Louis Wolheim
Known For
Acting
Born
1880-03-27 in New York City, New York, USA
Died
1931-02-18
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.
Most Known For
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Stanislas 'Kat' Katczinsky
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Music Hall Proprietor
Sherlock Holmes
as Craigin
Dorian's Divorce
as Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim)
Two Arabian Knights
as Peter O'Gaffney
The Racket
as Nick Scarsi
The Silver Horde
as George Balt
Orphans of the Storm
as Executioner (uncredited)
Condemned!
as Jacques Duval
America
as Captain Hare
The Ship from Shanghai
as Ted
Danger Lights
as Dan Thorn
Little Old New York
as The Hoboken Terror
The Romance of Elaine
Frozen Justice
as Duke
Wolf Song
as Gullion
Enemies of Women
Square Shoulders
as Slag
Lover's Island
as Capt. Joshua Dawson
The Sin Ship
as Captain Sam McVey