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.
Acted in 44
1930s
- 1931
The Sin Ship
Captain Sam McVey
Gentleman's Fate
Frank Tomasulo
Danger Lights
Dan Thorn
- 1930
The Ship from Shanghai
Ted
1920s
- 1929
Condemned!
Jacques Duval
Frozen Justice
Duke
Wolf Song
Gullion
Square Shoulders
Slag
- 1928
The Shady Lady
Professor Holbrook
The Awakening
Le Bete
The Racket
Nick Scarsi
Tempest
Sergeant Bulba
- 1927
Sorrell and Son
Buck
Two Arabian Knights
Peter O'Gaffney
- 1924
The Story Without a Name
Kurder
America
Captain Hare
The Uninvited Guest
Jan Boomer
- 1923
Unseeing Eyes
Laird
The Last Moment
The Finn
Enemies of Women
Movie
The Go-Getter
Daniel Silver
- 1922
The Face in the Fog
Petrus
Sherlock Holmes
Craigin
- 1921
Orphans of the Storm
Executioner (uncredited)
Experience
Crime
Number 17
Movie
- 1920
A Manhattan Knight
Mangus O'Shea
1910s
- 1919
The Test of Honor
Man Devil in dream (uncredited)
- 1918
The Poor Rich Man
Wrestler
Peg of the Pirates
Flatnose Tim
The Eyes of Mystery
Brad Tilton
The House of Hate
Patch-eye Pete
- 1917
The Avenging Trail
Lefty Reed
The Eternal Mother
Bucky McGhee (as Louis R. Wolheim)
The Millionaire's Double
Bob Holloway
The End of the Tour
Movie
- 1916
The Sunbeam
Biff - the Brute
The Brand of Cowardice
Cpl. Mallin
Dorian's Divorce
Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim)
- 1915
The Romance of Elaine
Movie
Wrote 2
1910s
- 1918
Together
Story
- 1917
The Greatest Power
Story
Directed 1
1930s
- 1931
The Sin Ship
Director