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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.883 |
| Birthday | 1880-03-27 |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Louis Robert Wolheim, Louis R. Wolheim, L. Robert Wolheim, Louis Walheim, L. Walheim, Louis W. Wolheim, |
1930
All Quiet on the Western Front
7.763/810
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is dest...
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1920
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
6.8/141
A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous depraved fiend.
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1923
The Last Moment
0/0
The Last Moment is a silent film now considered lost.
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1924
The Story Without a Name
0/0
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1917
The Eternal Mother
0/0
Maris, having married Lynch, a worthless man who deserts her, taking their daughter Felice with him, marries mill owner Dwight Alden after receiving n...
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The Eternal Mother
1928
The Racket
6.6/35
A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.
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1918
The Poor Rich Man
6/1
Vantyne Carter is a playboy living in luxury off his father. Vantyne's cousin Teddy, meanwhile, leads a fine upstanding life -- or at least he appears...
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1919
The Test of Honor
3.5/2
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1924
The Uninvited Guest
0/0
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1922
Sherlock Holmes
6.1/21
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1918
The Eyes of Mystery
0/0
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The Eyes of Mystery
1917
The End of the Tour
0/0
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1928
Tempest
6.4/14
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1917
The Avenging Trail
0/0
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1929
Condemned!
6.4/14
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1930
The Silver Horde
5.3/14
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1916
The Brand of Cowardice
0/0
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1917
The Millionaire's Double
0/0
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1924
America
5.65/10
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1931
Danger Lights
5.9/16
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1931
Gentleman's Fate
5.5/4
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1929
Wolf Song
4.8/6
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1931
The Sin Ship
5.8/5
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1930
The Ship from Shanghai
5.7/3
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1928
The Awakening
5/1
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1923
Unseeing Eyes
0/0
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1921
Orphans of the Storm
6.851/87
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1927
Two Arabian Knights
6/22
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1923
Little Old New York
6.4/11
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1918
A Pair of Cupids
0/0
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1918
The House of Hate
6.6/5
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The House of Hate
1927
Sorrell and Son
5.5/2
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Sorrell and Son
1929
Square Shoulders
0/0
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1921
Number 17
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1922
The Face in the Fog
6/1
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1918
Opportunity
0/0
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Opportunity
1929
Frozen Justice
1/1
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1917
The Belle of the Season
0/0
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1916
Dorian's Divorce
0/0
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1921
Experience
0/0
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1915
The Romance of Elaine
0/0
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1923
The Go-Getter
0/0
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1925
Lover's Island
0/0
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