Louis Calhern

Louis Calhern

American stage and screen actor (1895-1956)

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.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 21 films (1931–1955) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 7 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1931 Stolen Heaven George Abbott
1931 THE ROAD TO SINGAPORE. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 7 reels
1932 AFRAID TO TALK. Universal Pictures Corp. 8 reels B&W
1932 OKAY AMERICA. Universal Pictures Corp. 8 reels
1933 FRISCO JENNY. First National Pictures Inc. 8 reels
1933 THE WOMAN ACCUSED. Paramount Productions Inc. 8 reels B&W
1935 THE ARIZONIAN. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 8 reels
1943 Nobody's Darling. Anthony Mann 8 reels
1946 Notorious Audio Brandon 1:02 16mm B&W sound
1950 Annie Get Your Gun. Loew's Inc. 107 min 35mm Color sound
1950 Devil’s Doorway. Loew's Inc. 84 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 The Asphalt Jungle. Loew's Inc. 112 min 35mm B&W sound
1950 The Magnificent Yankee. Loew's Inc. 89 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 Two Weeks With Love. Loew's Inc. 92 min. 35mm Color sound
1952 We’re Not Married. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 85 min. 35mm B&W sound
1953 Confidentially Connie. Loew’s Incorporated 71 min. 35mm B&W sound
1953 Remains To Be Seen. Loew’s Incorporated 89 min. 35mm B&W sound
1954 Executive Suite. Loew’s Incorporated 103 min 35mm B&W sound
1954 The student prince. Loew’s Incorporated 106 min 35mm Color sound
1955 Blackboard Jungle. Loew’s Incorporated 100 min 35mm B&W sound
1955 The Prodigal Richard Thorpe