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Louis Wolheim

Louis Wolheim

Actor · Born 1880-03-27 · New York City, New York, USA

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) — Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky
  2. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) — Music Hall Proprietor
  3. Orphans of the Storm (1921) — Executioner (uncredited)
  4. The Racket (1928) — Nick Scarsi
  5. Two Arabian Knights (1927) — Peter O'Gaffney
  6. Sherlock Holmes (1922) — Craigin
  7. Danger Lights (1931) — Dan Thorn
  8. Tempest (1928) — Sergeant Bulba
  9. Condemned! (1929) — Jacques Duval
  10. The Silver Horde (1930) — George Balt
  11. Little Old New York (1923) — The Hoboken Terror
  12. America (1924) — Captain Hare
  13. Wolf Song (1929) — Gullion
  14. Gentleman's Fate (1931) — Frank Tomasulo
  15. The Sin Ship (1931) — Captain Sam McVey
  16. The House of Hate (1918) — Patch-eye Pete
  17. The Test of Honor (1919) — Man Devil in dream (uncredited)
  18. The Ship from Shanghai (1930) — Ted
  19. Sorrell and Son (1927) — Buck
  20. The Awakening (1928) — Le Bete
  21. Frozen Justice (1929) — Duke
  22. Enemies of Women (1923)
  23. The Face in the Fog (1922) — Petrus
  24. The Last Moment (1923) — The Finn
  25. The Story Without a Name (1924) — Kurder
  26. The Poor Rich Man (1918) — Wrestler
  27. The Uninvited Guest (1924) — Jan Boomer
  28. The End of the Tour (1917)
  29. Square Shoulders (1929) — Slag
  30. Number 17 (1921)
  31. Dorian's Divorce (1916) — Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim)
  32. Experience (1921) — Crime
  33. The Go-Getter (1923) — Daniel Silver
  34. Lover's Island (1925) — Capt. Joshua Dawson
  35. The Sunbeam (1916) — Biff - the Brute
  36. The Shady Lady (1928) — Professor Holbrook
  37. A Manhattan Knight (1920) — Mangus O'Shea
  38. The Eternal Mother (1917) — Bucky McGhee (as Louis R. Wolheim)
  39. The Eyes of Mystery (1918) — Brad Tilton
  40. The Avenging Trail (1917) — Lefty Reed

Directed

  1. The Sin Ship (1931) — Director