- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 27, 1880
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- February 18, 1931
Louis Wolheim
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
movieThe Sin Ship
1931 · Captain Sam McVey, Director
movieGentleman's Fate
1931 · Frank Tomasulo
movieDanger Lights
1931 · Dan Thorn
movieThe Silver Horde
1930 · George Balt
movieAll Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky
movieThe Ship from Shanghai
1930 · Ted
movieCondemned!
1929 · Jacques Duval
movieFrozen Justice
1929 · Duke
movieWolf Song
1929 · Gullion
movieSquare Shoulders
1929 · Slag
movieThe Shady Lady
1928 · Professor Holbrook
movieThe Awakening
1928 · Le Bete
movieThe Racket
1928 · Nick Scarsi
movieTempest
1928 · Sergeant Bulba
movieSorrell and Son
1927 · Buck
movieTwo Arabian Knights
1927 · Peter O'Gaffney
Lover's Island
1925 · Capt. Joshua Dawson
movieThe Story Without a Name
1924 · Kurder
movieAmerica
1924 · Captain Hare
movieThe Uninvited Guest
1924 · Jan Boomer
movieUnseeing Eyes
1923 · Laird
movieLittle Old New York
1923 · The Hoboken Terror
movieThe Last Moment
1923 · The Finn
movieEnemies of Women
1923
movieThe Go-Getter
1923 · Daniel Silver
movieThe Face in the Fog
1922 · Petrus
movieSherlock Holmes
1922 · Craigin
movieOrphans of the Storm
1921 · Executioner (uncredited)
movieExperience
1921 · Crime
movieNumber 17
1921
movieDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1920 · Music Hall Proprietor
movieA Manhattan Knight
1920 · Mangus O'Shea
movieThe Test of Honor
1919 · Man Devil in dream (uncredited)
movieThe Poor Rich Man
1918 · Wrestler
movieTogether
1918 · Story
A Pair of Cupids
1918 · Dirk Thomas
Opportunity
1918 · Prizefight spectator
moviePeg of the Pirates
1918 · Flatnose Tim
movieThe Eyes of Mystery
1918 · Brad Tilton
movieThe House of Hate
1918 · Patch-eye Pete
movieThe Avenging Trail
1917 · Lefty Reed
movieThe Eternal Mother
1917 · Bucky McGhee (as Louis R. Wolheim)
The Belle of the Season
1917 · Johnson
movieThe Greatest Power
1917 · Story
movieThe Millionaire's Double
1917 · Bob Holloway
movieThe End of the Tour
1917
movieThe Sunbeam
1916 · Biff - the Brute
movieThe Brand of Cowardice
1916 · Cpl. Mallin
movieDorian's Divorce
1916 · Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim)
movieThe Romance of Elaine
1915