Louis Wolheim

Person

Louis Wolheim

Acting March 27, 1880

New York City, New York, USA

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 Corne…

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All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front

7.8 1930 Movie
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

6.7 1920 Movie
Orphans of the Storm

Orphans of the Storm

6.8 1921 Movie
The Racket

The Racket

6.5 1928 Movie
Two Arabian Knights

Two Arabian Knights

5.8 1927 Movie
Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

6.1 1922 Movie
Danger Lights

Danger Lights

6.1 1931 Movie
Little Old New York

Little Old New York

6.5 1923 Movie
Condemned!

Condemned!

6.6 1929 Movie
Tempest

Tempest

6.2 1928 Movie
The Silver Horde

The Silver Horde

5.6 1930 Movie
America

America

5.9 1924 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1931
    The Sin Ship

    Movie Captain Sam McVey

  2. 1931
    Gentleman's Fate

    Movie Frank Tomasulo

  3. 1931
    Danger Lights

    Movie Dan Thorn

  4. 1930
    The Silver Horde

    Movie George Balt

  5. 1930
    All Quiet on the Western Front

    Movie Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky

  6. 1930
    The Ship from Shanghai

    Movie Ted

  7. 1929
    Condemned!

    Movie Jacques Duval

  8. 1929
    Frozen Justice

    Movie Duke

  9. 1929
    Wolf Song

    Movie Gullion

  10. 1929
    Square Shoulders

    Movie Slag

  11. 1928
    The Shady Lady

    Movie Professor Holbrook

  12. 1928
    The Awakening

    Movie Le Bete

  13. 1928
    The Racket

    Movie Nick Scarsi

  14. 1928
    Tempest

    Movie Sergeant Bulba

  15. 1927
    Sorrell and Son

    Movie Buck

  16. 1927
    Two Arabian Knights

    Movie Peter O'Gaffney

More credits
  1. 1925
    Lover's Island

    Movie Capt. Joshua Dawson

  2. 1924
    The Story Without a Name

    Movie Kurder

  3. 1924
    America

    Movie Captain Hare

  4. 1924
    The Uninvited Guest

    Movie Jan Boomer

  5. 1923
    Unseeing Eyes

    Movie Laird

  6. 1923
    Little Old New York

    Movie The Hoboken Terror

  7. 1923
    The Last Moment

    Movie The Finn

  8. 1923
    Enemies of Women

    Movie

  9. 1923
    The Go-Getter

    Movie Daniel Silver

  10. 1922
    The Face in the Fog

    Movie Petrus

  11. 1922
    Sherlock Holmes

    Movie Craigin

  12. 1921
    Orphans of the Storm

    Movie Executioner (uncredited)

  13. 1921
    Experience

    Movie Crime

  14. 1921
    Number 17

    Movie

  15. 1920
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Movie Music Hall Proprietor

  16. 1920
    A Manhattan Knight

    Movie Mangus O'Shea

  17. 1919
    The Test of Honor

    Movie Man Devil in dream (uncredited)

  18. 1918
    The Poor Rich Man

    Movie Wrestler

  19. 1918
    Together

    Movie Story

  20. 1918
    A Pair of Cupids

    Movie Dirk Thomas

  21. 1918
    Opportunity

    Movie Prizefight spectator

  22. 1918
    Peg of the Pirates

    Movie Flatnose Tim

  23. 1918
    The Eyes of Mystery

    Movie Brad Tilton

  24. 1918
    The House of Hate

    Movie Patch-eye Pete