Actor
Louis Wolheim
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 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.
Notable work
Often works with
John Barrymore
4 titles together
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Sherlock Holmes, Tempest
G. Pat Collins
2 titles together
All Quiet on the Western Front, The Racket
Marie Prevost
2 titles together
The Racket, Gentleman's Fate
Mary Astor
2 titles together
Two Arabian Knights, The Sin Ship
Ian Keith
2 titles together
Two Arabian Knights, The Sin Ship
Michael Vavitch
2 titles together
Two Arabian Knights, Wolf Song
Full filmography · 45
The Sin Ship
as Captain Sam McVey and Director
1931
Gentleman's Fate
as Frank Tomasulo
1931
Danger Lights
as Dan Thorn
1931
The Silver Horde
as George Balt
1930
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky
19307.8
The Ship from Shanghai
as Ted
1930
Condemned!
as Jacques Duval
1929
Frozen Justice
as Duke
1929
Wolf Song
as Gullion
1929
Square Shoulders
as Slag
1929
The Shady Lady
as Professor Holbrook
1928
The Awakening
as Le Bete
1928