# Lewis Dayton

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

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| name               = Lewis Dayton
| image              = Silent film actor Lewis Dayton (SAYRE_22368) (cropped).jpg
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| caption            = Dayton in 1923
| birth_name         = Henry Wallenstein Ryan Lewis
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1888|02|03|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [Brighton](/source/Brighton), [East Sussex](/source/East_Sussex), [England](/source/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](/source/silent_film) and early [sound eras](/source/sound_film), largely in [supporting role](/source/supporting_role)s but occasionally in the [male lead](/source/leading_role).<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](/source/A_Daughter_of_Uncle_Sam)'' (1918)
* ''[The Shadow Between](/source/The_Shadow_Between_(1920_film))'' (1920)
* ''[A Rank Outsider](/source/A_Rank_Outsider_(film))'' (1920)
* ''[The Great Day](/source/The_Great_Day)'' (1921)
* ''[The Marriage Lines](/source/The_Marriage_Lines_(film))'' (1921)
* ''[The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown](/source/The_Mystery_of_Mr._Bernard_Brown_(film))'' (1921)
* ''[The Lilac Sunbonnet](/source/The_Lilac_Sunbonnet)'' (1922)
* ''[Yesterday's Wife](/source/Yesterday's_Wife)'' (1923)
* ''[Slander the Woman](/source/Slander_the_Woman)'' (1923)
* ''[A Wife's Romance](/source/A_Wife's_Romance)'' (1923)
* ''[Cordelia the Magnificent](/source/Cordelia_the_Magnificent)'' (1923)
* ''[The Cost of Beauty](/source/The_Cost_of_Beauty)'' (1924)
* ''[Around a Million](/source/Around_a_Million)'' (1924)
* ''[What Fools Men](/source/What_Fools_Men)'' (1925)
* ''[Spangles](/source/Spangles_(1928_film))'' (1928)
* ''[S.O.S.](/source/S.O.S._(1928_film))'' (1928)
* ''[The Celestial City](/source/The_Celestial_City_(film))'' (1929)
* ''[The Runaway Princess](/source/The_Runaway_Princess)'' (1929)
* ''[Detective Lloyd](/source/Detective_Lloyd)'' (1931), a serial
* ''[Lloyd of the C.I.D.](/source/Lloyd_of_the_C.I.D.)'' (1932)
* ''[The Strangler](/source/The_Strangler_(1932_film))'' (1932)

==References==
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==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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Category:1888 births
Category:1963 deaths
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male silent film actors
Category:Male actors from Brighton
Category:20th-century English male actors

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