Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1895-02-18
- Day of Death1956-05-12 (61 years)
- Place of BirthBrooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA
- Also Known AsCarl Henry VogtLouis Calhearn
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1956
High Society
As: Uncle Willie
- 1956
Forever, Darling
As: Charles Y. Bewell
- 1955
The Prodigal
As: Nahreeb
- 1955
Blackboard Jungle
As: Jim Murdock
- 1954
Athena
As: Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain
- 1954
Betrayed
As: Gen. Ten Eyck
- 1954
The Student Prince
As: King of Karlsberg
- 1954
Men of the Fighting Lady
As: James A. Michener
1954Executive Suite
As: George Nyle Caswell
1954Rhapsody
As: Nicholas Durant
1953Latin Lovers
As: Grandfather Eduardo Santos
1953Julius Caesar
As: Julius Caesar
1953Remains to Be Seen
As: Benjamin Goodman
1953Confidentially Connie
As: Opie Bedloe
- 1952
The Bad and the Beautiful
As: Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)
1952The Prisoner of Zenda
As: Col. Zapt
1952We're Not Married!
As: Freddie Melrose
1952Washington Story
As: Charles W. Birch
1952Invitation
As: Simon Bowker
1951The Man with a Cloak
As: Charles Theverner
1951It's a Big Country
As: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1950The Magnificent Yankee
As: Oliver Wendell Holmes
1950Two Weeks with Love
As: Horatio Robinson
1950Devil's Doorway
As: Verne Coolan
1950A Life of Her Own
As: Jim Leversoe
1950Annie Get Your Gun
As: Col. Buffalo Bill Cody
- 1950
The Asphalt Jungle
As: Alonzo D. Emmerich
1950Nancy Goes to Rio
As: Gregory Elliott
1949The Red Danube
As: Colonel Piniev
1949The Red Pony
As: Grandfather
1948Arch of Triumph
As: Boris Morosov
- 1946
Notorious
As: Captain Paul Prescott
1944Up in Arms
As: Colonel Ashley
1944The Bridge of San Luis Rey
As: Don Andre - The Viceroy
1943Nobody's Darling
As: Curtis Farnsworth
1943Heaven Can Wait
As: Randolph Van Cleve
1940Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
As: Dr. Brockdorf
1940I Take This Woman
As: Dr. Martin Sumner Duveen
1939Charlie McCarthy, Detective
As: Arthur Aldrich
1939Fifth Avenue Girl
As: Dr. Kessler
1939Juarez
As: LeMarc
1938Fast Company
As: Elias Z. Bannerman
1937The Life of Emile Zola
As: Major Dort
1937Her Husband Lies
As: Joe Sorrell
1936The Gorgeous Hussy
As: Leroy Sunderland
1935The Last Days of Pompeii
As: Prefect Allus Martius
1935Woman Wanted
As: Smiley
1935The Arizonian
As: Sheriff Jake Mannen
1934Sweet Adeline
As: Major Jim Day
1934The Count of Monte Cristo
As: De Villefort Jr.
1934The Affairs of Cellini
As: Ottaviano
1934The Man with Two Faces
As: Stanley Vance
- 1933
Duck Soup
As: Ambassador Trentino
1933Diplomaniacs
As: Winkelreid
1933The World Gone Mad
As: Christopher Bruno
1933Strictly Personal
As: Jack Magruder
1933The Woman Accused
As: Leo Young
1933Frisco Jenny
As: Steve Dutton
193220,000 Years in Sing Sing
As: Joe Finn
1932Afraid to Talk
As: Asst. District Attorney John Wade
1932They Call It Sin
As: Ford Humphries
1932Night After Night
As: Dick Bolton
1932Okay, America!
As: Mileaway Russell
1931Blonde Crazy
As: 'Dapper Dan' Barker
1931The Road to Singapore
As: Dr. George March
1931Stolen Heaven
As: Steve Perry
1923The Last Moment
As: Harry Gaines
1921The Blot
As: Phil West
1921Too Wise Wives
As: David Graham
1921What's Worth While?
As: 'Squire' Elton