Actor

Louis Wolheim

Classic Era1880–1931DramaRomanceAdventureComedy

Chronicler of the Human Condition

Also directed 1 film ↗Also wrote 2 screenplays ↗

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Known For

48 acting credits

as Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky

All Quiet on the Western Front

as Stanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky

1930

All Quiet on the Western Front

Filmography

1931Danger LightsDan Thorn6.1 1931Gentleman's FateFrank Tomasulo6.1 1931The Sin ShipCaptain Sam McVey5.8 1930All Quiet on the Western FrontStanislaus 'Kat' Katczinsky7.7 1930The Silver HordeGeorge Balt5.5 1930The Ship from ShanghaiTed

About

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 Director

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1931The Sin Ship

As Screenwriter

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1917The Greatest Power 1918Together

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