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Louis Wolheim

Actor / Film Director | * 03/28/1880 († 50, 02/18/1931) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Louis Robert Wolheim (March 28, 1880 – February 18, 1931) was an American actor, of both stage and screen, whose rough physical appearance relegated him to roles mostly of thugs, villains and occasionally a soldier with a heart of gold in the movies, but whose talent allowed him to flourish on stage. His career was mostly contained during the silent era of the film industry, due to his death at the age of 50 in 1931. ()

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 18February 1931,the result of stomach cancer.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Adventure

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Head railroad man Dan is as ugly as he is honorable. When he spots a drifter who'd hopped a freight held up by a landslide, Dan offers the man a job; then he finds the man was a railroader, too, and t ...

Danger Lights

Certification unknown

1930 | 2.9/5 | 1h 14min
Adventure, Drama
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A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. Together with several other young German soldiers, he experiences the horrors of war, such evil of which he ...

All Quiet on the Western Front

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1930 | 3.9/5 | 2h 13min
Drama, War
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A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous depraved fiend. ...

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

NR

1920 | 3.4/5 | 1h 19min
Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
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A lecherous ship captain becomes spiritually changed by a female passenger, not realizing she and her "minister" husband are really bank robbers. ...

The Sin Ship

Certification unknown

1931 | 2.9/5 | 1h 5min
Drama
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Movies with Louis Wolheim as Actor(37)

as Frank Tomasulo1931 Gentleman's Fate
as Captain Sam McVey1931 The Sin Ship
as Stanislas 'Kat' Katczinsky1930 All Quiet on the Western Front
as George Balt1930 The Silver Horde
as Dan Thorn1930 Danger Lights
as Ted1930 The Ship from Shanghai
as John 'Slag' Collins1929 Square Shoulders
as Duke1929 Frozen Justice
as Jacques Duval1929 Condemned
as Gullion1929 Wolf Song
as Nick Scarsi1928 The Racket
as Le Bete1928 The Awakening
as Sergeant Bulba1928 Tempest
as Peter O'Gaffney1927 Two Arabian Knights
as Buck1927 Sorrell and Son
as Jan Boomer1924 The Uninvited Guest
as Kurder1924 The Story Without a Name
as Captain Hare1924 America
as The Finn1923 The Last Moment
as Laird1923 Unseeing Eyes
as The Hoboken Terror1923 Little Old New York
as Craigin1922 Sherlock Holmes
as Petrus1922 The Face in the Fog
as Executioner (uncredited)1921 Orphans of the Storm
as Music Hall Proprietor1920 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Man Devil in dream (uncredited)1919 The Test of Honor
as Patch-eye Pete1918 The House of Hate
as Wrestler1918 The Poor Rich Man
as Dirk Thomas1918 A Pair of Cupids
as Brad Tilton1918 The Eyes of Mystery
as Bob Holloway1917 The Millionaire's Double
as Johnson1917 The Belle of the Season
as Bucky McGhee (as Louis R. Wolheim)1917 The Eternal Mother
as Lefty Reed1917 The Avenging Trail
1917 The End of the Tour
as Cpl. Mallin1916 The Brand of Cowardice
as Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim)1916 Dorian's Divorce

Movies with Louis Wolheim as Crew(3)

Directing/Director1931 The Sin Ship
Writing/Story1918 Together
Writing/Story1917 The Greatest Power

Full Name: Louis Wolheim
Born: Sunday, 03/28 1880 (March) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 02/18 1931 (February) in Los Angeles (aged: 50)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Cornell University
Other names for Louis Wolheim (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Louis Robert Wolheim"
"Louis R. Wolheim"
"L. Robert Wolheim"
"Louis Walheim"
"L. Walheim"
"Louis W. Wolheim"
Louis Wolheim frequently works together with these people:
Lionel Barrymore (7x, Actor)
William Cameron Menzies (6x, Crew)
D.W. Griffith (5x, Crew)
O.A.C. Lund (4x, Crew)
Samuel Goldwyn (4x, Crew)
John Barrymore (4x, Actor)
Rose Smith (3x, Crew)
James Smith (3x, Crew)
Frank Currier (3x, Actor)
David Broekman (3x, Crew)
S. Rankin Drew (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:485524, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024