Home
Movies
TV Shows
Photos
Sign In

Home
Movies
TV Shows
Photos
Sign In

Home
People
Louis Calhern

Louis Calhern

Actor, Other Crew

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

Died May 12, 1956

See Louis Calhern Movies Online

Becoming Marilyn
Amazon Prime Video
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Amazon Prime Video
That's Entertainment, Part II
HBO Max
High Society
HBO Max
The Prodigal
Amazon Prime Video
Athena
Netflix
The Bad and the Beautiful
Amazon Prime Video
The Asphalt Jungle
HBO Max
Notorious
Amazon Prime Video
Up in Arms
Amazon Prime Video
The World Gone Mad
Amazon Prime Video
Duck Soup
Amazon Prime Video

Share with a friend

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.

Louis Calhern Photos

Louis Calhern Videos

The Blackboard Jungle - Trailer

The Prodigal - Trailer

Men of the Fighting Lady Original Trailer

Man with a Cloak, The Original Trailer

Annie Get Your Gun 1950 HD Trailer

Two Weeks With Love Original Trailer

Devil's Doorway - Original Theatrical Trailer

The Magnificent Yankee (1950) Official Trailer - Louis Calhern, Ann Harding Movie HD

The Asphalt Jungle (1950) - Original Theatrical Trailer

Michael Lehmann on THE ASPHALT JUNGLE

The Asphalt Jungle (1950) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Red Pony Trailer

The Count Of Monte Cristo 1934 TRAILER Robert Donat

Frisco Jenny (Official Trailer 1932)

