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. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 1931년 The Sin Ship에서 Captain Sam McVey 역을 맡았다. 1931년 The Sin Ship 연출을 맡았다. 1931년 Gentleman's Fate에서 Frank Tomasulo 역을 맡았다.