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.
48 movies
The Sin Ship
1931·5.8
Gentleman's Fate
1931·6.1
Danger Lights
1931·6.1
The Silver Horde
1930·5.5
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930·7.8
The Ship from Shanghai
1930·6.8
Condemned!
1929·6.6
Frozen Justice
1929·3.7
Wolf Song
1929·4.9
Square Shoulders
1929·8.0
The Shady Lady
1928·8.0
The Awakening
1928·5.7
The Racket
1928·6.5
Tempest
1928·6.2
Sorrell and Son
1927·6.0
Two Arabian Knights
1927·5.8
Lover's Island
1925·9.0
The Story Without a Name
1924·10.0
America
1924·5.9
The Uninvited Guest
1924·10.0
Unseeing Eyes
1923·0.0
Little Old New York
1923·6.5
The Last Moment
1923·7.0
Enemies of Women
1923·6.5
The Go-Getter
1923·8.0
The Face in the Fog
1922·7.0
Sherlock Holmes
1922·6.1
Orphans of the Storm
1921·6.8
Experience
1921·8.0
Number 17
1921·9.0
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1920·6.7
A Manhattan Knight
1920·9.0
The Test of Honor
1919·4.5
The Poor Rich Man
1918·6.0
A Pair of Cupids
1918·0.0
Opportunity
1918·0.0
Peg of the Pirates
1918·0.0
The Eyes of Mystery
1918·0.0
The House of Hate
1918·6.6
The Avenging Trail
1917·0.0
The Eternal Mother
1917·0.0
The Belle of the Season
1917·0.0
The Millionaire's Double
1917·0.0
The End of the Tour
1917·8.0
The Sunbeam
1916·9.0
The Brand of Cowardice
1916·0.0
Dorian's Divorce
1916·7.0
The Romance of Elaine
1915·0.0