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Louis Calhern

Acting

Born February 18, 1895 · Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA

Died May 12, 1956

Also known as Carl Henry Vogt · Louis Calhearn

Biography

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. 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.

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Awards & recognition

  • Donaldson Awards
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 1951 · nominated

Filmography38 titles

Notorious

1946as Paul Prescott

The Asphalt Jungle

1950as Alonzo D. Emmerich

Diplomaniacs

1933as Winkelreid

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952as Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)

Duck Soup

1933as Ambassador Trentino

Forever, Darling

1956as Charles Y. Bewell

Executive Suite

1954as George Nyle Caswell

Julius Caesar

1953as Julius Caesar

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976as (archive footage)

Fifth Avenue Girl

1939as Dr. Kessler

Blonde Crazy

1931as 'Dapper Dan' Barker

Blackboard Jungle

1955as Jim Murdock

The Prisoner of Zenda

1952as Col. Zapt

Heaven Can Wait

1943as Randolph Van Cleve

High Society

1956as Uncle Willie

The Man with a Cloak

1951as Charles Theverner

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

The Count of Monte Cristo

1934as De Villefort Jr.

Invitation

1952as Simon Bowker

Annie Get Your Gun

1950as Col. Buffalo Bill Cody

The Red Danube

1949as Colonel Piniev

The Life of Emile Zola

1937as Major Dort

Rhapsody

1954as Nicholas Durant

Juarez

1939as LeMarc

The Student Prince

1954as King of Karlsberg

The Blot

1921as Phil West

The Red Pony

1949as Grandfather

They Call It Sin

1932as Ford Humphries

We're Not Married!

1952as Freddie Melrose

The Magnificent Yankee

1950as Oliver Wendell Holmes

Betrayed

1954as Gen. Ten Eyck

Athena

1954as Grandpa Mulvain

Confidentially Connie

1953as Opie Bedloe

The Last Days of Pompeii

1935as Prefect Allus Martius

Up in Arms

1944as Colonel Ashley

A Life of Her Own

1950as Jim Leversoe

The Affairs of Cellini

1934as Ottaviano

The World Gone Mad

1933as Christopher Bruno