1880-03-27 New 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.
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Danger Lights | Dan Thorn | 1931-01-09 |
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Gentleman's Fate | Frank Tomasulo | 1931-03-07 |
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The Sin Ship | Captain Sam McVey | 1931-04-18 |
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All Quiet on the Western Front | Stanislas 'Kat' Katczinsky | 1930-04-29 |
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The Silver Horde | George Balt | 1930-10-24 |
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The Ship from Shanghai | Ted | 1930-01-31 |
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Wolf Song | Gullion | 1929-03-29 |
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Square Shoulders | Slag | 1929-03-10 |
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Condemned! | Jacques Duval | 1929-11-03 |
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Frozen Justice | Duke | 1929-10-13 |
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The Shady Lady | Professor Holbrook | 1928-12-16 |
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The Racket | Nick Scarsi | 1928-11-01 |
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Tempest | Sergeant Bulba | 1928-05-27 |
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The Awakening | Le Bete | 1928-11-17 |
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Two Arabian Knights | Peter O'Gaffney | 1927-09-23 |
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Sorrell and Son | Buck | 1927-12-02 |
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Lover's Island | Capt. Joshua Dawson | 1925-12-30 |
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The Uninvited Guest | Jan Boomer | 1924-02-11 |
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The Story Without a Name | Kurder | 1924-10-27 |
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America | Captain Hare | 1924-02-21 |
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Unseeing Eyes | Laird | 1923-11-18 |
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The Go-Getter | Daniel Silver | 1923-04-08 |
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The Last Moment | The Finn | 1923-06-07 |
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Enemies of Women | 1923-04-15 | |
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Little Old New York | The Hoboken Terror | 1923-08-01 |
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The Face in the Fog | Petrus | 1922-10-07 |
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Sherlock Holmes | Craigin | 1922-03-07 |
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Experience | Crime | 1921-08-07 |
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Number 17 | 1921-01-01 | |
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Orphans of the Storm | Executioner (uncredited) | 1921-12-28 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Music Hall Proprietor | 1920-03-18 |
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A Manhattan Knight | Mangus O'Shea | 1920-03-15 |
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The Test of Honor | Man Devil in dream (uncredited) | 1919-04-16 |
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The House of Hate | Patch-eye Pete | 1918-01-02 |
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Opportunity | Prizefight spectator | 1918-07-01 |
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The Eyes of Mystery | Brad Tilton | 1918-01-21 |
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A Pair of Cupids | Dirk Thomas | 1918-07-29 |
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The Poor Rich Man | Wrestler | 1918-12-23 |
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The Avenging Trail | Lefty Reed | 1917-12-31 |
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The End of the Tour | 1917-01-29 | |
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The Millionaire's Double | Bob Holloway | 1917-04-30 |
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The Belle of the Season | Johnson | 1917-07-23 |
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The Eternal Mother | Bucky McGhee (as Louis R. Wolheim) | 1917-11-26 |
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The Sunbeam | Biff - the Brute | 1916-11-27 |
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Dorian's Divorce | Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim) | 1916-06-05 |
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The Brand of Cowardice | Cpl. Mallin | 1916-10-23 |
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The Romance of Elaine | 1915-06-14 |
