
Louis Calhern
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…
Known For
Notorious
Captain Paul Prescott
Duck Soup
Ambassador Trentino
The Asphalt Jungle
Alonzo D. Emmerich
The Bad and the Beautiful
Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Heaven Can Wait
Randolph Van Cleve
High Society
Uncle Willie
Blackboard Jungle
Jim Murdock
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Filmography
Acting (74)
Movies (73)
Becoming Marilyn
2022
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976as (archive footage)
High Society
1956as Uncle Willie
Forever, Darling
1956as Charles Y. Bewell
Blackboard Jungle
1955as Jim Murdock
The Prodigal
1955as Nahreeb
Betrayed
1954as Gen. Ten Eyck
Athena
1954as Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain
Men of the Fighting Lady
1954as James A. Michener
Rhapsody
1954as Nicholas Durant
Executive Suite
1954as George Nyle Caswell
The Student Prince
1954as King of Karlsberg
Julius Caesar
1953as Julius Caesar
Confidentially Connie
1953as Opie Bedloe
Remains to Be Seen
1953as Benjamin Goodman
Main Street to Broadway
1953as Self
Latin Lovers
1953as Grandfather Eduardo Santos
We're Not Married!
1952as Freddie Melrose
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952as Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952as Col. Zapt
Invitation
1952as Simon Bowker
Washington Story
1952as Charles W. Birch
It's a Big Country
1951as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Man with a Cloak
1951as Charles Theverner
Two Weeks with Love
1950as Horatio Robinson
The Asphalt Jungle
1950as Alonzo D. Emmerich
Devil's Doorway
1950as Verne Coolan
Nancy Goes to Rio
1950as Gregory Elliott
Annie Get Your Gun
1950as Col. Buffalo Bill Cody
The Magnificent Yankee
1950as Oliver Wendell Holmes
A Life of Her Own
1950as Jim Leversoe
The Red Pony
1949as Grandfather
The Red Danube
1949as Colonel Piniev
Arch of Triumph
1948as Boris Morosov
Notorious
1946as Captain Paul Prescott
Up in Arms
1944as Colonel Ashley
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944as Don Andre - The Viceroy
Heaven Can Wait
1943as Randolph Van Cleve
Nobody's Darling
1943as Curtis Farnsworth
I Take This Woman
1940as Dr. Martin Sumner Duveen
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940as Dr. Brockdorf
Juarez
1939as LeMarc
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1939as Arthur Aldrich
Fifth Avenue Girl
1939as Dr. Kessler
Fast Company
1938as Elias Z. Bannerman
The Life of Emile Zola
1937as Major Dort
Her Husband Lies
1937as Joe Sorrell
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936as Leroy Sunderland
Woman Wanted
1935as Smiley
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935as Prefect Allus Martius
The Arizonian
1935as Sheriff Jake Mannen
The Affairs of Cellini
1934as Ottaviano
The Count of Monte Cristo
1934as De Villefort Jr.
Sweet Adeline
1934as Major Jim Day
The Man with Two Faces
1934as Stanley Vance
The Woman Accused
1933as Leo Young
Diplomaniacs
1933as Winkelreid
Frisco Jenny
1933as Steve Dutton
Strictly Personal
1933as Jack Magruder
Duck Soup
1933as Ambassador Trentino
The World Gone Mad
1933as Christopher Bruno
Afraid to Talk
1932as Asst. District Attorney John Wade
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932as Joe Finn
Night After Night
1932as Dick Bolton
Okay, America!
1932as Mileaway Russell
They Call It Sin
1932as Ford Humphries
Blonde Crazy
1931as 'Dapper Dan' Barker
The Road to Singapore
1931as Dr. George March
Stolen Heaven
1931as Steve Perry
The Last Moment
1923as Harry Gaines
The Blot
1921as Phil West
Too Wise Wives
1921as David Graham
What's Worth While?
1921as 'Squire' Elton
Television (1)
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