Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born March 27, 1880
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.
MovieThe Sin Ship
1931
as Captain Sam McVey
MovieGentleman's Fate
1931
as Frank Tomasulo
MovieDanger Lights
1931
as Dan Thorn
MovieThe Silver Horde
1930
as George Balt
MovieAll Quiet on the Western Front
1930
as Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky
MovieThe Ship from Shanghai
1930
as Ted
MovieCondemned!
1929
as Jacques Duval
MovieFrozen Justice
1929
as Duke
MovieWolf Song
1929
as Gullion
MovieSquare Shoulders
1929
as Slag
MovieThe Shady Lady
1928
as Professor Holbrook
MovieThe Awakening
1928
as Le Bete
MovieThe Racket
1928
as Nick Scarsi
MovieTempest
1928
as Sergeant Bulba
MovieSorrell and Son
1927
as Buck
MovieTwo Arabian Knights
1927
as Peter O'Gaffney
Lover's Island
1925
as Capt. Joshua Dawson
MovieThe Story Without a Name
1924
as Kurder
MovieAmerica
1924
as Captain Hare
MovieThe Uninvited Guest
1924
as Jan Boomer
MovieUnseeing Eyes
1923
as Laird
MovieLittle Old New York
1923
as The Hoboken Terror
MovieThe Last Moment
1923
as The Finn
MovieEnemies of Women
1923
MovieThe Go-Getter
1923
as Daniel Silver
MovieThe Face in the Fog
1922
as Petrus
MovieSherlock Holmes
1922
as Craigin
MovieOrphans of the Storm
1921
as Executioner (uncredited)
MovieExperience
1921
as Crime
MovieNumber 17
1921
MovieDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1920
as Music Hall Proprietor
MovieA Manhattan Knight
1920
as Mangus O'Shea
MovieThe Test of Honor
1919
as Man Devil in dream (uncredited)
MovieThe Poor Rich Man
1918
as Wrestler
A Pair of Cupids
1918
as Dirk Thomas
Opportunity
1918
as Prizefight spectator
MoviePeg of the Pirates
1918
as Flatnose Tim
MovieThe Eyes of Mystery
1918
as Brad Tilton
MovieThe House of Hate
1918
as Patch-eye Pete
MovieThe Avenging Trail
1917
as Lefty Reed
MovieThe Eternal Mother
1917
as Bucky McGhee (as Louis R. Wolheim)
The Belle of the Season
1917
as Johnson
MovieThe Millionaire's Double
1917
as Bob Holloway
MovieThe End of the Tour
1917
MovieThe Sunbeam
1916
as Biff - the Brute
MovieThe Brand of Cowardice
1916
as Cpl. Mallin
MovieDorian's Divorce
1916
as Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim)
MovieThe Romance of Elaine
1915
