn Jan Van Houck (1916)
Hell-to-Pay Austin Dad Dawson (1916)
Macbeth Banquo (1916)
Going Straight John Remington (1916)
The Flying Torpedo Head of the Board (1916)
Martha's Vindication Deacon Hunt (1916)
Let Katie Do It Uncle Dan Standish (1916)
Home from the Sea (1915)
Jordan Is a Hard Road Jim Starbuck (1915)
Father and Son (1915)
On the Bread Line Joe Benton (1915)
The Father Bill Kenare - Ex-Convict (1915)
The Wolf Man Hilbert Grinde, 'The Wolf Man' (1915)
Her Father (1915)
The Turning Point Senator Delafield / David Drummond (1915)
Victorine The Side Show Manager (1915)
The Little Catamount Old Hemlock - Hattie's Father (1915)
The Mountain Girl Old Lloyd - the Girl's Grandfather (1915)
The Smuggler John Sampson - Betty's Father (1915)
The Comeback Fred Dexter (1915)
The Outcast The Judge (1915)
Ex-Convict 4287 Malcolm Forbes (1915)
The Birth of a Nation Hon. Austin Stoneman - Leader of the House (1915)
One Flight Up Dr. Trine (1915)
The Exposure Phelan (1914)
Over the Ledge (1914)
A Question of Courage (1914)
The Old Good-for-Nothing (1914)
The Hop Smugglers Sikes - the Revenue Officer (1914)
His Responsibility Morgan Wallace (1914)
The Floating Call The City Editor (1914)
Paid with Interest (1914)
The Wrong Prescription A Surgeon (1914)
Meg of the Mines Jimson (1914)
Her Awakening Dr. John (1914)
The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' The Detective (1914)
The Gunman Thorne - the Foreman (1914)
Lest We Forget (1914)
The Vengeance of Gold Jim - the Poor Suitor (1914)
The Weaker Strain (1914)
The Escape The Senator (1914)
The Soul of Honor Old Colonel Potter - the Father (1914)
Home, Sweet Home (1914)
The Miniature Portrait (1914)
The Different Man The Outlaw (1914)
The Great Leap: Until Death Do Us Part First Father (1914)
The Floor Above Jerome (1914)
The Stiletto Carl Bronte (1914)
The Old Man (1914)
The Smugglers of Sligo Smuggler (1914)
The Gangsters of New York Spike Golden - a Rival Gangster (1914)
The Pseudo Prodigal The Prodigal's Father (1913)
The Reporter's Scoop Henry Marshall (1913)
The Bracelet Williams (1913)
The Flirt (1913)
The Stolen Woman (1913)
The Fight for Right Durland - Mary's Father (1913)
The Tangled Web (1913)
Half a Chance (1913)
The Master Cracksman Robert Thatcher Sr. (1913)
The Bawlerout Downs - The Bank Cashier (1913)
Held for Ransom Cyrus Brooks (1913)
The Judge's Vindication President of the Money Trust (1913)
The Man from Outside Dayton - Lucille's Father (1913)
The Open Road Tom's Father (1913)
Actor

The Faith Healer (1912)
Archive footage

These Amazing Shadows (2011)
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation' (1998)
Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 2 (1941)
City of Lost Men (1940)
Archive footage

The Lost City (1935)
The Mother and the Law (1919)

Did You Know

Director David Butler recalled when he was just starting out as an actor he watched Lewis rehearse a scene with director T. Hayes Hunter, in which Lewis was to be playing a violin. They would rehearse with a cheap violin, but when it came time to ...