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Lew Davis

Date of birth: 1884-07-16

Place of birth: Buffalo, New York, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Louis Davis

Lew Davis

Biography

Movie Credits

Gildersleeve's Bad Day
3.2

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

1943-05-10

Gildersleeve has jury duty.

Along Came Jones
2.8

Along Came Jones

1945-07-19

An easy-going cowboy is mistaken by the townsfolk for a notorious gunman. The cowboy decides it woul

Pop Goes the Easel
3.5

Pop Goes the Easel

1935-03-29

The stooges are down and out. With a cop chasing them, they flee into an artists studio where they a

Uncivil Warriors
3.1

Uncivil Warriors

1935-04-26

Set in the civil war, the stooges are spies for the north. They impersonate southern officers and in

Knee Action
0

Knee Action

1937-01-09

Andy takes his newest invention, a knee-action washing machine, before a group of potential investor

Slippery Silks
3.6

Slippery Silks

1936-12-27

The Stooges are carpenters who inherit a fancy dress boutique. They put on a fashion show with dress

Three Little Sew and Sews
3.5

Three Little Sew and Sews

1939-01-06

The stooges are sailors working in a ships' tailor shop. When they can't get passes to go ashore, th

The Girl Who Came Back
2.9

The Girl Who Came Back

1935-09-20

A counterfeiter gives up her life of crime and goes straight. She gets a job in a bank, but the memb

The Little Red Schoolhouse
2.8

The Little Red Schoolhouse

1936-03-02

Upset by discipline at school, a 17-year-old runs away to New York City and learns there are worse p

New News
0

New News

1937-04-01

Aa Columbia 2-reel comedy starring Tom Kennedy and Monty Collins in NEW NEWS (1937). Fans of the 3 S

A Doggone Mixup
0

A Doggone Mixup

1938-12-05

Harry, who can't resist a bargain, buys a St. Bernard dog.

Movie Maniacs
2.8

Movie Maniacs

1936-02-20

The boys are stowaways on a train box-car filled with furniture bound for Hollywood where they hope

Cash and Carry
3

Cash and Carry

1937-09-03

The Stooges find a crippled boy and his sister living in their dumpyard shack. To raise money to pay

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
3.3

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

1939-01-27

Spies force former jewel thief Michael Lanyard to steal defense secrets in Washington.

I'll Take Romance
2.5

I'll Take Romance

1937-11-17

Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace M

Tarnished Angel
2.5

Tarnished Angel

1938-10-28

A showgirl with a dubious reputation flees the cops and transforms herself into a phony evangelist o

Start Cheering
3.5

Start Cheering

1938-03-03

After retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have him e

Only Angels Have Wings
3.6

Only Angels Have Wings

1939-05-15

A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
3.9

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939-10-19

After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replaceme

Dr. Broadway
2.8

Dr. Broadway

1942-05-09

A New York doctor saves a chorus girl from a window ledge, twice, and rounds up racketeers.

Mooching Through Georgia
3

Mooching Through Georgia

1939-08-11

Man relates how he outwitted the Yankee army during the Civil War.

Bride and Gloom
2

Bride and Gloom

1947-03-27

In this Columbia All-Star Comedy (production number 8439), Shemp Howard finds himself in a love nest

A Hit with a Miss
2.5

A Hit with a Miss

1945-12-13

Shemp Howard is a prizefighter in this Columbia All-Star Comedy who has a complex that leaves him a

The Good Bad Egg
0

The Good Bad Egg

1947-03-20

In this Columbia All-Star Comedy short (production number 8438), Joe DeRita is a bachelor inventor w

Mr. Noisy
3.5

Mr. Noisy

1946-03-22

This All-Star Comedy (production number 7437, and a remake of 1940's "The Heckler" with Charley Chas

Society Mugs
2.5

Society Mugs

1946-09-19

Muriel Allen needs an escort to Alice Preston's dinner party, and her maid Petunia mistakenly places

Off Again, On Again
2.5

Off Again, On Again

1945-02-16

Good samaritan Shemp rescues a girl from an accident, and a newspaper photographer snaps a picture o

Belle of the Yukon
2.7

Belle of the Yukon

1944-12-27

Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an honest c

Adventure in Sahara
2.8

Adventure in Sahara

1938-11-15

Agadez is a lonely French outpost baking under the desert sun and commanded by the cruel and oppress

It's a Wonderful Life
4.1

It's a Wonderful Life

1946-12-20

George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents ri

The Great Dictator
4.1

The Great Dictator

1940-10-15

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecu

You Can't Take It with You
3.8

You Can't Take It with You

1938-09-01

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony K

The Crime Patrol
2.5

The Crime Patrol

1936-05-12

Prizefighter Bob Neal (Ray Walker) is in debt to gangster Vic Santell (Hooper Atchley) for training

Counsel on De Fence
0.5

Counsel on De Fence

1934-10-24

New lawyer Harry defends a woman charged with poisoning her husband.

The Remarkable Andrew
3.4

The Remarkable Andrew

1942-03-05

When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city budge

Mexican Spitfire at Sea
1.5

Mexican Spitfire at Sea

1942-03-13

An advertising executive and his temperamental wife sail to Hawaii in search of business. The fifth

If You Could Only Cook
3.7

If You Could Only Cook

1935-12-30

An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.

Murder in Times Square
2.1

Murder in Times Square

1943-04-01

An actor becomes a suspect in the murders of four New Yorkers injected with rattlesnake venom.

One Mysterious Night
3

One Mysterious Night

1944-10-21

After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit

Kitty
2.8

Kitty

1945-10-16

Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gai

The More the Merrier
3.5

The More the Merrier

1943-05-13

It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C.

So Long Mr. Chumps
3.1

So Long Mr. Chumps

1941-02-07

The stooges are street cleaners who find some valuable bonds and return them to their owner. The man

Soul Mates
0.5

Soul Mates

1916-06-08

Lowell Sherman's seemingly perfect marriage to Alice, which is shattered when she has an affair with

3 Dumb Clucks
3.1

3 Dumb Clucks

1937-04-17

The stooges escape from jail when they learn their father, who has just become rich, is planning to