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