Louis Wolheim
Acting
1880-03-27 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography(48)
movieThe Sin Ship
as Captain Sam McVey · 1931 · 5.8
movieGentleman's Fate
as Frank Tomasulo · 1931 · 6.1
movieDanger Lights
as Dan Thorn · 1931 · 6.1
movieThe Silver Horde
as George Balt · 1930 · 5.5
movieAll Quiet on the Western Front
as Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky · 1930 · 7.7
movieThe Ship from Shanghai
as Ted · 1930 · 6.8
movieCondemned!
as Jacques Duval · 1929 · 6.6
movieFrozen Justice
as Duke · 1929 · 3.7
movieWolf Song
as Gullion · 1929 · 4.9
movieSquare Shoulders
as Slag · 1929 · 8.0
movieThe Shady Lady
as Professor Holbrook · 1928 · 8.0
movieThe Awakening
as Le Bete · 1928 · 5.7
movieThe Racket
as Nick Scarsi · 1928 · 6.5
movieTempest
as Sergeant Bulba · 1928 · 6.2
movieSorrell and Son
as Buck · 1927 · 6.0
movieTwo Arabian Knights
as Peter O'Gaffney · 1927 · 5.8
movieLover's Island
as Capt. Joshua Dawson · 1925 · 9.0
movieThe Story Without a Name
as Kurder · 1924 · 10.0
movieAmerica
as Captain Hare · 1924 · 5.9
movieThe Uninvited Guest
as Jan Boomer · 1924 · 10.0
movieUnseeing Eyes
as Laird · 1923 · 0.0
movieLittle Old New York
as The Hoboken Terror · 1923 · 6.5
movieThe Last Moment
as The Finn · 1923 · 7.0
movieEnemies of Women
as · 1923 · 6.5