Louis Wolheim

Known for ActingBorn 1880-03-27Died 1931-02-18New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Story Without a Name

The Uninvited Guest

Lover's Island

Number 17

A Manhattan Knight

The Sunbeam

Square Shoulders

The Shady Lady

The Go-Getter

Experience

The End of the Tour

All Quiet on the Western Front

The Last Moment

The Face in the Fog

Dorian's Divorce

The Ship from Shanghai

Orphans of the Storm

Condemned!

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Racket

The House of Hate

Little Old New York

Enemies of Women

Tempest

Gentleman's Fate

Danger Lights

Sherlock Holmes

Sorrell and Son

The Poor Rich Man

America

The Sin Ship

Two Arabian Knights

The Awakening

The Silver Horde

Wolf Song

The Test of Honor

Frozen Justice

Together

Unseeing Eyes

The Eyes of Mystery

A Pair of Cupids

Opportunity

Peg of the Pirates

The Eternal Mother

The Avenging Trail

The Millionaire's Double

The Belle of the Season

The Greatest Power