Louis Wolheim 3 pictures

Actor, Writer, Director
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 ...

Born: March 28, 1880
Star sign: Aries
Height: 5' 10½" (1.79 m)
Known for: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), The Racket (1928), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), Danger Lights (1930)
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