Louis Wolheim
Known for Acting
- Born
- March 27, 1880
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- February 18, 1931 (aged 50)
- Also known as
- Louis Robert Wolheim, Louis R. 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.
Latest
The Sin ShipCaptain Sam McVey1931Rating: 5.8 out of 10
Gentleman's FateFrank Tomasulo1931Rating: 6.1 out of 10
Danger LightsDan Thorn1931Rating: 6.1 out of 10
The Silver HordeGeorge Balt1930Rating: 5.6 out of 10
All Quiet on the Western FrontStanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky1930Rating: 7.8 out of 10
The Ship from ShanghaiTed1930Rating: 6.8 out of 10
Condemned!Jacques Duval1929Rating: 6.6 out of 10
Frozen JusticeDuke1929Rating: 3.7 out of 10
Wolf SongGullion1929Rating: 5.1 out of 10
Square ShouldersSlag1929Rating: 8.0 out of 10
The Shady LadyProfessor Holbrook1928Rating: 8.0 out of 10
The AwakeningLe Bete1928Rating: 5.7 out of 10
The RacketNick Scarsi1928Rating: 6.5 out of 10
TempestSergeant Bulba1928Rating: 6.2 out of 10
Sorrell and SonBuck1927Rating: 6.0 out of 10
Two Arabian KnightsPeter O'Gaffney1927Rating: 5.8 out of 10- Lover's IslandCapt. Joshua Dawson1925Rating: 9.0 out of 10
The Story Without a NameKurder1924Rating: 10.0 out of 10
AmericaCaptain Hare1924Rating: 5.9 out of 10
The Uninvited GuestJan Boomer1924Rating: 10.0 out of 10
Known for
- All Quiet on the Western FrontStanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky1930Rating: 7.8 out of 10
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeMusic Hall Proprietor1920Rating: 6.7 out of 10
Orphans of the StormExecutioner (uncredited)1921Rating: 6.8 out of 10- The RacketNick Scarsi1928Rating: 6.5 out of 10
- Two Arabian KnightsPeter O'Gaffney1927Rating: 5.8 out of 10
Sherlock HolmesCraigin1922Rating: 6.1 out of 10- Danger LightsDan Thorn1931Rating: 6.1 out of 10
- Condemned!Jacques Duval1929Rating: 6.6 out of 10
- TempestSergeant Bulba1928Rating: 6.2 out of 10
- The Silver HordeGeorge Balt1930Rating: 5.6 out of 10
Little Old New YorkThe Hoboken Terror1923Rating: 6.5 out of 10- Wolf SongGullion1929Rating: 5.1 out of 10
Filmography
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