Louis Wolheim
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Mar 27 1880• Died Feb 18 1931
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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…
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Louis Wolheim's Credits
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All Quiet on the Western Front
Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Music Hall Proprietor
The Racket
Nick Scarsi
Sherlock Holmes
Craigin
The Awakening
Le Bete
Orphans of the Storm
Executioner (uncredited)
The Greatest Power
Writing
Sorrell and Son
Buck
The Sin Ship
Captain Sam McVey
Frozen Justice
Duke
Two Arabian Knights
Peter O'Gaffney
Wolf Song
Gullion
Condemned!
Jacques Duval
The Go-Getter
Daniel Silver
The House of Hate
Patch-eye Pete
The Romance of Elaine
The Silver Horde
George Balt
Enemies of Women
The Eternal Mother
Bucky McGhee (as Louis R. Wolheim)
Experience
Crime
Little Old New York
The Hoboken Terror
America
Captain Hare
Danger Lights
Dan Thorn
The Story Without a Name
Kurder
The Last Moment
The Finn
Gentleman's Fate
Frank Tomasulo
The End of the Tour
The Ship from Shanghai
Ted
The Millionaire's Double
Bob Holloway
The Poor Rich Man
Wrestler
Together
Writing
The Brand of Cowardice
Cpl. Mallin
Unseeing Eyes
Laird
The Test of Honor
Man Devil in dream (uncredited)
Dorian's Divorce
Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim)
Opportunity
Prizefight spectator
The Eyes of Mystery
Brad Tilton
Number 17
Tempest
Sergeant Bulba
The Avenging Trail
Lefty Reed
Lover's Island
Capt. Joshua Dawson
The Face in the Fog
Petrus
Square Shoulders
Slag
A Pair of Cupids
Dirk Thomas
The Uninvited Guest
Jan Boomer
The Shady Lady
Professor Holbrook
A Manhattan Knight
Mangus O'Shea
The Sunbeam
Biff - the Brute
The Belle of the Season
Johnson
Peg of the Pirates
Flatnose Tim