Louis Wolheim
Born: 1880-03-27 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1931-02-18
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1931
- Gentleman's Fate as Frank Tomasulo
- Danger Lights as Dan Thorn
- The Sin Ship as Captain Sam McVey
1930
- All Quiet on the Western Front as Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky
- The Ship from Shanghai as Ted
- The Silver Horde as George Balt
1929
- Condemned! as Jacques Duval
- Square Shoulders as Slag
- Frozen Justice as Duke
- Wolf Song as Gullion
1928
- The Shady Lady as Professor Holbrook
- The Awakening as Le Bete
- The Racket as Nick Scarsi
- Tempest as Sergeant Bulba
1927
- Sorrell and Son as Buck
- Two Arabian Knights as Peter O'Gaffney
1925
- Lover's Island as Capt. Joshua Dawson
1924
- The Story Without a Name as Kurder
- America as Captain Hare
- The Uninvited Guest as Jan Boomer
1923
- Little Old New York as The Hoboken Terror
- The Go-Getter as Daniel Silver
- Enemies of Women
- The Last Moment as The Finn
- Unseeing Eyes as Laird
1922
- The Face in the Fog as Petrus
- Sherlock Holmes as Craigin
1921
- Orphans of the Storm as Executioner (uncredited)
- Experience as Crime
- Number 17
1920
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Music Hall Proprietor
- A Manhattan Knight as Mangus O'Shea
1919
- The Test of Honor as Man Devil in dream (uncredited)
1918
- The House of Hate as Patch-eye Pete
- The Eyes of Mystery as Brad Tilton
- Peg of the Pirates as Flatnose Tim
- The Poor Rich Man as Wrestler
- A Pair of Cupids as Dirk Thomas
- Together ... (Story)
- Opportunity as Prizefight spectator
1917
- The Millionaire's Double as Bob Holloway
- The End of the Tour
- The Belle of the Season as Johnson
- The Greatest Power ... (Story)
- The Eternal Mother as Bucky McGhee (as Louis R. Wolheim)
- The Avenging Trail as Lefty Reed
1916
- The Sunbeam as Biff - the Brute
- The Brand of Cowardice as Cpl. Mallin
- Dorian's Divorce as Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim)