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Louis Wolheim

Louis Wolheim

Birthday: 1880-03-27 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1931
Danger Lights

as    Dan Thorn

1930
All Quiet on the Western Front

as    Stanislas 'Kat' Katczinsky

1930
The Ship from Shanghai

as    Ted

1929
Wolf Song

as    Gullion

1929
Condemned

as    Jacques Duval

1928
The Awakening

as    Le Bete

1928
Tempest

as    Sergeant Bulba

1927
Two Arabian Knights

as    Peter O'Gaffney

1923
Unseeing Eyes

as    Laird

1923
Little Old New York

as    The Hoboken Terror

1922
Sherlock Holmes

as    Craigin

1920
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as    Music Hall Proprietor

1918
The House of Hate

as    Patch-eye Pete