Overview

Know for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
27 Mar, 1880 (145 years old)

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

The Silver Horde
HD
75 min 1930

The Silver Horde

Drama
All Quiet on the Western Front
HD
133 min 1930

All Quiet on the Western Front

Drama
The Racket
HD
84 min 1928

The Racket

Crime
Two Arabian Knights
HD
92 min 1927

Two Arabian Knights

Adventure

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