Cast

Louis Calhern

1895 – 1956

Active years (films on this site)

1921–1953

Genres

DramaComedyFilm-NoirRomanceMusical

Schools and movements

Classical HollywoodEarly and Pioneering CinemaVisual ComedyWomen Directors

Directors worked with

Lois Weber1 filmLeo McCarey1 filmErnst Lubitsch1 filmAlfred Hitchcock1 filmJohn Huston1 filmJoseph L. Mankiewicz1 film

Biography

Carl Henry Vogt, known by his stage name Louis Calhern, was an American actor. Described by one film historian 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.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Awards and honours

National / local

• Donaldson Awards

6 films on this site

1. The Blot 1921 · Lois Weber · IMDb 6.6 · Cast
2. Duck Soup 1933 · Leo McCarey · IMDb 7.7 · Cast
3. Heaven Can Wait 1943 · Ernst Lubitsch · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
4. Notorious 1946 · Alfred Hitchcock · IMDb 7.9 · Cast
5. The Asphalt Jungle 1950 · John Huston · IMDb 7.8 · Cast
6. Julius Caesar 1953 · Joseph L. Mankiewicz · IMDb 7.2 · Cast