Louis Wolheim

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

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Sherlock Holmes

Orphans of the Storm

The Ship from Shanghai

The Silver Horde

The Racket

Wolf Song

All Movies (48)

• The Sin Ship1931 · as Captain Sam McVey
• Gentleman's Fate1931 · as Frank Tomasulo
• Danger Lights1931 · as Dan Thorn
• The Silver Horde1930 · as George Balt
• All Quiet on the Western Front1930 · as Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky
• The Ship from Shanghai1930 · as Ted
• Condemned!1929 · as Jacques Duval
• Frozen Justice1929 · as Duke
• Wolf Song1929 · as Gullion
• Square Shoulders1929 · as Slag
• The Shady Lady1928 · as Professor Holbrook
• The Awakening1928 · as Le Bete
• The Racket1928 · as Nick Scarsi
• Tempest1928 · as Sergeant Bulba
• Sorrell and Son1927 · as Buck
• Two Arabian Knights1927 · as Peter O'Gaffney
• Lover's Island1925 · as Capt. Joshua Dawson
• The Story Without a Name1924 · as Kurder
• America1924 · as Captain Hare
• The Uninvited Guest1924 · as Jan Boomer
• Unseeing Eyes1923 · as Laird
• Little Old New York1923 · as The Hoboken Terror
• The Last Moment1923 · as The Finn
• Enemies of Women1923
• The Go-Getter1923 · as Daniel Silver
• The Face in the Fog1922 · as Petrus
• Sherlock Holmes1922 · as Craigin
• Orphans of the Storm1921 · as Executioner (uncredited)
• Experience1921 · as Crime
• Number 171921
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1920 · as Music Hall Proprietor
• A Manhattan Knight1920 · as Mangus O'Shea
• The Test of Honor1919 · as Man Devil in dream (uncredited)
• The Poor Rich Man1918 · as Wrestler
• A Pair of Cupids1918 · as Dirk Thomas
• Opportunity1918 · as Prizefight spectator
• Peg of the Pirates1918 · as Flatnose Tim
• The Eyes of Mystery1918 · as Brad Tilton
• The House of Hate1918 · as Patch-eye Pete
• The Avenging Trail1917 · as Lefty Reed
• The Eternal Mother1917 · as Bucky McGhee (as Louis R. Wolheim)
• The Belle of the Season1917 · as Johnson
• The Millionaire's Double1917 · as Bob Holloway
• The End of the Tour1917
• The Sunbeam1916 · as Biff - the Brute
• The Brand of Cowardice1916 · as Cpl. Mallin
• Dorian's Divorce1916 · as Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim)
• The Romance of Elaine1915