{{Short description|British actor (1888–1963)}} {{for|the mayor of Buffalo, New York|Lewis P. Dayton}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Use British English|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Lewis Dayton | image = Silent film actor Lewis Dayton (SAYRE_22368) (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Dayton in 1923 | birth_name = Henry Wallenstein Ryan Lewis | birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|02|03|df=y}} | birth_place = Brighton, East Sussex, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1963|01||1888|02|03|df=y}} | death_place = U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1918–1932 | spouse = | children = | website = }}

'''Lewis Dayton''' (born '''Henry Wallenstein Ryan Lewis'''; 3 February 1888 – January 1963) was a British actor who appeared in a number of films during the silent and early sound eras, largely in supporting roles but occasionally in the male lead.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/199284 |title=BFI &#124; Film & TV Database &#124; DAYTON, Lewis |access-date=2011-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212093318/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/199284 |archive-date=2013-12-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Selected filmography== * ''A Daughter of Uncle Sam'' (1918) * ''The Shadow Between'' (1920) * ''A Rank Outsider'' (1920) * ''The Great Day'' (1921) * ''The Marriage Lines'' (1921) * ''The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown'' (1921) * ''The Lilac Sunbonnet'' (1922) * ''Yesterday's Wife'' (1923) * ''Slander the Woman'' (1923) * ''A Wife's Romance'' (1923) * ''Cordelia the Magnificent'' (1923) * ''The Cost of Beauty'' (1924) * ''Around a Million'' (1924) * ''What Fools Men'' (1925) * ''Spangles'' (1928) * ''S.O.S.'' (1928) * ''The Celestial City'' (1929) * ''The Runaway Princess'' (1929) * ''Detective Lloyd'' (1931), a serial * ''Lloyd of the C.I.D.'' (1932) * ''The Strangler'' (1932)

==References== <references/>

==Bibliography== * Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

==External links== {{commons category|Lewis Dayton}} * {{IMDb name|0206765}}

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