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.
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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
Movies
All Quiet on the Western Front
7.748
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
6.728
The Last Moment
0
The Story Without a Name
0
The Eternal Mother
0
The Racket
6.615
The Poor Rich Man
6
The Test of Honor
3.5
The Uninvited Guest
0
Sherlock Holmes
6.1
The Eyes of Mystery
0
The End of the Tour
0
Tempest
6.4
The Avenging Trail
0
Condemned!
6.5
The Silver Horde
5.3
The Brand of Cowardice
0
The Millionaire's Double
0
America
5.7
Danger Lights
5.9
Gentleman's Fate
5.5
Wolf Song
4.8
The Sin Ship
5.8
The Ship from Shanghai
5.7
The Awakening
5
Unseeing Eyes
0
Orphans of the Storm
6.83
Two Arabian Knights
6.043
Little Old New York
6.4
A Pair of Cupids
0
The House of Hate
6.6
Sorrell and Son
5.667
Square Shoulders
0
Number 17
0
The Face in the Fog
6
Opportunity
0
Frozen Justice
1
The Belle of the Season
0
Dorian's Divorce
0
Experience
0
The Romance of Elaine
0
The Go-Getter
0
Lover's Island
0
Enemies of Women
5.2