Louis Wolheim
50 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 27, 1880
- Died
- Feb 18, 1931 (age 50)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Louis Robert Wolheim · Louis R. Wolheim · L. Robert Wolheim · Louis Walheim
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Louis Wolheim: movies and TV shows
Acting (48)
- 1931 The Sin Ship
as Captain Sam McVey
- 1931 Gentleman's Fate
as Frank Tomasulo
- 1931 Danger Lights
as Dan Thorn
- 1930 The Silver Horde
as George Balt
- 1930 All Quiet on the Western Front
as Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky
- 1930 The Ship from Shanghai
as Ted
- 1929 Condemned!
as Jacques Duval
- 1929 Frozen Justice
as Duke
- 1929 Wolf Song
as Gullion
- 1929 Square Shoulders
as Slag
- 1928 The Shady Lady
as Professor Holbrook
- 1928 The Awakening
as Le Bete
- 1928 The Racket
as Nick Scarsi
- 1928 Tempest
as Sergeant Bulba
- 1927 Sorrell and Son
as Buck
- 1927 Two Arabian Knights
as Peter O'Gaffney
- 1925 Lover's Island
as Capt. Joshua Dawson
- 1924 The Story Without a Name
as Kurder
- 1924 America
as Captain Hare
- 1924 The Uninvited Guest
as Jan Boomer
- 1923 Unseeing Eyes
as Laird
- 1923 Little Old New York
as The Hoboken Terror
- 1923 The Last Moment
as The Finn
- 1923
- 1923 The Go-Getter
as Daniel Silver
- 1922 The Face in the Fog
as Petrus
- 1922 Sherlock Holmes
as Craigin
- 1921 Orphans of the Storm
as Executioner (uncredited)
- 1921 Experience
as Crime
- 1921
- 1920 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Music Hall Proprietor
- 1920 A Manhattan Knight
as Mangus O'Shea
- 1919 The Test of Honor
as Man Devil in dream (uncredited)
- 1918 The Poor Rich Man
as Wrestler
- 1918 A Pair of Cupids
as Dirk Thomas
- 1918 Opportunity
as Prizefight spectator
- 1918 Peg of the Pirates
as Flatnose Tim
- 1918 The Eyes of Mystery
as Brad Tilton
- 1918 The House of Hate
as Patch-eye Pete
- 1917 The Avenging Trail
as Lefty Reed
- 1917 The Eternal Mother
as Bucky McGhee (as Louis R. Wolheim)
- 1917 The Belle of the Season
as Johnson
- 1917 The Millionaire's Double
as Bob Holloway
- 1917
- 1916 The Sunbeam
as Biff - the Brute
- 1916 The Brand of Cowardice
as Cpl. Mallin
- 1916 Dorian's Divorce
as Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim)
- 1915
Behind the camera (3)
- 1931 The Sin Ship
Director
- 1918 Together
Story
- 1917 The Greatest Power
Story