Louis Calhern
Acting
Born February 18, 1895 · Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA
Biography
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 leading male role in What's Worth While?, had been playing leads in the Morosco St…
Known For · 40 titles
The Ed Sullivan Show
Notorious
High Society
Julius Caesar
The Asphalt Jungle
The Bad and the Beautiful
Duck Soup
Heaven Can Wait
That's Entertainment, Part II
Betrayed
Juarez
The Life of Emile Zola
The Road to Singapore
Blackboard Jungle
Annie Get Your Gun
Athena
Executive Suite
The Count of Monte Cristo
Fifth Avenue Girl
The Man with a Cloak
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Last Days of Pompeii
We're Not Married!
The Gorgeous Hussy
A Life of Her Own
Invitation
The Red Danube
The Prodigal
Men of the Fighting Lady
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Becoming Marilyn
Confidentially Connie
Main Street to Broadway
Up in Arms
Diplomaniacs
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Arch of Triumph
Two Weeks with Love
The Affairs of Cellini
The Red Pony