It was Lionel Barrymore who gave Louis Wolheim (Cornell '07) 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 Wolhelm'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". ~ Cornell Daily Sun, Issue 70, 5 January 1932, Page 2 Date of Death 18 February 1931, Los Angeles, California (stomach cancer)
Movie | The Sin Ship | Captain Sam McVey | 1931-04-18 |
Movie | Gentleman's Fate | Frank Tomasulo | 1931-03-07 |
Movie | The Ship from Shanghai | Ted | 1930-01-31 |
Movie | All Quiet on the Western Front | Stanislas 'Kat' Katczinsky | 1930-04-29 |
Movie | The Silver Horde | George Balt | 1930-10-24 |
Movie | Danger Lights | Dan Thorn | 1930-11-15 |
Movie | Square Shoulders | John 'Slag' Collins | 1929-03-10 |
Movie | Wolf Song | Gullion | 1929-03-29 |
Movie | Condemned | Jacques Duval | 1929-11-03 |
Movie | Frozen Justice | Duke | 1929-10-13 |
Movie | Tempest | Sergeant Bulba | 1928-05-27 |
Movie | The Awakening | Le Bete | 1928-11-17 |
Movie | The Racket | Nick Scarsi | 1928-11-01 |
Movie | Two Arabian Knights | Peter O'Gaffney | 1927-09-23 |
Movie | Sorrell and Son | Buck | 1927-12-02 |
Movie | America | Captain Hare | 1924-02-21 |
Movie | The Story Without a Name | Kurder | 1924-10-27 |
Movie | Little Old New York | The Hoboken Terror | 1923-08-01 |
Movie | Unseeing Eyes | Laird | 1923-11-18 |
Movie | Sherlock Holmes | Craigin | 1922-03-07 |
Movie | The Face in the Fog | Petrus | 1922-10-07 |
Movie | Orphans of the Storm | Executioner (uncredited) | 1921-12-28 |
Movie | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Music Hall Proprietor | 1920-03-18 |
Movie | The Test of Honor | Man Devil in dream (uncredited) | 1919-04-16 |
Movie | The House of Hate | Patch-eye Pete | 1918-01-02 |
Movie | The Eyes of Mystery | Brad Tilton | 1918-01-21 |
Movie | The Belle of the Season | Johnson | 1917-07-23 |
Movie | Dorian's Divorce | Capt. Ross (as L. Robert Wolheim) | 1916-06-05 |
Movie | The Brand of Cowardice | Cpl. Mallin | 1916-10-23 |