Louis Wolheim
Acting
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
1931Danger Lights
Dan Thorn
1931Gentleman's Fate
Frank Tomasulo
1931The Sin Ship
Captain Sam McVey
1930All Quiet on the Western Front
Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky
1930The Silver Horde
George Balt
1930The Ship from Shanghai
Ted
1929Condemned!
Jacques Duval
1929Wolf Song
Gullion
1929Square Shoulders
Slag
1929Frozen Justice
Duke
1928The Racket
Nick Scarsi
1928Tempest
Sergeant Bulba
1928The Awakening
Le Bete
1928The Shady Lady
Professor Holbrook
1927Two Arabian Knights
Peter O'Gaffney
1927Sorrell and Son
Buck
1924The Story Without a Name
Kurder
1924The Uninvited Guest
Jan Boomer
1924America
Captain Hare
1923The Last Moment
The Finn
1923Unseeing Eyes
Laird
1923Little Old New York
The Hoboken Terror
1923The Go-Getter
Daniel Silver
1923Enemies of Women