Louis Wolheim
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1880-03-27
Deathday 1931-02-18 (50 years old)
Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As Louis Robert Wolheim, Louis R. Wolheim, L. Robert Wolheim, Louis Walheim, L. Walheim, Louis W. Wolheim
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
Actor
as Captain Sam McVey
as Frank Tomasulo
as Dan Thorn
as George Balt
as Stanislas 'Kat' Katczinsky
as Ted
as Jacques Duval
as Duke
as Gullion
as John 'Slag' Collins
as Le Bete
as Nick Scarsi
as Sergeant Bulba
as Buck
as Peter O'Gaffney
as Kurder
as Captain Hare
as Jan Boomer
as Laird
as The Hoboken Terror
as The Finn
as Petrus
as Craigin
as Executioner (uncredited)
as Music Hall Proprietor
as Man Devil in dream (uncredited)
as Wrestler
as Dirk Thomas
as Prizefight spectator
as Brad Tilton
as Patch-eye Pete
as Lefty Reed
as Bucky McGhee (as Louis R. Wolheim)
as Johnson
as Bob Holloway
as Cpl. Mallin
as Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim)
Writer
as Story
as Story
Director
as Director