Louis Wolheim
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 (48 titles)
5.8MovieThe Sin Ship
Captain Sam McVey · 1931
6.1MovieGentleman's Fate
Frank Tomasulo · 1931
6.1MovieDanger Lights
Dan Thorn · 1931
5.5MovieThe Silver Horde
George Balt · 1930
7.7MovieAll Quiet on the Western Front
Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky · 1930
6.8MovieThe Ship from Shanghai
Ted · 1930
6.6MovieCondemned!
Jacques Duval · 1929
3.7MovieFrozen Justice
Duke · 1929
4.9MovieWolf Song
Gullion · 1929
8.0MovieSquare Shoulders
Slag · 1929
8.0MovieThe Shady Lady
Professor Holbrook · 1928
5.7MovieThe Awakening
Le Bete · 1928
6.5MovieThe Racket
Nick Scarsi · 1928
6.2MovieTempest
Sergeant Bulba · 1928
6.0MovieSorrell and Son
Buck · 1927
5.8MovieTwo Arabian Knights
Peter O'Gaffney · 1927
Lover's Island
Capt. Joshua Dawson · 1925
10.0MovieThe Story Without a Name
Kurder · 1924
5.9MovieAmerica
Captain Hare · 1924
10.0MovieThe Uninvited Guest
Jan Boomer · 1924
MovieUnseeing Eyes
Laird · 1923
6.5MovieLittle Old New York
The Hoboken Terror · 1923
7.0MovieThe Last Moment
The Finn · 1923
6.5MovieEnemies of Women
1923
8.0MovieThe Go-Getter
Daniel Silver · 1923
7.0MovieThe Face in the Fog
Petrus · 1922
6.1MovieSherlock Holmes
Craigin · 1922
6.8MovieOrphans of the Storm
Executioner (uncredited) · 1921
8.0MovieExperience
Crime · 1921
9.0MovieNumber 17
1921