Louis Calhern

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Birth Name: Carl Henry Vogt

Born: 19 February 1895 Died: 12 May 1956

Country of origin: United States

Height: 6' 4"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Natalie Schafer

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Oscar Acting Nominees: 1950s (55 items)
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Description: He became a matinee idol by virtue of a play titled Cobra, and soon began to act in films. He started working in silent films for director Lois Weber in the early 1920s; the most notable being The Blot in 1921. In 1923 he left film, but would come back eight years later; a little while after movies started talking; primarily cast as a character actor in Hollywood (Ambassador Trentino in the Marx Brothers movie Duck Soup), while he continued to play leading roles on stage. He reached his peak in the 1950s as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player. Among his most memorable roles were three that he played in 1950: a singing one as B ... (more)