Acting
Louis Wolheim
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.
Filmography
Danger Lights
Film · 1931
Gentleman's Fate
Film · 1931
The Sin Ship
Film · 1931
All Quiet on the Western Front
Film · 1930
The Silver Horde
Film · 1930
The Ship from Shanghai
Film · 1930
Condemned!
Film · 1929
Wolf Song
Film · 1929
Square Shoulders
Film · 1929
Frozen Justice
Film · 1929
The Racket
Film · 1928
Tempest
Film · 1928
The Awakening
Film · 1928
The Shady Lady
Film · 1928
Two Arabian Knights
Film · 1927
Sorrell and Son
Film · 1927
Lover's Island
Film · 1925
The Story Without a Name
Film · 1924
The Uninvited Guest
Film · 1924
America
Film · 1924
The Last Moment
Film · 1923
Unseeing Eyes
Film · 1923
Little Old New York
Film · 1923
The Go-Getter
Film · 1923
Enemies of Women
Film · 1923
Sherlock Holmes
Film · 1922
The Face in the Fog
Film · 1922
Orphans of the Storm
Film · 1921
Number 17
Film · 1921
Experience
Film · 1921
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Film · 1920
A Manhattan Knight
Film · 1920
The Test of Honor
Film · 1919
The Poor Rich Man
Film · 1918
The Eyes of Mystery
Film · 1918
A Pair of Cupids
Film · 1918
The House of Hate
Film · 1918
Opportunity
Film · 1918
Peg of the Pirates
Film · 1918
The Eternal Mother
Film · 1917
The End of the Tour
Film · 1917
The Avenging Trail
Film · 1917
The Millionaire's Double
Film · 1917
The Belle of the Season
Film · 1917
The Brand of Cowardice
Film · 1916
Dorian's Divorce
Film · 1916
The Sunbeam
Film · 1916
The Romance of Elaine
Film · 1915