Louis Calhern: Louis Calhern. Actor: Duck Soup. Tall, distinguished, aristocratic Louis Calhern seemed to be the poster boy for old-money, upper-crust urban society, but he was actually born Carl Vogt, to middle-class parents in New York City. His family moved to St. Louis when he was a child, and it was while playing football in high school there that he was spotted by a representative of a touring acting troupe and hired...
Known For: Duck Soup (Ambassador Trentino), Notorious (Paul Prescott), The Asphalt Jungle (Alonzo D. Emmerich), High Society (Uncle Willie)