Louis Wolheim
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 27, 1880
- Died
- February 18, 1931 (aged 50)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Danger Lights
Movie · as Dan Thorn
Gentleman's Fate
Movie · as Frank Tomasulo
The Sin Ship
Movie · as Captain Sam McVey
All Quiet on the Western Front
Movie · as Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky
The Silver Horde
Movie · as George Balt
The Ship from Shanghai
Movie · as Ted
Condemned!
Movie · as Jacques Duval
Wolf Song
Movie · as Gullion
Square Shoulders
Movie · as Slag
Frozen Justice
Movie · as Duke
The Racket
Movie · as Nick Scarsi
Tempest
Movie · as Sergeant Bulba
The Awakening
Movie · as Le Bete
The Shady Lady
Movie · as Professor Holbrook
Two Arabian Knights
Movie · as Peter O'Gaffney
Sorrell and Son
Movie · as Buck
Lover's Island
Movie · as Capt. Joshua Dawson
The Story Without a Name
Movie · as Kurder
The Uninvited Guest
Movie · as Jan Boomer
America
Movie · as Captain Hare
The Last Moment
Movie · as The Finn
Unseeing Eyes
Movie · as Laird
Little Old New York
Movie · as The Hoboken Terror
The Go-Getter
Movie · as Daniel Silver
Enemies of Women
Movie
Sherlock Holmes
Movie · as Craigin
The Face in the Fog
Movie · as Petrus
Orphans of the Storm
Movie · as Executioner (uncredited)
Number 17
Movie
Experience
Movie · as Crime
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie · as Music Hall Proprietor
A Manhattan Knight
Movie · as Mangus O'Shea
The Test of Honor
Movie · as Man Devil in dream (uncredited)
The Poor Rich Man
Movie · as Wrestler
The Eyes of Mystery
Movie · as Brad Tilton
A Pair of Cupids
Movie · as Dirk Thomas
The House of Hate
Movie · as Patch-eye Pete
Opportunity
Movie · as Prizefight spectator
Peg of the Pirates
Movie · as Flatnose Tim
The Eternal Mother
Movie · as Bucky McGhee (as Louis R. Wolheim)
The End of the Tour
Movie
The Avenging Trail
Movie · as Lefty Reed
The Millionaire's Double
Movie · as Bob Holloway
The Belle of the Season
Movie · as Johnson
The Brand of Cowardice
Movie · as Cpl. Mallin
Dorian's Divorce
Movie · as Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim)
The Sunbeam
Movie · as Biff - the Brute
The Romance of Elaine
Movie