Person Details
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Aliases: Louis Robert Wolheim , Louis R. Wolheim , L. Robert Wolheim , Louis Walheim , L. Walheim , Louis W. Wolheim
Gender: Male
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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Movie Involvements: 36
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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 Famous Work
All Quiet on the Western Front
(1930) Stanislas 'Kat' KatczinskyDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(1920) Music Hall ProprietorOrphans of the Storm
(1921) Executioner (uncredited)Condemned
(1929) Jacques DuvalDanger Lights
(1930) Dan ThornThe Racket
(1928) Nick ScarsiThe Silver Horde
(1930) George BaltThe Avenging Trail
(1917) Lefty ReedActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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1931 | Captain Sam McVey | |
Frank Tomasulo | ||
1930 | George Balt | |
Dan Thorn | ||
Stanislas 'Kat' Katczinsky | ||
Ted | ||
1929 | Jacques Duval | |
Duke | ||
Gullion | ||
John 'Slag' Collins | ||
1928 | Le Bete | |
Nick Scarsi | ||
Sergeant Bulba | ||
1927 | Buck | |
Peter O'Gaffney | ||
1924 | Kurder | |
Captain Hare | ||
Jan Boomer | ||
1923 | Laird | |
The Hoboken Terror | ||
The Finn | ||
1922 | Petrus | |
Craigin | ||
1921 | Executioner (uncredited) | |
1920 | Music Hall Proprietor | |
1919 | Man Devil in dream (uncredited) | |
1918 | Wrestler | |
Dirk Thomas | ||
Brad Tilton | ||
Patch-eye Pete | ||
1917 | Lefty Reed | |
Bucky McGhee (as Louis R. Wolheim) | ||
Johnson | ||
Bob Holloway | ||
N/A | ||
1916 | Cpl. Mallin | |
Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim) | ||
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Directing
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Writing
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1917 | Story | |
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