Louis Wolheim

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...

Known For

All Quiet on the Western Front

as Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Music Hall Proprietor

The Racket

as Nick Scarsi

Cast Credits

The Sin Ship

as Captain Sam McVey

Gentleman's Fate

as Frank Tomasulo

Danger Lights

as Dan Thorn

The Silver Horde

as George Balt

All Quiet on the Western Front

as Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky

Condemned!

as Jacques Duval

Wolf Song

as Gullion

The Shady Lady

as Professor Holbrook

The Awakening

as Le Bete

The Racket

as Nick Scarsi

Tempest

as Sergeant Bulba

Two Arabian Knights

as Peter O'Gaffney

Lover's Island

as Capt. Joshua Dawson

America

as Captain Hare

The Uninvited Guest

as Jan Boomer

Little Old New York

as The Hoboken Terror

The Last Moment

as The Finn

The Go-Getter

as Daniel Silver

Sherlock Holmes

as Craigin

Orphans of the Storm

as Executioner (uncredited)

Experience

as Crime

Crew Credits