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