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
1957
- Man of a Thousand Faces as Clarence Kolb
1956
- Shake, Rattle and Rock! as Judge McCombs
1952
- My Little Margie
- The Rose Bowl Story as Gramps Burke
1949
- Adam's Rib as Judge Reiser
- Impact as Darcy
1947
- Fun on a Weekend as Quigley Quackenbush
- Blondie in the Dough as J.T. Thorp
- Christmas Eve as Judge Alston
- The Pilgrim Lady as Prof. Rankin
- Lost Honeymoon as Mr. Evans
- The Fabulous Joe as Cornelius Belmont, II
1946
- The Kid from Brooklyn as Mr. Austin
- White Tie and Tails as Mr. Arkwright
1945
- What a Blonde as Charles DaFoe
- Road to Alcatraz as Philip Angreet
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)
- The Falcon in Danger as Stanley Harris Palmer
- True to Life as Mr. Huggins
1942
- True to the Army as Gen. Marlowe
1941
- Hellzapoppin' as Andrew Rand
- Nothing but the Truth as Mr. Van Dusen
- Blossoms in the Dust as Senator
- Caught in the Draft as Col. Peter Fairbanks
- The Night of January 16th as Tilton
- You're in the Army Now as General Winthrop
- Bedtime Story as Collins
1940
- His Girl Friday as Mayor
- No Time for Comedy as Richard Benson
- Five Little Peppers at Home as J.H. King
- The Man Who Talked Too Much as E.A. Smith
- Michael Shayne: Private Detective as Hiram P. Brighton
- Tugboat Annie Sails Again as J.B. Armstrong
1939
- Our Leading Citizen as Jim Hanna
- Beware Spooks! as Lester Lewis
- Good Girls Go to Paris as Ted Dayton Sr.
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Captain McGovern
- Five Little Peppers And How They Grew as J.H. King
- I Was a Convict as John B. Harrison
- It Could Happen to You as Alfred Wiman
- Honolulu as Mr. Horace Grayson
- Society Lawyer as Mr. Leonard
1938
- Gold Is Where You Find It as Senator Walsh
- The Law West of Tombstone as Samuel 'Sam' Kent
- Give Me a Sailor as Captain Tallant
- Merrily We Live as Henry Kilbourne
- Carefree as Judge Travers
1937
- The Toast of New York as Cornelius Vanderbilt
- Wells Fargo as John Butterfield
- 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