Personal Info
Louis Robert Wolheim
Louis R. Wolheim
L. Robert Wolheim
Louis Walheim
L. Walheim
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…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Gentleman's Fate
as Frank Tomasulo
Danger Lights
as Dan Thorn
The Sin Ship
as Captain Sam McVey
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky
The Silver Horde
as George Balt
The Ship from Shanghai
as Ted
Condemned!
as Jacques Duval
Wolf Song
as Gullion
Square Shoulders
as Slag
Frozen Justice
as Duke