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Louis Calhern

Louis Calhern

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1895-02-18

Birth Place

Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

1932

6.5

Movie
A Life of Her Own

A Life of Her Own

1950

5.2

Movie
Afraid to Talk

Afraid to Talk

1932

6.0

Movie
Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Get Your Gun

1950

6.8

Movie
Arch of Triumph

Arch of Triumph

1948

5.9

Movie
Athena

Athena

1954

5.6

Movie
Betrayed

Betrayed

1954

5.6

Movie
Blackboard Jungle

Blackboard Jungle

1955

6.9

Movie
Blonde Crazy

Blonde Crazy

1931

7.0

Movie
Charlie McCarthy, Detective

Charlie McCarthy, Detective

1939

6.0

Movie
Confidentially Connie

Confidentially Connie

1953

5.3

Movie
Devil's Doorway

Devil's Doorway

1950

7.0

Movie
Diplomaniacs

Diplomaniacs

1933

7.0

Movie
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

1940

6.3

Movie
Duck Soup

Duck Soup

1933

7.3

Movie
Executive Suite

Executive Suite

1954

7.0

Movie
Fast Company

Fast Company

1938

5.4

Movie
Fifth Avenue Girl

Fifth Avenue Girl

1939

7.0

Movie
Forever, Darling

Forever, Darling

1956

7.0

Movie
Frisco Jenny

Frisco Jenny

1933

6.3

Movie
Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait

1943

6.9

Movie
Her Husband Lies

Her Husband Lies

1937

6.0

Movie
High Society

High Society

1956

6.9

Movie
I Take This Woman

I Take This Woman

1940

6.2

Movie
Invitation

Invitation

1952

6.5

Movie
It's a Big Country

It's a Big Country

1951

5.3

Movie
Juarez

Juarez

1939

6.5

Movie
Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1953

7.0

Movie
Latin Lovers

Latin Lovers

1953

4.6

Movie
Main Street to Broadway

Main Street to Broadway

1953

6.5

Movie
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

1986

7.5

Movie
Men of the Fighting Lady

Men of the Fighting Lady

1954

6.2

Movie
Nancy Goes to Rio

Nancy Goes to Rio

1950

5.7

Movie
Night After Night

Night After Night

1932

6.2

Movie
Nobody's Darling

Nobody's Darling

1943

0.0

Movie
Notorious

Notorious

1946

7.7

Movie
Okay, America!

Okay, America!

1932

5.0

Movie
Remains to Be Seen

Remains to Be Seen

1953

5.7

Movie
Rhapsody

Rhapsody

1954

6.7

Movie
Stolen Heaven

Stolen Heaven

1931

5.0

Movie
Strictly Personal

Strictly Personal

1933

5.0

Movie
Sweet Adeline

Sweet Adeline

1934

5.7

Movie
That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

6.8

Movie
The Affairs of Cellini

The Affairs of Cellini

1934

4.9

Movie
The Arizonian

The Arizonian

1935

0.0

Movie
The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

1950

7.5

Movie
The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952

7.3

Movie
The Blot

The Blot

1921

6.5

Movie
The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

1944

6.0

Movie
The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

1934

6.7

Movie
poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

6.6

TV
The Gorgeous Hussy

The Gorgeous Hussy

1936

5.2

Movie
The Last Days of Pompeii

The Last Days of Pompeii

1935

5.6

Movie
The Last Moment

The Last Moment

1923

0.0

Movie
The Life of Emile Zola

The Life of Emile Zola

1937

6.7

Movie
The Magnificent Yankee

The Magnificent Yankee

1950

5.4

Movie
The Man with a Cloak

The Man with a Cloak

1951

6.9

Movie
The Man with Two Faces

The Man with Two Faces

1934

6.5

Movie
The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

1952

6.7

Movie
The Prodigal

The Prodigal

1955

4.0

Movie
The Red Danube

The Red Danube

1949

6.3

Movie
The Red Pony

The Red Pony

1949

5.7

Movie
The Road to Singapore

The Road to Singapore

1931

5.4

Movie
The Student Prince

The Student Prince

1954

6.3

Movie
The Woman Accused

The Woman Accused

1933

5.7

Movie
The World Gone Mad

The World Gone Mad

1933

4.3

Movie
They Call It Sin

They Call It Sin

1932

5.8

Movie
Too Wise Wives

Too Wise Wives

1921

5.1

Movie
Two Weeks with Love

Two Weeks with Love

1950

5.9

Movie
Up in Arms

Up in Arms

1944

5.9

Movie
Washington Story

Washington Story

1952

6.0

Movie
We're Not Married!

We're Not Married!

1952

5.9

Movie
What's Worth While?

What's Worth While?

1921

0.0

Movie
Woman Wanted

Woman Wanted

1935

6.3

Movie