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Louis Wolheim

Mar 27, 1880 - Feb 18, 1931 (50 years old) in New York City, New York, USA

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

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All Quiet on the Western Front
Stanislas 'Kat' Katczinsky
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Music Hall Proprietor
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Orphans of the Storm
Executioner (uncredited)
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Condemned!
Jacques Duval
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Tempest
Sergeant Bulba
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The Silver Horde
George Balt
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Two Arabian Knights
Peter O'Gaffney
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Sherlock Holmes
Craigin
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Enemies of Women
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Danger Lights
Dan Thorn

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