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
- Danger Lights as Dan Thorn
- Gentleman's Fate as Frank Tomasulo
- 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
- Wolf Song as Gullion
- Condemned! as Jacques Duval
- Square Shoulders as Slag
- Frozen Justice as Duke
1928
- The Awakening as Le Bete
- The Racket as Nick Scarsi
- Tempest as Sergeant Bulba
- The Shady Lady as Professor Holbrook
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
- Enemies of Women
- Little Old New York as The Hoboken Terror
- Unseeing Eyes as Laird
- The Go-Getter as Daniel Silver
- The Last Moment as The Finn
1922
- Sherlock Holmes as Craigin
- The Face in the Fog as Petrus
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
- A Pair of Cupids as Dirk Thomas
- The Poor Rich Man as Wrestler
- The Eyes of Mystery as Brad Tilton
- Peg of the Pirates as Flatnose Tim
- Opportunity as Prizefight spectator
- Together ... (Story)
1917
- The Eternal Mother as Bucky McGhee (as Louis R. Wolheim)
- The Avenging Trail as Lefty Reed
- The End of the Tour
- The Greatest Power ... (Story)
- The Belle of the Season as Johnson
- The Millionaire's Double as Bob Holloway
1916
- The Brand of Cowardice as Cpl. Mallin
- The Sunbeam as Biff - the Brute
- Dorian's Divorce as Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim)