Louis Wolheim

Acting

Louis Wolheim

Born 1880-03-27 New York City, New York, USA 48 films

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, Wolh…

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Filmography

48 films
The Sin Ship poster

A lecherous ship captain becomes spiritually changed by a female passenger, not realizing she and h…

The Sin Ship

★ 5.8 1931

Danger Lights poster

Head railroad man Dan is as ugly as he is honorable. When he spots a drifter who'd hopped a freight…

Danger Lights

★ 6.1 1931

Condemned! poster

Suave thief Colman is sent to Devil's Island, where he becomes romantically involved with the wife…

Condemned!

★ 6.6 1929

Frozen Justice poster

The picture is based on the 1920 novel, Norden For Lov og Ret, by Ejnar Mikkelsen, set in Nome, Ala…

Frozen Justice

★ 3.7 1929

Wolf Song poster

In 1840, Sam Lash heads west for adventure. He meets up with some Mountain Men, and they head for t…

Wolf Song

★ 5.1 1929

The Awakening poster

A French country lass Marie Ducrot, name is "mud" after she is compromised by a German soldier . Tu…

The Awakening

★ 5.7 1928