1918
1919
1917
1916
1922
1929
1924
1918
1924
1918
1923
1917
1917
1929
1927
1930
1930
1931
1929
1928
1928
1922
1929
1931
1927
1923
1918
1923
1921
1928
Mar 27, 1880
New York City, New York, USA
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.
1918
1919
1917
1916
1922
1929
1924
1918
1924
1918
1923
1917
1917
1929
1927
1930
1930
1931
1929
1928
1928
1922
1929
1931
1927
1923
1918
1923
1921
1928
Comments