Louis Wolheim

Acting · Writing

Born March 27, 1880, New York City, New York, USA

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

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