Director

Louis Wolheim

Acting

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 3

TMDB ID: 2010

IMDb ID: nm0938464

Known for: Acting

Born: March 27, 1880

Died: February 18, 1931

Age: 50

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1915 - 1931

Years active: 17

Average TMDB rating: 6.6

Wikidata: Q357363

Also known as

Louis Robert Wolheim • Louis R. Wolheim • L. Robert Wolheim • Louis Walheim • L. Walheim • Louis W. Wolheim

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Director (1)Story (2)

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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.

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