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