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