Louis Wolheim
Acting
Born 1880-03-27
Died 1931-02-18
New York City, New York, USA
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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.
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Filmography
Acting
44 credits
All Quiet on the Western Front
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Sunbeam
Orphans of the Storm
Sherlock Holmes
A Manhattan Knight
Two Arabian Knights
The Racket
Condemned!
Wolf Song
Danger Lights
Square Shoulders
The Awakening
The Shady Lady
Experience
The Ship from Shanghai
Sorrell and Son
Little Old New York
The House of Hate
The Silver Horde
Tempest
Gentleman's Fate
Peg of the Pirates
The Story Without a Name
A Pair of Cupids
America
Frozen Justice
The Face in the Fog
The Millionaire's Double
Dorian's Divorce
Unseeing Eyes
Opportunity
The Brand of Cowardice
The Test of Honor
The Poor Rich Man
The Go-Getter
Lover's Island
The Eternal Mother
The Eyes of Mystery
The Avenging Trail
The Sin Ship
The Last Moment
The Belle of the Season
The Uninvited Guest
Other credits
4 credits
Writing
2 credits
Directing
1 credit
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