Louis Wolheim

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.

Filmografi

All Quiet on the Western Front1930 · Stanislaus 'Kat' KatczinskyThe Shady Lady1928 · Professor HolbrookDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1920 · Music Hall ProprietorThe Sunbeam1916 · Biff - the BruteOrphans of the Storm1921 · Executioner (uncredited)Sorrell and Son1927 · BuckPeg of the Pirates1918 · Flatnose TimA Manhattan Knight1920 · Mangus O'SheaThe Racket1928 · Nick ScarsiThe Ship from Shanghai1930 · TedTwo Arabian Knights1927 · Peter O'GaffneyThe Brand of Cowardice1916 · Cpl. MallinWolf Song1929 · GullionTempest1928 · Sergeant BulbaThe Story Without a Name1924 · KurderThe Face in the Fog1922 · PetrusLittle Old New York1923 · The Hoboken TerrorEnemies of Women1923 · America1924 · Captain HareThe Belle of the Season1917 · JohnsonSherlock Holmes1922 · CraiginThe Poor Rich Man1918 · WrestlerCondemned!1929 · Jacques DuvalThe Eyes of Mystery1918 · Brad Tilton