Louis Wolheim(1880-1931)
- 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
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
