2010
Louis 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 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.
Known For
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Stanislas 'Kat' Katczinsky
Orphans of the Storm
as Executioner (uncredited)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Music Hall Proprietor
Tempest
as Sergeant Bulba
Condemned!
as Jacques Duval
Danger Lights
as Dan Thorn
Two Arabian Knights
as Peter O'Gaffney
The Silver Horde
as George Balt
The Racket
as Nick Scarsi
The Awakening
as Le Bete
