Louis Wolheim
Biography
It was Lionel Barrymore who gave Louis Wolheim his start as an actor. Wolheim had had his face more or less smashed in and his nose nicely fractured while playing on a scrub Cornell football team. Later as a Cornell Instructor he found life none too easy. He had worked off and on as an extra in the Wharton studio but never received much attention. Barrymore had only to look at him once to realize that Wolheim's face was his fortune. Through Barrymore, Wolheim gained an entree into New York theatrical life. On the legitimate stage he made a great success in "Welcome Wing" and "The Hairy Ape", climaxing these plays by his triumph in "What Price Glory". Louis Wolheim died in Los Angeles, California on 18 February 1931, the result of stomach cancer.
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Movies (48)
The Sin Ship
as Captain Sam McVey
1931
Gentleman's Fate
as Frank Tomasulo
1931
Danger Lights
as Dan Thorn
1931
The Silver Horde
as George Balt
1930
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Stanislas 'Kat' Katczinsky
1930
The Ship from Shanghai
as Ted
1930
Condemned!
as Jacques Duval
1929
Frozen Justice
as Duke
1929
Wolf Song
as Gullion
1929
Square Shoulders
as Slag
1929
The Shady Lady
as Professor Holbrook
1928
The Awakening
as Le Bete
1928
The Racket
as Nick Scarsi
1928
Tempest
as Sergeant Bulba
1928
Sorrell and Son
as Buck
1927
Two Arabian Knights
as Peter O'Gaffney
1927
Lover's Island
as Capt. Joshua Dawson
1925
The Story Without a Name
as Kurder
1924
America
as Captain Hare
1924
The Uninvited Guest
as Jan Boomer
1924
Unseeing Eyes
as Laird
1923
Little Old New York
as The Hoboken Terror
1923
The Last Moment
as The Finn
1923
Enemies of Women
1923
The Go-Getter
as Daniel Silver
1923
The Face in the Fog
as Petrus
1922
Sherlock Holmes
as Craigin
1922
Orphans of the Storm
as Executioner (uncredited)
1921
Experience
as Crime
1921
Number 17
1921
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Music Hall Proprietor
1920
The Test of Honor
as Man Devil in dream (uncredited)
1919
The Poor Rich Man
as Wrestler
1918
Together
Story (Writing)
1918
A Pair of Cupids
as Dirk Thomas
1918
Opportunity
as Prizefight spectator
1918
The Eyes of Mystery
as Brad Tilton
1918
The House of Hate
as Patch-eye Pete
1918
The Avenging Trail
as Lefty Reed
1917
The Eternal Mother
as Bucky McGhee (as Louis R. Wolheim)
1917
The Belle of the Season
as Johnson
1917
The Greatest Power
Story (Writing)
1917
The Millionaire's Double
as Bob Holloway
1917
The End of the Tour
1917
The Sunbeam
as Biff - the Brute
1916
The Brand of Cowardice
as Cpl. Mallin
1916
Dorian's Divorce
as Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim)
1916
The Romance of Elaine
1915