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