Louis Calhern
Louis Calhern
Person

Louis Calhern

Actor 1895-02-18 Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA

Carl Henry Vogt (February 19, 1895 – May 12, 1956), known professionally as Louis Calhern, was an American stage and screen actor. For portraying Oliver Wendell Holmes in the film The Magnificent Yankee (1950), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Calhern began working in silent films for director Lois Weber in the early 1920s; the most notable being The Blot in 1921. A 1921 newspaper article commented, "The new arrival in stardom is Louis Calhern, who, until Miss Weber engaged him to enact the le...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Notorious

Notorious

1946 · Paul Prescott

Duck Soup

Duck Soup

1933 · Ambassador Trentino

The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

1950 · Alonzo D. Emmerich

The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952 · Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)

High Society

High Society

1956 · Uncle Willie

Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait

1943 · Randolph Van Cleve

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1953 · Julius Caesar

Blackboard Jungle

Blackboard Jungle

1955 · Jim Murdock

The Life of Emile Zola

The Life of Emile Zola

1937 · Major Dort

Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Get Your Gun

1950 · Col. Buffalo Bill Cody

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

1934 · De Villefort Jr.

Executive Suite

Executive Suite

1954 · George Nyle Caswell

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

1952 · Col. Zapt

Devil's Doorway

Devil's Doorway

1950 · Verne Coolan

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

1932 · Joe Finn

Blonde Crazy

Blonde Crazy

1931 · 'Dapper Dan' Barker

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 · (archive footage)

Arch of Triumph

Arch of Triumph

1948 · Boris Morosov

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

1940 · Dr. Brockdorf

We're Not Married!

We're Not Married!

1952 · Freddie Melrose