Louis Wolheim
Birthday
1880/03/27
Day of death
1931/02/18 (50 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Louis Robert Wolheim, Louis R. Wolheim, L. Robert Wolheim, Louis Walheim, L. Walheim, Louis W. Wolheim
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...Read more
Acting
(1930) All Quiet on the Western Front
as Stanislas 'Kat' Katczinsky
(1920) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Music Hall Proprietor
(1923) The Last Moment
as The Finn
(1924) The Story Without a Name
as Kurder
(1917) The Eternal Mother
as Bucky McGhee (as Louis R. Wolheim)
(1928) The Racket
as Nick Scarsi
(1918) The Poor Rich Man
as Wrestler
(1919) The Test of Honor
as Man Devil in dream (uncredited)
(1924) The Uninvited Guest
as Jan Boomer
(1922) Sherlock Holmes
as Craigin
(1918) The Eyes of Mystery
as Brad Tilton
(1917) The End of the Tour
as ---
(1928) Tempest
as Sergeant Bulba
(1917) The Avenging Trail
as Lefty Reed
(1929) Condemned!
as Jacques Duval
(1930) The Silver Horde
as George Balt
(1916) The Brand of Cowardice
as Cpl. Mallin
(1917) The Millionaire's Double
as Bob Holloway
(1924) America
as Captain Hare
(1931) Danger Lights
as Dan Thorn
(1931) Gentleman's Fate
as Frank Tomasulo
(1929) Wolf Song
as Gullion
(1931) The Sin Ship
as Captain Sam McVey
(1930) The Ship from Shanghai
as Ted
(1928) The Awakening
as Le Bete
(1923) Unseeing Eyes
as Laird
(1921) Orphans of the Storm
as Executioner (uncredited)
(1927) Two Arabian Knights
as Peter O'Gaffney
(1923) Little Old New York
as The Hoboken Terror
(1918) A Pair of Cupids
as Dirk Thomas
(1918) The House of Hate
as Patch-eye Pete
(1927) Sorrell and Son
as Buck
(1929) Square Shoulders
as John 'Slag' Collins
(1921) Number 17
as ---
(1922) The Face in the Fog
as Petrus
(1918) Opportunity
as Prizefight spectator
(1929) Frozen Justice
as Duke
(1917) The Belle of the Season
as Johnson
(1916) Dorian's Divorce
as Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim)
(1921) Experience
as Crime
(1915) The Romance of Elaine
as ---
(1923) The Go-Getter
as Daniel Silver
(1925) Lover's Island
as Capt. Joshua Dawson
(1923) Enemies of Women
as ---