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Louis Calhern

Actor | * 02/19/1895 († 61, 05/12/1956) | Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York (United States of America (USA))
Carl Henry Vogt (February 19, 1895 – May 12, 1956), known professionally as Louis Calhern, was an American stage and screen actor. Well known to fans of film noir for his role as attorney Alonzo Emmerich, the pivotal villain in The Asphalt Jungle (1950), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for portraying Oliver Wendell Holmes in the film The Magnificent Yankee later that year. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Childhood friends Tracy Lord and C.K. Dexter Haven got married and quickly divorced. Now Tracy is about to marry again, this time to a shrewd social-climbing businessman. C.K. still loves her. Spy mag ...

High Society

FSK: 6+ years

1956 | 3.5/5 | 1h 51min
Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
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Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big ...

The Asphalt Jungle

FSK: 16+ years

1950 | 3.8/5 | 1h 52min
Crime, Drama
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In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one a ...

Notorious

FSK: 16+ years

1946 | 3.9/5 | 1h 43min
Thriller, Romance / Love, Mystery
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Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale. ...

Duck Soup

Certification unknown

1933 | 3.7/5 | 1h 9min
Comedy, War
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Awards & Nominations for Louis Calhern

Donaldson Awards Academy Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Louis Calhern as Actor(73)

as Self (from The Asphalt Jungle [1950]) (archive footage)1987 Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as (archive footage)1976 That's Entertainment, Part II
as Uncle Willie1956 High Society
as Charles Y. Bewell1956 Forever, Darling
as Nahreeb1955 The Prodigal
as Jim Murdock1955 Blackboard Jungle
as James A. Michener1954 Men of the Fighting Lady
as King of Karlsberg1954 The Student Prince
as Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain1954 Athena
as Nicholas Durant1954 Rhapsody
as George Nyle Caswell1954 Executive Suite
as Gen. Ten Eyck1954 Betrayed
as Opie Bedloe1953 Confidentially Connie
as Julius Caesar1953 Julius Caesar
as himself1953 Main Street to Broadway
as Benjamin Goodman1953 Remains to Be Seen
as Grandfather Eduardo Santos1953 Latin Lovers
as Charles W. Birch1952 Washington Story
as Simon Bowker1952 Invitation
as Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)1952 The Bad and the Beautiful
as Col. Zapt1952 The Prisoner of Zenda
as Freddie Melrose1952 We're Not Married!
as Charles Theverner1951 The Man with a Cloak
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1951 It's a Big Country
as Gregory Elliott1950 Nancy Goes to Rio
as Oliver Wendell Holmes1950 The Magnificent Yankee
as Horatio Robinson1950 Two Weeks with Love
as Jim Leversoe1950 A Life of Her Own
as Col. Buffalo Bill Cody1950 Annie Get Your Gun
as Verne Coolan1950 Devil's Doorway
as Alonzo D. Emmerich1950 The Asphalt Jungle
as Grandfather1949 The Red Pony
as Colonel Piniev1949 The Red Danube
as Boris Morosov1948 Arch of Triumph
as Captain Paul Prescott1946 Notorious
as Don Andre - The Viceroy1944 The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as Colonel Ashley1944 Up in Arms
as Randolph Van Cleve1943 Heaven Can Wait
as Curtis Farnsworth1943 Nobody's Darling
as Dr. Brockdorf1940 Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Dr. Martin Sumner Duveen1940 I Take This Woman
as Dr. Kessler1939 5th Ave Girl
as Arthur Aldrich1939 Charlie McCarthy, Detective
as LeMarc1939 Juarez
as Elias Z. 'Eli' Bannerman1938 Fast Company
as Joe Sorrell1937 Her Husband Lies
as Major Dort1937 The Life of Emile Zola
as Leroy Sunderland1936 The Gorgeous Hussy
as Smiley1935 Woman Wanted
as Sheriff Jake Mannen1935 The Arizonian
as Prefect Allus Martius1935 The Last Days of Pompeii
as De Villefort Jr.1934 The Count of Monte Cristo
as Stanley Vance1934 The Man with Two Faces
as Major Jim Day1934 Sweet Adeline
as Ottaviano1934 The Affairs of Cellini
as Ambassador Trentino1933 Duck Soup
as Leo Young1933 The Woman Accused
as Jack Magruder1933 Strictly Personal
as Winkelreid1933 Diplomaniacs
as Christopher Bruno1933 The World Gone Mad
as Steve Dutton1932 Frisco Jenny
as Dick Bolton1932 Night After Night
as Joe Finn1932 20,000 Years in Sing Sing
as Ford Humphries1932 They Call It Sin
as Asst. District Attorney John Wade1932 Afraid to Talk
as Mileaway Russell1932 Okay, America!
as 'Dapper Dan' Barker1931 Blonde Crazy
as Dr. George March1931 The Road to Singapore
as Steve Perry1931 Stolen Heaven
as Harry Gaines1923 The Last Moment
as David Graham1921 Too Wise Wives
as Phil West1921 The Blot
as 'Squire' Elton1921 What's Worth While?

TV Shows/Series with Louis Calhern as Actor(1)

as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Full Name: Louis Calhern
Born: Tuesday, 02/19 1895 (February) in Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 05/12 1956 (May) in Tokyo (aged: 61)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Marianne Stewart, Natalie Schafer, Ilka Chase, Julia Hoyt
Other names for Louis Calhern (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Carl Henry Vogt"
"Louis Calhearn"
Louis Calhern frequently works together with these people:
Cedric Gibbons (23x, Crew)
Edwin B. Willis (20x, Crew)
Sydney Guilaroff (13x, Crew)
Bess Flowers (12x, Actress)
Douglas Shearer (11x, Crew)
William Tuttle (11x, Crew)
Helen Rose (10x, Crew)
Lois Weber (10x, Crew)
Walter Plunkett (9x, Crew)
Jackie Gleason (7x, Actor)
David Raksin (7x, Crew)
George J. Folsey (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:5698, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024