Louis Wolheim
Acting
Born: 1880-03-27 in New York City, New York, USA
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
All Quiet on the Western Front
Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Music Hall Proprietor
The Sunbeam
Biff - the Brute
The Awakening
Le Bete
Orphans of the Storm
Executioner (uncredited)
Danger Lights
Dan Thorn
A Manhattan Knight
Mangus O'Shea
Sorrell and Son
Buck
Experience
Crime
Wolf Song
Gullion
Peg of the Pirates
Flatnose Tim
Square Shoulders
Slag
The Eternal Mother
Bucky McGhee (as Louis R. Wolheim)
Unseeing Eyes
Laird
Sherlock Holmes
Craigin
The Racket
Nick Scarsi
The Story Without a Name
Kurder
The Shady Lady
Professor Holbrook
The Millionaire's Double
Bob Holloway
The Brand of Cowardice
Cpl. Mallin
Condemned!
Jacques Duval
Little Old New York
The Hoboken Terror
Tempest
Sergeant Bulba
The Silver Horde
George Balt
The Ship from Shanghai
Ted
Number 17
Gentleman's Fate
Frank Tomasulo
The Eyes of Mystery
Brad Tilton
Two Arabian Knights
Peter O'Gaffney
America
Captain Hare
The Romance of Elaine
Frozen Justice
Duke
The Poor Rich Man
Wrestler
Enemies of Women
The Sin Ship
Captain Sam McVey
The End of the Tour
The Uninvited Guest
Jan Boomer
The Avenging Trail
Lefty Reed
The Last Moment
The Finn