Blonde Crazy - Trailer

Filmography

Actor

83

Type

Year

Becoming Marilyn Poster

Becoming Marilyn TV Special2022

Annie Get Your Gun Intro with Susan Lucci Documentary2000

Intimate Portrait Poster

Intimate Portrait TV Series1993

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend Poster

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend Documentary1986

That's Entertainment, Part II Poster

That's Entertainment, Part II Documentary1976

Forever, Darling Poster

Forever, Darling Feature Film1956

High Society Poster

High Society Feature Film1956

Blackboard Jungle Poster

Blackboard Jungle Feature Film1955

The Prodigal Poster

The Prodigal Feature Film1955

When the Talkies Were Young Poster

When the Talkies Were Young Short Film1955

Athena Feature Film1954

Betrayed Poster

Betrayed Feature Film1954

Executive Suite Poster

Executive Suite Feature Film1954

Men of the Fighting Lady Poster

Men of the Fighting Lady Feature Film1954

Rhapsody Poster

Rhapsody Feature Film1954

The Student Prince Poster

The Student Prince Feature Film1954

Confidentially Connie Poster

Confidentially Connie Feature Film1953

Julius Caesar Poster

Julius Caesar Feature Film1953

Latin Lovers Poster

Latin Lovers Feature Film1953

Main Street to Broadway Poster

Main Street to Broadway Feature Film1953

Place the Face TV Series1953

Remains to Be Seen Poster

Remains to Be Seen Feature Film1953

Invitation Poster

Invitation Feature Film1952

The Bad and the Beautiful Poster

The Bad and the Beautiful Feature Film1952

The Prisoner of Zenda Poster

The Prisoner of Zenda Feature Film1952

Washington Story Poster

Washington Story Feature Film1952

We're Not Married! Poster

We're Not Married! Feature Film1952

A Letter from a Soldier Short Film1951

It's a Big Country: An American Anthology Poster

It's a Big Country: An American Anthology Feature Film1951

The Man with a Cloak Poster

The Man with a Cloak Feature Film1951

The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story Poster

The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story Documentary1951

A Life of Her Own Poster

A Life of Her Own Feature Film1950

Annie Get Your Gun Poster

Annie Get Your Gun Feature Film1950

Devil's Doorway Poster

Devil's Doorway Feature Film1950

Nancy Goes to Rio Poster

Nancy Goes to Rio Feature Film1950

The Asphalt Jungle Poster

The Asphalt Jungle Feature Film1950

The Magnificent Yankee Poster

The Magnificent Yankee Feature Film1950

Two Weeks with Love Poster

Two Weeks with Love Feature Film1950

The Red Danube Poster

The Red Danube Feature Film1949

The Red Pony Poster

The Red Pony Feature Film1949

Arch of Triumph Poster

Arch of Triumph Feature Film1948

The Ed Sullivan Show Poster

The Ed Sullivan Show TV Series1948

Tonight on Broadway Poster

Tonight on Broadway TV Series1948

Notorious Poster

Notorious Feature Film1946

The Bridge of San Luis Rey Poster

The Bridge of San Luis Rey Feature Film1944

Up in Arms Poster

Up in Arms Feature Film1944

Heaven Can Wait Poster

Heaven Can Wait Feature Film1943

Nobody's Darling Poster

Nobody's Darling Feature Film1943

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet Poster

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet Feature Film1940

I Take This Woman Poster

I Take This Woman Feature Film1940

Charlie McCarthy, Detective Poster

Charlie McCarthy, Detective Feature Film1939

Fifth Avenue Girl Poster

Fifth Avenue Girl Feature Film1939

Juarez Feature Film1939

Fast Company Poster

Fast Company Feature Film1938

Her Husband Lies Poster

Her Husband Lies Feature Film1937

The Life of Emile Zola Poster

The Life of Emile Zola Feature Film1937

The Gorgeous Hussy Poster

The Gorgeous Hussy Feature Film1936

The Arizonian Poster

The Arizonian Feature Film1935

The Last Days of Pompeii Poster

The Last Days of Pompeii Feature Film1935

Woman Wanted Poster

Woman Wanted Feature Film1935

Sweet Adeline Poster

Sweet Adeline Feature Film1934

The Affairs of Cellini Poster

The Affairs of Cellini Feature Film1934

The Count of Monte Cristo Poster

The Count of Monte Cristo Feature Film1934

The Man with Two Faces Poster

The Man with Two Faces Feature Film1934

Diplomaniacs Poster

Diplomaniacs Feature Film1933

Duck Soup Poster

Duck Soup Feature Film1933

Strictly Personal Poster

Strictly Personal Feature Film1933

The Woman Accused Poster

The Woman Accused Feature Film1933

The World Gone Mad Poster

The World Gone Mad Feature Film1933

20, 000 Years in Sing Sing Poster

20, 000 Years in Sing Sing Feature Film1932

Afraid to Talk Poster

Afraid to Talk Feature Film1932

Frisco Jenny Poster

Frisco Jenny Feature Film1932

Night After Night Poster

Night After Night Feature Film1932

Okay America! Poster

Okay America! Feature Film1932

They Call It Sin Poster

They Call It Sin Feature Film1932

Blonde Crazy Poster

Blonde Crazy Feature Film1931

Stolen Heaven Poster

Stolen Heaven Feature Film1931

The Road to Singapore Poster

The Road to Singapore Feature Film1931

The Last Moment Poster

The Last Moment Feature Film1923

Woman, Wake Up Poster

Woman, Wake Up Feature Film1922

The Blot Poster

The Blot Feature Film1921

Too Wise Wives Poster

Too Wise Wives Feature Film1921

What's Worth While? Poster

What's Worth While? Feature Film1921

Other Crew

1

The Band Wagon Poster

The Band Wagon Feature Film1953

Featured Celebrity Photos

Kylie Jenner for Khy Swimwear Photoshoot (2026)

Charli XCX - Performance at Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London on July 11, 2024

Olivia Dunne attends the 2024 ESPY Awards at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on July 11, 2024

Eugenie Bouchard attends the 2024 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles

Chloe Meadows Attends Deadpool & Wolverine UK Sneak Peek Event in London, July 11, 2024

Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum featured in People Magazine July 2024

Bella Thorne for Illicit Elixirs Campaign 2024

Scarlett Johansson at 'Fly Me to the Moon' Press Event in Madrid

Natalie Portman attends premiere of "Lady in the Lake" in New York

Taylor Morland attends VIP Screening and Party for Twisters in Los Angeles on 9 July 2024

Sydney Sweeney Spotted in Paris on July 11, 2024

Caylee Cowan attends ResortPass Summer Event in West Hollywood on July 10, 2024

Scarlett Johansson attends "Fly Me To The Moon" Premiere in Berlin, Germany on July 10, 2024

Ashley Graham spotted at an Ulta Beauty Store in Manhattan

Ruby Rose Turner at the premiere of Descendants: The Rise Of Red in Burbank on July 10, 2024

Madison Pettis attends Michael Rubin's event in East Hampton, New York

Alexandra Daddario featured in Vogue Magazine July 2024

Joey King spotted during a press day in New York City

Joey King on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" in New York

Ellie Goulding attends the Tamara Ralph show during Paris Fashion Week

Julianne Hough Enjoys Dinner with Friends at Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica on July 9, 2024

Kathryn Newton at Wimbledon Tennis Championships

Olivia Ponton at The Surf Lodge with Alesso in Montauk, New York

Maria Sharapova Commemorates 20th Anniversary of First Wimbledon Victory in London

Lourdes Leon walks the runway for Marc Jacobs Fall 2024 at New York Public Library in NYC

Scarlett Johansson hosts "Fly Me to the Moon" after-party in New York City

Alessandra Ambrosio enjoys a day at the beach in Ibiza

Emma Roberts makes an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live in Los Angeles

Bailee Madison attends advance screening of "Pretty Little Liars: Summer School" in Burbank

Glamorous Kate Upton in the Big Apple

Oops!

Sign up for free

Company

About Us
Contact Us
Send feedback

Contribute

Add Movie
Add TV Show

Legal

Terms
Privacy

© 2024 Gawby.com

Send feedback to Gawby.com

Describe your issue or suggestion