Ralph Percy Lewis (October 8, 1872 – December 4, 1937) was an American actor of the silent film era. Born in 1872 in Englewood, Illinois, Lewis attended Northwestern University. 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's film debut came in 1912. He also starred in one of the early Hollywood sound shorts, Gaunt, in 1931. He was married to actress Vera Lewis. Lewis died in Los Angeles, California, on December 4, 1937, after being hit on November 25, 1937 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)