Louis Wolheim
1880-03-27 (1880)New York City, New York, USAActing
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
MOVIE • 1930
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
MOVIE • 1920
The Racket
MOVIE • 1928
The Ship from Shanghai
MOVIE • 1930
Enemies of Women
MOVIE • 1923
Sherlock Holmes
MOVIE • 1922
Sorrell and Son
MOVIE • 1927
America
MOVIE • 1924
Orphans of the Storm
MOVIE • 1921
The House of Hate
MOVIE • 1918
Two Arabian Knights
MOVIE • 1927
The Sin Ship
MOVIE • 1931
Square Shoulders
MOVIE • 1929
The Awakening
MOVIE • 1928
The Face in the Fog
MOVIE • 1922
The Go-Getter
MOVIE • 1923
Frozen Justice
MOVIE • 1929
Wolf Song
MOVIE • 1929