Louis Wolheim
Known for Acting · 48 credits
- Born
- 1880-03-27
- Died
- 1931-02-18
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Louis Robert Wolheim · Louis R. Wolheim · L. Robert Wolheim · Louis Walheim · L. Walheim · Louis W. 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.
Known For
Movies (48)
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930
as Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1920
as Music Hall Proprietor
A Manhattan Knight
1920
as Mangus O'Shea
Orphans of the Storm
1921
as Executioner (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes
1922
as Craigin
The Sunbeam
1916
as Biff - the Brute
Condemned!
1929
as Jacques Duval
Sorrell and Son
1927
as Buck
The Shady Lady
1928
as Professor Holbrook
The House of Hate
1918
as Patch-eye Pete
Two Arabian Knights
1927
as Peter O'Gaffney
America
1924
as Captain Hare
The Awakening
1928
as Le Bete
The Racket
1928
as Nick Scarsi
Unseeing Eyes
1923
as Laird
Danger Lights
1931
as Dan Thorn
Tempest
1928
as Sergeant Bulba
Peg of the Pirates
1918
as Flatnose Tim
The Silver Horde
1930
as George Balt
Gentleman's Fate
1931
as Frank Tomasulo
Square Shoulders
1929
as Slag
Little Old New York
1923
as The Hoboken Terror
The Test of Honor
1919
as Man Devil in dream (uncredited)
The Face in the Fog
1922
as Petrus
The Ship from Shanghai
1930
as Ted
Wolf Song
1929
as Gullion
The Story Without a Name
1924
as Kurder
Enemies of Women
1923
The Sin Ship
1931
as Captain Sam McVey
Experience
1921
as Crime
The Brand of Cowardice
1916
as Cpl. Mallin
The Belle of the Season
1917
as Johnson
The Eyes of Mystery
1918
as Brad Tilton
Frozen Justice
1929
as Duke
The Go-Getter
1923
as Daniel Silver
Opportunity
1918
as Prizefight spectator
Lover's Island
1925
as Capt. Joshua Dawson
The End of the Tour
1917
The Eternal Mother
1917
as Bucky McGhee (as Louis R. Wolheim)
The Millionaire's Double
1917
as Bob Holloway
The Romance of Elaine
1915
The Uninvited Guest
1924
as Jan Boomer
Dorian's Divorce
1916
as Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim)
Number 17
1921
The Poor Rich Man
1918
as Wrestler
A Pair of Cupids
1918
as Dirk Thomas
The Last Moment
1923
as The Finn
The Avenging Trail
1917
as Lefty Reed
About 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 gre… With 48 credits spanning from 1915 to 1931, Louis Wolheim has appeared in 48 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Louis Wolheim Movies
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) — as Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) — as Music Hall Proprietor
- A Manhattan Knight (1920) — as Mangus O'Shea
- Orphans of the Storm (1921) — as Executioner (uncredited)
- Sherlock Holmes (1922) — as Craigin
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