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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 27, 1880
Died
February 18, 1931
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
Louis Wolheim
0.2 Popularity
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
5.8
Captain Sam McVey
The Sin Ship
1931
5.5
Frank Tomasulo
Gentleman's Fate
1931
5.9
Dan Thorn
Danger Lights
1931
5.3
George Balt
The Silver Horde
1930
7.7
Stanislas 'Kat' Katczinsky
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930
5.7
Ted
The Ship from Shanghai
1930
6.5
Jacques Duval
Condemned!
1929
1.0
Duke
Frozen Justice
1929
4.8
Gullion
Wolf Song
1929
0.0
John 'Slag' Collins
Square Shoulders
1929
Credits
The Sin Ship
as Captain Sam McVey
1931
5.8
Gentleman's Fate
as Frank Tomasulo
1931
5.5
Danger Lights
as Dan Thorn
1931
5.9
The Silver Horde
as George Balt
1930
5.3
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Stanislas 'Kat' Katczinsky
1930
7.7
The Ship from Shanghai
as Ted
1930
5.7
Condemned!
as Jacques Duval
1929
6.5
Frozen Justice
as Duke
1929
1.0
Wolf Song
as Gullion
1929
4.8
Square Shoulders
as John 'Slag' Collins
1929
0.0
The Awakening
as Le Bete
1928
5.0
The Racket
as Nick Scarsi
1928
6.6
Tempest
as Sergeant Bulba
1928
6.4
Sorrell and Son
as Buck
1927
5.7
Two Arabian Knights
as Peter O'Gaffney
1927
6.0
🎬
Lover's Island
as Capt. Joshua Dawson
1925
0.0
The Story Without a Name
as Kurder
1924
0.0
America
as Captain Hare
1924
5.7
🎬
The Uninvited Guest
as Jan Boomer
1924
0.0
Unseeing Eyes
as Laird
1923
0.0
Little Old New York
as The Hoboken Terror
1923
6.4
The Last Moment
as The Finn
1923
0.0
Enemies of Women
1923
5.2
The Go-Getter
as Daniel Silver
1923
0.0
The Face in the Fog
as Petrus
1922
6.0
Sherlock Holmes
as Craigin
1922
6.1
Orphans of the Storm
as Executioner (uncredited)
1921
6.8
Experience
as Crime
1921
0.0
Number 17
1921
0.0
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Music Hall Proprietor
1920
6.7
The Test of Honor
as Man Devil in dream (uncredited)
1919
3.5
The Poor Rich Man
as Wrestler
1918
6.0
A Pair of Cupids
as Dirk Thomas
1918
0.0
🎬
Opportunity
as Prizefight spectator
1918
0.0
The Eyes of Mystery
as Brad Tilton
1918
0.0
The House of Hate
as Patch-eye Pete
1918
6.6
The Avenging Trail
as Lefty Reed
1917
0.0
The Eternal Mother
as Bucky McGhee (as Louis R. Wolheim)
1917
0.0
🎬
The Belle of the Season
as Johnson
1917
0.0
The Millionaire's Double
as Bob Holloway
1917
0.0
The End of the Tour
1917
0.0
The Brand of Cowardice
as Cpl. Mallin
1916
0.0
Dorian's Divorce
as Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim)
1916
0.0
The Romance of Elaine
1915
0.0