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Louis Calhern
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Louis Calhern
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1895-02-18,Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

7.726

Notorious
1946-08-21

7.3

Duck Soup
1933-11-12

The Last Moment

7

The Last Moment
1923-06-07

It's a Big Country

5.875

It's a Big Country
1951-11-20

We're Not Married!

5.9

We're Not Married!
1952-07-11

6.8

High Society
1956-07-17

6.053

The Red Pony
1949-03-08

Annie Get Your Gun

6.718

Annie Get Your Gun
1950-05-17

Blackboard Jungle

6.922

Blackboard Jungle
1955-03-25

Devil's Doorway

6.857

Devil's Doorway
1950-08-18

Forever, Darling

7.111

Forever, Darling
1956-02-09

The Prisoner of Zenda

6.9

The Prisoner of Zenda
1952-11-04

Arch of Triumph

6

Arch of Triumph
1948-02-17

6.65

The Red Danube
1949-10-14

7

Blonde Crazy
1931-09-16

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

6.4

20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932-12-24

Executive Suite

7.071

Executive Suite
1954-04-30

Two Weeks with Love

6.429

Two Weeks with Love
1950-11-10

6.75

Sweet Adeline
1934-12-29

The Count of Monte Cristo

6.8

The Count of Monte Cristo
1934-09-06

Fifth Avenue Girl

7

Fifth Avenue Girl
1939-09-22

The Asphalt Jungle

7.497

The Asphalt Jungle
1950-05-12

7.08

Julius Caesar
1953-06-04

The Student Prince

6.3

The Student Prince
1954-06-15

Heaven Can Wait

6.894

Heaven Can Wait
1943-08-05

The Woman Accused

6

The Woman Accused
1933-02-17

5.75

Okay, America!
1932-09-08

6.5

Afraid to Talk
1932-11-17

Night After Night

6.3

Night After Night
1932-10-29

6.65

Frisco Jenny
1933-01-14

The Man with Two Faces

6.4

The Man with Two Faces
1934-08-04

The Man with a Cloak

6.825

The Man with a Cloak
1951-11-27

5.8

Betrayed
1954-09-07

Men of the Fighting Lady

6.455

Men of the Fighting Lady
1954-05-07

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

6.545

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940-02-23

The Magnificent Yankee

5.875

The Magnificent Yankee
1950-12-20

6.6

Rhapsody
1954-04-16

5.8

Athena
1954-11-04

The Gorgeous Hussy

5.533

The Gorgeous Hussy
1936-08-28

The World Gone Mad

4.75

The World Gone Mad
1933-04-15

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

6.333

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944-02-11

The Affairs of Cellini

5.214

The Affairs of Cellini
1934-08-24

5.727

Up in Arms
1944-02-17

6.714

Invitation
1952-01-29

Nancy Goes to Rio

6

Nancy Goes to Rio
1950-03-10

4.6

The Prodigal
1955-05-06

5.409

Fast Company
1938-07-05

7

Stolen Heaven
1931-02-20

8

The Arizonian
1935-06-27

I Take This Woman

5.85

I Take This Woman
1940-02-02

The Last Days of Pompeii

5.76

The Last Days of Pompeii
1935-10-18

Washington Story

7

Washington Story
1952-07-01

4.7

Latin Lovers
1953-08-12

A Life of Her Own

5.25

A Life of Her Own
1950-09-01

The Road to Singapore

5.583

The Road to Singapore
1931-09-02

Remains to Be Seen

6

Remains to Be Seen
1953-05-15

Her Husband Lies

7

Her Husband Lies
1937-03-13

6.75

Woman Wanted
1935-08-02

Charlie McCarthy, Detective

8

Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1939-12-22

6.346

The Blot
1921-09-04

7.5

Diplomaniacs
1933-04-28

They Call It Sin

6.045

They Call It Sin
1932-11-05

Main Street to Broadway

7.333

Main Street to Broadway
1953-10-12

Confidentially Connie

5.75

Confidentially Connie
1953-03-12

The Bad and the Beautiful

7.3

The Bad and the Beautiful
1952-12-25

Strictly Personal

7.5

Strictly Personal
1933-03-17

6.5

Juarez
1939-06-10

Nobody's Darling

8

Nobody's Darling
1943-08-27

The Life of Emile Zola

6.7

The Life of Emile Zola
1937-09-09

5.389

Too Wise Wives
1921-05-22

That's Entertainment, Part II

7

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16

What's Worth While?

9

What's Worth While?
1921-02-27

Becoming Marilyn

7.6

Becoming Marilyn
2022-07-07

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.848

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20