Louis Wolheim
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.
48 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 48
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1920
Orphans of the Storm
1921
Wolf Song
1929
Two Arabian Knights
1927
Little Old New York
1923
Sherlock Holmes
1922
America
1924
Condemned!
1929
Frozen Justice
1929
The Racket
1928
The Ship from Shanghai
1930
Danger Lights
1931
Tempest
1928
Square Shoulders
1929
The House of Hate
1918
Sorrell and Son
1927
The Sin Ship
1931
The Eyes of Mystery
1918
The Silver Horde
1930
The Awakening
1928
The Millionaire's Double
1917
Enemies of Women
1923
Dorian's Divorce
1916
The Go-Getter
1923
Unseeing Eyes
1923
The Last Moment
1923
The Test of Honor
1919
The Eternal Mother
1917
The Avenging Trail
1917
Experience
1921
The Uninvited Guest
1924
The End of the Tour
1917
Opportunity
1918
The Story Without a Name
1924
The Brand of Cowardice
1916
Lover's Island
1925
Gentleman's Fate
1931
The Poor Rich Man
1918
The Romance of Elaine
1915
The Face in the Fog
1922
A Pair of Cupids
1918
The Shady Lady
1928
A Manhattan Knight
1920
The Belle of the Season
1917
The Sunbeam
1916
Number 17
1921
Peg of the Pirates
1918