Editing Louis Calhern (section)

{{short description|American actor (1895–1956)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name           = Louis Calhern
| image          = Louis Calhern 1946.JPG
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| caption        = Calhern in 1946
| birth_name     = Carl Henry Vogt
| birth_date     = {{Birth date|1895|02|19|mf=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Brooklyn]], New York, U.S.
| death_date     = {{Death date and age|1956|05|12|1895|02|19|mf=yes}}
| death_place    = [[Nara, Nara]], Japan
| resting_place  = [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]]
| occupation     = Actor
| years_active   = 1921&ndash;1956
| spouse         = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Ilka Chase]]|1926|1927|end=div}}
* {{marriage|[[Julia Hoyt]]|1927|1932|end=div}}
* {{marriage|[[Natalie Schafer]]|1933|1942|end=div}}
* {{marriage|[[Marianne Stewart]]|1946|1955|end=div}}
}}
}}

'''Carl Henry Vogt''' (February 19, 1895 &ndash; May 12, 1956), known by his [[stage name]] '''Louis Calhern''', was an American actor.<ref>Obituary ''[[Variety Obituaries|Variety]]'', May 16, 1956.</ref> Described as a “star leading man of the theater and a star character actor of the screen,”<ref name=golden>{{cite web|url=https://filmsofthegoldenage.com/current_issue/louis-calhern-distinguished-gentleman/article_584e0d9c-1157-563e-b91e-e2a57c25e008.html|title=Louis Calhern: Distinguished Gentleman|work=Films of the Golden Age|date=5 November 2011|last=Dennis|first=Ken|access-date=5 September 2024}}</ref> he appeared in over 100 roles on the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] stage and in films and television, between 1923 and 1956. He was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Academy Award]] and the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama|Golden Globe Award]] for Best Actor for portraying U.S. Supreme Court Justice [[Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.|Oliver Wendell Holmes]] in the 1950 film ''[[The Magnificent Yankee (1950 film)|The Magnificent Yankee]]''. 

Often cast in films as distinguished and sophisticated characters,<ref name="golden" /> Calhern's other notable film roles included the scheming Ambassador Trentino in the classic [[Marx Brothers]] comedy ''[[Duck Soup (1933 film)|Duck Soup]]'' (1933), the antagonist to [[Robert Donat]]'s [[Edmond Dantès]] in ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (1934 film)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' (1934), the head of the [[US Secret Service]] in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s [[Notorious (1946 film)|''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 (film)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' (1950), and the [[Julius Caesar|title character]] in [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]] all-star [[William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar|1953 film adaptation]] of Julius Caesar. He won a Special Jury Prize at the [[15th Venice International Film Festival]] for his performance in ''[[Executive Suite]]'' (1954).