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.
Known for
All Quiet on the Western Front
Stanislas 'Kat' Katczinsky
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Music Hall Proprietor
Orphans of the Storm
Executioner (uncredited)
Tempest
Sergeant Bulba
Condemned!
Jacques Duval
The Silver Horde
George Balt
Danger Lights
Dan Thorn
Gentleman's Fate
Frank Tomasulo
The Racket
Nick Scarsi
Two Arabian Knights
Peter O'Gaffney
The Uninvited Guest
Jan Boomer
The Eternal Mother
Bucky McGhee (as Louis R. Wolheim)
Sherlock Holmes
Craigin
Little Old New York
The Hoboken Terror
The Awakening
Le Bete
Experience
Crime
Wolf Song
Gullion
Square Shoulders
Slag
The Brand of Cowardice
Cpl. Mallin
Enemies of Women
The Ship from Shanghai
Ted
America
Captain Hare
Sorrell and Son
Buck
The Romance of Elaine
The Sin Ship
Captain Sam McVey
Dorian's Divorce
Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim)
The Face in the Fog
Petrus
The Last Moment
The Finn
The Test of Honor
Man Devil in dream (uncredited)
The End of the Tour
The Millionaire's Double
Bob Holloway
The Avenging Trail
Lefty Reed
The House of Hate
Patch-eye Pete
Unseeing Eyes
Laird
Opportunity
Prizefight spectator
Frozen Justice
Duke
The Go-Getter
Daniel Silver
The Eyes of Mystery
Brad Tilton
Number 17
The Poor Rich Man
Wrestler
A Pair of Cupids
Dirk Thomas
The Belle of the Season
Johnson
The Story Without a Name
Kurder
Lover's Island
Capt. Joshua Dawson