Louis Wolheim
Acting
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", c…
Also known as
Louis Robert Wolheim · Louis R. Wolheim · L. Robert Wolheim · Louis Walheim · L. Walheim · Louis W. Wolheim
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Known For
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · Movie
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1920 · Movie
The Sunbeam
1916 · Movie
Orphans of the Storm
1921 · Movie
The Racket
1928 · Movie
The Shady Lady
1928 · Movie
Condemned!
1929 · Movie
Sherlock Holmes
1922 · Movie
Peg of the Pirates
1918 · Movie
Gentleman's Fate
1931 · Movie
Sorrell and Son
1927 · Movie
The Romance of Elaine
1915 · Movie