Louis Calhern
American stage and screen actor (1895-1956) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 61
Carl Henry Vogt, known by his stage name Louis Calhern, was an American actor. Described as a “star leading man of the theater and a star character actor of the screen,” he appeared in over 100 roles on the Broadway stage and in films and television, between 1923 and 1956.
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High SocietyFilm, 1956Uncle Willie1955
Blackboard JungleFilm, Jim Murdock1953
Julius CaesarFilm, Julius Caesar1952
The Bad and the BeautifulFilm, Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)1950
A Life of Her OwnFilm, Jim Leversoe1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries
Arch of TriumphFilm, 1948Boris Morosov1946
NotoriousFilm, Paul Prescott1940
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic BulletFilm, Dr. Brockdorf1937
The Life of Emile ZolaFilm, Major Dort1935
The Last Days of PompeiiFilm, Prefect Allus Martius1933
Duck SoupFilm, Ambassador Trentino1932
20,000 Years in Sing SingFilm, Joe Finn1921
The BlotFilm, Phil West1895Born19 February 1895Known for
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Notorious 1946
The Asphalt Jungle 1950
The Bad and the Beautiful 1952
Duck Soup 1933
Julius Caesar 1953
People around Louis
Richard Thorpe Directed The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
Joe Pasternak Produced Latin Lovers and The Student Prince
John Houseman Produced The Bad and the Beautiful (1953)
Hal B. Wallis Produced Juarez and Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
William Dieterle Directed The Life of Emile Zola and Juarez
Lois Weber Produced The Blot and What's Worth While?
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Directed Julius Caesar (1953)- Robert Lord Produced 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Lewis Milestone Directed Arch of Triumph (1948)
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced The Affairs of Cellini (1934)
Alfred Newman Wrote Heaven Can Wait and The Prisoner of Zenda
Anthony Mann Directed Devil's Doorway and Nobody's Darling
Mervyn LeRoy Directed Latin Lovers and Sweet Adeline
Gregory La Cava Directed The Affairs of Cellini (1934)
George Sidney Directed Annie Get Your Gun and The Red Danube
Charles Walters Directed High Society and Annie Get Your Gun
Archie Mayo Directed Night After Night (1932)
Edmund Purdom Also in Julius Caesar and Athena
Carl Laemmle Jr. Produced Okay, America! and Afraid to Talk
Rowland V. Lee Directed The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
Pandro S. Berman Produced Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Raymond Griffith Produced 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Stuart Holmes Also in The Bad and the Beautiful and Juarez
Donald Crisp Also in The Life of Emile Zola and Juarez
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He was nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for portraying U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in the 1950 film The Magnificent Yankee.
