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Louis Calhern

Highest Rated: 100% Devil's Doorway (1950)

Lowest Rated: 57% The Student Prince (1954)

Birthday: Feb 19, 1895

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

In silent films as a young man but best remembered for his elderly roles of the 1950s, notably as the lead in "Julius Caesar" (1953) and as Oliver Wendell Holmes in John Sturges's "The Magnificent Yankee" (1950). Married to actresses Ilka Chase, Julia Hoyt, Natalie Schaefer and Marianne Stewart.

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Highest rated movies

100% 65% Devil's Doorway
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100% 46% The Blot
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100% 67% Annie Get Your Gun
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100% 75% Executive Suite
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98% 87% The Asphalt Jungle
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96% 81% Julius Caesar
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96% 91% Notorious
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92% 74% The Life of Emile Zola
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91% 91% Duck Soup
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89% 75% Heaven Can Wait
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Filmography

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No Score Yet 48% Forever Darling Charles Y. Bewell (Character) - 1956
84% 82% High Society Uncle Willie (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 36% The Prodigal Nahreeb (Character) - 1955
74% 78% Blackboard Jungle Jim Murdock (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 44% Men of the Fighting Lady James A. Michener (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 60% Rhapsody Nicholas Durant (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 52% Betrayed Gen. Ten Eyck (Character) - 1954
100% 75% Executive Suite George Nyle Caswell (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 23% Athena Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain (Character) - 1954
57% 75% The Student Prince King of Karlsberg (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Confidentially Connie Opie Bedloe (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 33% Latin Lovers Grandfather Eduardo Santos (Character) - 1953
96% 81% Julius Caesar Julius Caesar (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Remains to Be Seen Benjamin Goodman (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 53% Invitation Simon Bowker (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 63% The Prisoner of Zenda Col. Zapt (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 57% Washington Story Charles W. Birch (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 45% The Man With a Cloak Charles Theverner (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 68% A Life of Her Own Jim Leversoe (Character) - 1950
100% 65% Devil's Doorway Verne Coolan (Character) - 1950
83% 53% The Magnificent Yankee Oliver Wendell Holmes (Character) - 1950
98% 87% The Asphalt Jungle Alonzo D. Emmerich (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 44% Nancy Goes to Rio Gregory Elliott (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 76% Two Weeks With Love Horatio Robinson (Character) - 1950
100% 67% Annie Get Your Gun Col. Buffalo Bill Cody (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 66% The Red Danube Colonel Piniev (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 48% The Red Pony Grandfather (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 53% Arch of Triumph "Col." Boris Morosov (Character) - 1948
96% 91% Notorious Captain Paul Prescott (Character) - 1946
80% 73% Up in Arms Colonel Ashley (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 20% The Bridge of San Luis Rey Don Andre (Character) - 1944
89% 75% Heaven Can Wait Randolph Van Cleve (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 22% I Take This Woman Dr. Martin Sumner Duveen (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 71% Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet Dr. Brockdorf (Character) - 1940
71% 49% Juarez LeMarc (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fast Company Elias Z. "Eli" Bannerman (Character) - 1938
92% 74% The Life of Emile Zola Major Dort (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Her Husband Lies Joe Sorrell (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 31% The Gorgeous Hussy Sunderland (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 39% The Last Days of Pompeii Prefect (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 57% Woman Wanted Smiley Gordon (Character) - 1935
80% 22% The Affairs of Cellini Ottaviano (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet 33% The Man With Two Faces Stanley Vance (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet 43% Sweet Adeline Maj. Jim Day (Character) - 1934
88% 77% The Count of Monte Cristo De Villefort Jr. (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet 56% Frisco Jenny Steve Dutton (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 60% 20,000 Years in Sing Sing Joe Finn (Character) - 1933
91% 91% Duck Soup Ambassador Trentino of Sylvania (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 60% They Call It Sin Ford Humphries (Character) - 1932
83% 47% Night After Night Dick Bolton (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Okay, America! Mileaway Russell (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Afraid to Talk Asst. District Attorney John Wade (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 73% Blonde Crazy Dapper Dan Barker (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stolen Heaven Steve Perry (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet Too Wise Wives Mr. David Graham (Character) - 1921
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's Worth While? "Squire" Elton (Character) - 1921
100% 46% The Blot Phil West (Character) - 1921