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Louis Wolheim
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.
As actor
Danger Lights
Gentleman's Fate
The Sin Ship
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Silver Horde
The Ship from Shanghai
Condemned!
Wolf Song
Square Shoulders
Frozen Justice
The Racket
Tempest
The Awakening
The Shady Lady
Two Arabian Knights
Sorrell and Son
Lover's Island
The Story Without a Name
The Uninvited Guest
America
The Last Moment
Unseeing Eyes
Little Old New York
The Go-Getter
Enemies of Women
Sherlock Holmes
The Face in the Fog
Orphans of the Storm
Number 17
Experience