Louis Calhern
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Carl Henry Vogt (February 19, 1895 – May 12, 1956), known professionally as Louis Calhern, was an American stage and screen actor. For portraying Oliver Wendell Holmes in the film The Magnificent Yankee (1950), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Calhern began working in silent films for director Lois Weber in the early 1920s; the most notable being The Blot in 1921. A 1921 newspaper article commented, "The new arrival in stardom is Louis Calhern, who, until Miss Weber engaged...
Known For
Filmography
Becoming Marilyn
2022
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
High Society
1956
as Uncle Willie
Forever, Darling
1956
as Charles Y. Bewell
Blackboard Jungle
1955
as Jim Murdock
The Prodigal
1955
as Nahreeb
Executive Suite
1954
as George Nyle Caswell
The Student Prince
1954
as King of Karlsberg
Betrayed
1954
as Gen. Ten Eyck
Men of the Fighting Lady
1954
as James A. Michener
Rhapsody
1954
as Nicholas Durant
Athena
1954
as Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain
Julius Caesar
1953
as Julius Caesar
Latin Lovers
1953
as Grandfather Eduardo Santos
Remains to Be Seen
1953
as Benjamin Goodman
Main Street to Broadway
1953
as Self
Confidentially Connie
1953
as Opie Bedloe
We're Not Married!
1952
as Freddie Melrose
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952
as Col. Zapt
Invitation
1952
as Simon Bowker
Washington Story
1952
as Charles W. Birch
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
as Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)
It's a Big Country
1951
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Man with a Cloak
1951
as Charles Theverner
Annie Get Your Gun
1950
as Col. Buffalo Bill Cody
Devil's Doorway
1950
as Verne Coolan
Two Weeks with Love
1950
as Horatio Robinson
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
as Alonzo D. Emmerich
The Magnificent Yankee
1950
as Oliver Wendell Holmes
Nancy Goes to Rio
1950
as Gregory Elliott
A Life of Her Own
1950
as Jim Leversoe
The Red Pony
1949
as Grandfather
The Red Danube
1949
as Colonel Piniev
Arch of Triumph
1948
as Boris Morosov
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Notorious
1946
as Captain Paul Prescott
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944
as Don Andre - The Viceroy
Up in Arms
1944
as Colonel Ashley
Heaven Can Wait
1943
as Randolph Van Cleve
Nobody's Darling
1943
as Curtis Farnsworth
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
as Dr. Brockdorf
I Take This Woman
1940
as Dr. Martin Sumner Duveen
Fifth Avenue Girl
1939
as Dr. Kessler
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1939
as Arthur Aldrich
Juarez
1939
as LeMarc
Fast Company
1938
as Elias Z. Bannerman
Her Husband Lies
1937
as Joe Sorrell
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
as Major Dort
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Leroy Sunderland
The Arizonian
1935
as Sheriff Jake Mannen
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
as Prefect Allus Martius
Woman Wanted
1935
as Smiley
Sweet Adeline
1934
as Major Jim Day
The Count of Monte Cristo
1934
as De Villefort Jr.
The Man with Two Faces
1934
as Stanley Vance
The Affairs of Cellini
1934
as Ottaviano
Duck Soup
1933
as Ambassador Trentino
The Woman Accused
1933
as Leo Young
Frisco Jenny
1933
as Steve Dutton
The World Gone Mad
1933
as Christopher Bruno
Diplomaniacs
1933
as Winkelreid
Strictly Personal
1933
as Jack Magruder
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932
as Joe Finn
Okay, America!
1932
as Mileaway Russell
Afraid to Talk
1932
as Asst. District Attorney John Wade
Night After Night
1932
as Dick Bolton
They Call It Sin
1932
as Ford Humphries
Blonde Crazy
1931
as 'Dapper Dan' Barker
Stolen Heaven
1931
as Steve Perry
The Road to Singapore
1931
as Dr. George March
The Last Moment
1923
as Harry Gaines
The Blot
1921
as Phil West
Too Wise Wives
1921
as David Graham
What's Worth While?
1921
as 'Squire' Elton