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Louis Calhern‌

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Louis Calhern

Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA

Louis Calhern

Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1895-02-18

Popularity

star5.6

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 Stock company of Los Angeles." In 1923 Calhern left the movies, but would return to the screen eight years later after the advent of sound pictures. He was primarily cast as a character actor in films while he continued to play leading roles on the stage. He reached his peak in the 1950s as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player. Among his many memorable screen roles were Ambassador Trentino in the Marx Brothers classic Duck Soup (1933) and three that he appeared in at MGM in 1950: a singing role as Buffalo Bill in the film version of the musical Annie Get Your Gun, the double-crossing lawyer and sugar-daddy to Marilyn Monroe in John Huston's film noir The Asphalt Jungle, and his Oscar-nominated performance as Oliver Wendell Holmes in The Magnificent Yankee (re-creating his role from the Broadway stage). He was also praised for his portrayal of the title role in the John Houseman production of Julius Caesar (adapted from the Shakespeare play) in 1953, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Calhern also played the role of the devious George Caswell, the manipulative board member of Tredway Corporation in the 1954 production of Executive Suite. Calhern's other film roles included the grandfather in The Red Pony (1949), adapted from the novel by John Steinbeck and starring Robert Mitchum, and the spy boss of Cary Grant in the Alfred Hitchcock suspense classic Notorious (1946). A performance as Uncle Willie in High Society (1956), a musical remake of The Philadelphia Story, turned out to be his final film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Louis Calhern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Notorious

Notorious‌
star7.7
calendar 1946

Duck Soup

Duck Soup‌
star7.3
calendar 1933

The Last Moment

The Last Moment‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

It's a Big Country

It's a Big Country‌
star5.3
calendar 1951

We're Not Married!

We're Not Married!‌
star5.9
calendar 1952

High Society

High Society‌
star6.9
calendar 1956

The Red Pony

The Red Pony‌
star5.7
calendar 1949

Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Get Your Gun‌
star6.7
calendar 1950

Blackboard Jungle

Blackboard Jungle‌
star6.9
calendar 1955

Devil's Doorway

Devil's Doorway‌
star7.0
calendar 1950

Forever, Darling

Forever, Darling‌
star7.0
calendar 1956

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda‌
star6.8
calendar 1952

Arch of Triumph

Arch of Triumph‌
star5.9
calendar 1948

The Red Danube

The Red Danube‌
star6.3
calendar 1949

Blonde Crazy

Blonde Crazy‌
star7.0
calendar 1931

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

20,000 Years in Sing Sing‌
star6.5
calendar 1932

Executive Suite

Executive Suite‌
star7.0
calendar 1954

Two Weeks with Love

Two Weeks with Love‌
star5.9
calendar 1950

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo‌
star6.6
calendar 1934

Sweet Adeline

Sweet Adeline‌
star5.7
calendar 1934

5th Ave Girl

5th Ave Girl‌
star7.0
calendar 1939

The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle‌
star7.5
calendar 1950

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar‌
star7.0
calendar 1953

The Student Prince

The Student Prince‌
star6.3
calendar 1954

Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait‌
star6.9
calendar 1943

The Woman Accused

The Woman Accused‌
star5.7
calendar 1933

Okay, America!

Okay, America!‌
star5.0
calendar 1932

Afraid to Talk

Afraid to Talk‌
star6.0
calendar 1932

Night After Night

Night After Night‌
star6.2
calendar 1932

Frisco Jenny

Frisco Jenny‌
star6.5
calendar 1933

The Man with Two Faces

The Man with Two Faces‌
star6.5
calendar 1934

The Man with a Cloak

The Man with a Cloak‌
star6.9
calendar 1951

Betrayed

Betrayed‌
star5.6
calendar 1954

Men of the Fighting Lady

Men of the Fighting Lady‌
star6.2
calendar 1954

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet‌
star6.3
calendar 1940

The Magnificent Yankee

The Magnificent Yankee‌
star5.4
calendar 1950

Rhapsody

Rhapsody‌
star6.7
calendar 1954

Athena

Athena‌
star5.6
calendar 1954

The Gorgeous Hussy

The Gorgeous Hussy‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

The World Gone Mad

The World Gone Mad‌
star4.3
calendar 1933

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

The Affairs of Cellini

The Affairs of Cellini‌
star4.6
calendar 1934

Up in Arms

Up in Arms‌
star5.9
calendar 1944

Invitation

Invitation‌
star6.5
calendar 1952

Nancy Goes to Rio

Nancy Goes to Rio‌
star5.7
calendar 1950

The Prodigal

The Prodigal‌
star4.0
calendar 1955

Fast Company

Fast Company‌
star5.4
calendar 1938

Stolen Heaven

Stolen Heaven‌
star5.0
calendar 1931

The Arizonian

The Arizonian‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

I Take This Woman

I Take This Woman‌
star6.2
calendar 1940

The Last Days of Pompeii

The Last Days of Pompeii‌
star5.6
calendar 1935

Washington Story

Washington Story‌
star6.0
calendar 1952

Latin Lovers

Latin Lovers‌
star4.6
calendar 1953

A Life of Her Own

A Life of Her Own‌
star5.2
calendar 1950

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend‌
star7.5
calendar 1986

The Road to Singapore

The Road to Singapore‌
star5.4
calendar 1931

Remains to Be Seen

Remains to Be Seen‌
star5.7
calendar 1953

Her Husband Lies

Her Husband Lies‌
star6.0
calendar 1937

Woman Wanted

Woman Wanted‌
star6.3
calendar 1935

Charlie McCarthy, Detective

Charlie McCarthy, Detective‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

The Blot

The Blot‌
star6.5
calendar 1921

They Call It Sin

They Call It Sin‌
star5.8
calendar 1932

Diplomaniacs

Diplomaniacs‌
star7.0
calendar 1933

Main Street to Broadway

Main Street to Broadway‌
star6.5
calendar 1953

Confidentially Connie

Confidentially Connie‌
star5.3
calendar 1953

The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful‌
star7.3
calendar 1952

Strictly Personal

Strictly Personal‌
star5.0
calendar 1933

Juarez

Juarez‌
star6.5
calendar 1939

Nobody's Darling

Nobody's Darling‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

The Life of Emile Zola

The Life of Emile Zola‌
star6.6
calendar 1937

Too Wise Wives

Too Wise Wives‌
star5.1
calendar 1921

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II‌
star6.8
calendar 1976

What's Worth While?

What's Worth While?‌
star0.0
calendar 1921

Tv Credits

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948