About
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...
Known for
NotoriousMovie • 1946
High SocietyMovie • 1956
The Asphalt JungleMovie • 1950
Julius CaesarMovie • 1953
The Bad and the BeautifulMovie • 1952
JuarezMovie • 1939
Duck SoupMovie • 1933
A Life of Her OwnMovie • 1950
Annie Get Your GunMovie • 1950
Heaven Can WaitMovie • 1943
We're Not Married!Movie • 1952
Arch of TriumphMovie • 1948
Blackboard JungleMovie • 1955
The Man with a CloakMovie • 1951
BetrayedMovie • 1954
That's Entertainment, Part IIMovie • 1976
The Prisoner of ZendaMovie • 1952
20,000 Years in Sing SingMovie • 1932
The Life of Emile ZolaMovie • 1937
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic BulletMovie • 1940
The Count of Monte CristoMovie • 1934
Fifth Avenue GirlMovie • 1939
Devil's DoorwayMovie • 1950
Executive SuiteMovie • 1954