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.
Filmography
The Sin Ship
1931
as Captain Sam McVey
Gentleman's Fate
1931
as Frank Tomasulo
Danger Lights
1931
as Dan Thorn
The Silver Horde
1930
as George Balt
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930
as Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky
The Ship from Shanghai
1930
as Ted
Condemned!
1929
as Jacques Duval
Frozen Justice
1929
as Duke
Wolf Song
1929
as Gullion
Square Shoulders
1929
as Slag
The Shady Lady
1928
as Professor Holbrook
The Awakening
1928
as Le Bete
The Racket
1928
as Nick Scarsi
Tempest
1928
as Sergeant Bulba
Sorrell and Son
1927
as Buck
Two Arabian Knights
1927
as Peter O'Gaffney
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Lover's Island
1925
as Capt. Joshua Dawson
The Story Without a Name
1924
as Kurder
America
1924
as Captain Hare
The Uninvited Guest
1924
as Jan Boomer
Unseeing Eyes
1923
as Laird
Little Old New York
1923
as The Hoboken Terror
The Last Moment
1923
as The Finn
Enemies of Women
1923