Clarence Kolb

Born: 1874-07-30 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died: 1964-11-25

Known For: Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Clarence William Kolb (July 31, 1874 – November 25, 1964) was an American vaudeville performer and actor. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the only child of second generation Austrian parents who owned a local meat company. Kolb started out as one half of a vaudeville comedy team, Kolb and Dill, with Max Dill. They styled their act on the famous team of Weber and Fields. In addition to their stage work, they appeared in a series of short films and a feature length movie in 1917. Afterwards, Kolb made a return to vaudeville, and he only returned to the movies in the late 1930s. He became famous for portraying the same type of character in many films, namely a politician or businessman. He is best remembered for his role as the grumpy father in the multi-Academy Awards nominated hit comedy film Merrily We Live (1938), the corrupt mayor in the comedy His Girl Friday (1940), and as Mr. Honeywell in the television sitcom My Little Margie (1952). Kolb played himself in his last movie appearance, Man of a Thousand Faces (1957), opposite Danny Beck (who played the late Max Dill). Clarence Kolb died at age 90 of a stroke at the Orchard Gables Sanitarium in Hollywood. He is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

Filmography

1949

Adam's Rib as Judge Reiser
Impact as Darcy

1947

Christmas Eve as Judge Alston
Fun on a Weekend as Quigley Quackenbush
The Fabulous Joe as Cornelius Belmont, II
Blondie in the Dough as J.T. Thorp
The Pilgrim Lady as Prof. Rankin
Lost Honeymoon as Mr. Evans

1946

The Kid from Brooklyn as Mr. Austin
White Tie and Tails as Mr. Arkwright

1945

Road to Alcatraz as Philip Angreet
What a Blonde as Charles DaFoe

1944

Something for the Boys as Colonel Grubbs (uncredited)
3 Is a Family as Mr. Steele
Irish Eyes Are Smiling as Leo Betz
Standing Room Only as Glen Ritchie

1943

The Sky's the Limit as Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited)
True to Life as Mr. Huggins
The Falcon in Danger as Stanley Harris Palmer

1942

True to the Army as Gen. Marlowe

1941

Nothing but the Truth as Mr. Van Dusen
Blossoms in the Dust as Senator
Hellzapoppin' as Andrew Rand
Caught in the Draft as Col. Peter Fairbanks
Bedtime Story as Collins
The Night of January 16th as Tilton
You're in the Army Now as General Winthrop

1940

His Girl Friday as Mayor
No Time for Comedy as Richard Benson
Michael Shayne: Private Detective as Hiram P. Brighton
Five Little Peppers at Home as J.H. King
The Man Who Talked Too Much as E.A. Smith
Tugboat Annie Sails Again as J.B. Armstrong

1939

Beware Spooks! as Lester Lewis
Society Lawyer as Mr. Leonard
Good Girls Go to Paris as Ted Dayton Sr.
Our Leading Citizen as Jim Hanna
The Amazing Mr. Williams as Captain McGovern
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew as J.H. King
Honolulu as Mr. Horace Grayson
It Could Happen to You as Alfred Wiman
I Was a Convict as John B. Harrison

1938

Carefree as Judge Travers
Merrily We Live as Henry Kilbourne
Gold Is Where You Find It as Senator Walsh
Give Me a Sailor as Captain Tallant
The Law West of Tombstone as Samuel 'Sam' Kent

1937

Wells Fargo as John Butterfield
The Toast of New York as Cornelius Vanderbilt
Maid of Salem as Town Crier (Uncredited)
Portia on Trial as John Condon

1936

Fury as Durkin's Friend (uncredited)
A Girl's Best Years as Doctor (uncredited)

1927

Two Flaming Youths as Kolb - as Kolb and Dill

1916

Bluff as Louie