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Louis Calhern

1895 - 1956

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Carl Henry Vogt (February 19, 1895 – May 12, 1956), known by his stage name Louis Calhern, was an American actor. Described 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. Often cast in films as distinguished and sophisticated characters, Calhern's other notable film roles included the scheming Ambassador Trentino in the classic Marx Brothers comedy Duck Soup (1933), the antagonist to Robert Donat's Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), the head of the US Secret Service in Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946), the pivotal villain Alonzo Emmerich in John Huston’s film noir The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Buffalo Bill in the musical Annie Get Your Gun (1950), and the title character in Joseph L. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Calhern is the 4,336th most popular actor (up from 4,348th in 2024), the 6,903rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,374th in 2019) and the 1,993rd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Louis Calhern ranks 4,336 out of 13,578. Before him are Paprika Steen, Michael Cudlitz, Tura Satana, Fred Gwynne, Beatriz Segall, and Giorgia Moll. After him are Chad Michael Murray, Fernando Lamas, Seann William Scott, Eddie Cantor, Klausjürgen Wussow, and Brie Larson.

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Among people born in 1895, Louis Calhern ranks 220. Before him are Ernest Labrousse, Ngaio Marsh, Brian Horrocks, Carl Westergren, Gerald Patterson, and Manuel Alonso Areizaga. After him are Henry Gunther, Luigi Cevenini, Jan Burgers, Andreo Cseh, Ben Sharpsteen, and Ion Barbu. Among people deceased in 1956, Louis Calhern ranks 159. Before him are María Teresa Ferrari, Guido Boni, Grigory Shajn, Teresa Feoderovna Ries, Henry Nicholas Ridley, and Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos. After him are Albert Kluyver, George Bancroft, Juan José de Amézaga, René Bougnol, César Espinoza, and Max Beerbohm.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis Calhern ranks 6,905 out of 20,380. Before him are Bobby Helms (1933), Stan Hansen (1949), Michael Cudlitz (1964), Fred Gwynne (1926), Bill Richardson (1947), and Bill Medley (1940). After him are José Graziano da Silva (1949), Jane Colden (1724), Chad Michael Murray (1981), Seann William Scott (1976), Bill Vukovich (1918), and Eddie Cantor (1892).

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Among actors born in United States, Louis Calhern ranks 1,994. Before him are Josh Radnor (1974), Jonah Hill (1983), Jessica Harper (1949), John Slattery (1962), Michael Cudlitz (1964), and Fred Gwynne (1926). After him are Chad Michael Murray (1981), Seann William Scott (1976), Eddie Cantor (1892), Brie Larson (1989), Zooey Deschanel (1980), and Joe Spano (1946).

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