All Quiet on the Western Front
1930
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Louis Robert Wolheim (March 28, 1880 – February 18, 1931) was an American actor, of both stage and screen, whose rough physical appearance relegated him to roles mostly of thugs, villains and occasionally a soldier with a heart of gold in the movies, but whose talent allowed him to flourish on stage. His career was mostly contained during the ...
Louis Wolheim was a Cornell-educated actor who starred in stage and film productions, such as All Quiet on the Western Front and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He was also a writer and director of some of his works, and spoke multiple languages.
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- New York City, New York, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Sep 26, 2011 · Learn about the life and career of Louis Wolheim, a versatile actor who played Katczinsky in the 1930 classic film and originated two major stage roles in the 1920s. Discover his Cornell background, his injury, his Hollywood rise and fall, and his mysterious death.
Learn about the life and career of Louis Wolheim, a Jewish-American character actor who starred in All Quiet on the Western Front and The Hairy Ape. Find out how he got his start, his trademark nose, his languages and his death.
- March 28, 1880
- February 18, 1931
Louis Wolheim was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In his early acting career, Wolheim appeared in such films as the horror film "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1920) with John Barrymore, the dramatic adaptation "Orphans of the Storm" (1922) with Lillian Gish and "Sherlock Holmes" (1922). He also appeared in "Little Old New York ...
Louis Wolheim died in Los Angeles, California on 18 February 1931, the result of stomach cancer. 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.
All Quiet on the Western Front: Directed by Lewis Milestone. With Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy. A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.
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