Louis Wolheim
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", 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.
Filmography
The Sin Ship
Gentleman's Fate
Danger Lights
The Silver Horde
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Ship from Shanghai
Condemned!
Frozen Justice
Wolf Song
Square Shoulders
The Shady Lady
The Awakening
The Racket
Tempest
Sorrell and Son
Two Arabian Knights
The Story Without a Name
America
The Uninvited Guest
Unseeing Eyes
Little Old New York
The Last Moment
Enemies of Women
