Clarence Wilson
Born: 1876-11-16 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Died: 1941-10-05
Known For: Acting
Biography
Clarence Hummel Wilson (November 17, 1876 – October 5, 1941) was an American character actor. He appeared in nearly 200 movies between 1920 and 1941, mostly in supporting roles as an old miser or grouch. He had notable supporting roles in films like The Front Page (1931), Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), and You Can't Take It With You (1938). Wilson also played in several Our Gang comedies, most notably as Mr. Crutch in Shrimps for a Day and school board chairman Alonzo Pratt in Come Back, Miss Pipps, his final film. Wilson died on October 5, 1941, approximately three weeks before the release of Come Back, Miss Pipps.
Filmography
1976
- It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)
1964
- The Big Parade of Comedy as Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
- Come Back, Miss Pipps as Alonzo K. Pratt (uncredited)
- Road Show as Sheriff (uncredited)
1940
- Little Men as W.L. Reynolds
- Friendly Neighbors as Silas Barton
- Little Old New York as Willie Stout
- We Who Are Young as R. Glassford
- Haunted House as Eph, Service Station Owner
- Millionaire Playboy as Mr. Jamison
- Melody Ranch as Judge Henderson
1939
- Let Us Live as Lunchroom Proprietor (uncredited)
- Son of Frankenstein as Dr. Berger (uncredited)
- Drums Along the Mohawk as Paymaster (uncredited)
- East Side of Heaven as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
- Some Like It Hot as Mr. Ives
- Clown Princes as Landlord
- Desperate Trails as Malenkthy Culp
1938
- You Can't Take It with You as John Blakely
- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as Jake Singer (as Clarence Hummel Wilson)
- In Old Chicago as Lawyer
- The Mad Miss Manton as Norris' Attorney (uncredited)
- Having Wonderful Time as Mr. G.
- Kentucky Moonshine as Attorney
1937
- A Star Is Born as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
- The Emperor's Candlesticks as Stationmaster (uncredited)
- Parnell as Assistant Process Server
- The Westland Case as Charles Frazee
- Man Of The People as Skinny Wilson - Sulker
- The Great Gambini as Doctor
- Two Wise Maids as Twitchell
- Damaged Goods as Dr. N.R. Shryer
- It May Happen to You as Van Buren Sheafor aka Pop (uncredited)
- Small Town Boy as Curtis French
1936
- Paddy O'Day as Lawyer Brewster
- Love Begins at Twenty as Jonathan Ramp
- Wedding Present as Simmons
- Hats Off as C.D. Pottingham
- On the Wrong Trek as Mr. Wilson (car owner)
- Sutter's Gold as Streetcar Owner
- The Case of the Black Cat as Mr. Shuster
- Little Miss Nobody as Herman Slade
- Educating Father as Jess Boynton
1935
- Mad Love as Piano Creditor (Uncredited)
- The Rainmakers as Dennis P. Hogan
- It's in the Air as Amos Whipple
- I Dream Too Much as The Lawyer (uncredited)
- Ruggles of Red Gap as Jake Henshaw
- The Tin Man as Mad Scientist
- Waterfront Lady as Truant Officer
- A Dog of Flanders as Antoine - Official with Court Order (uncredited)
- Navy Wife as Bridge Player
- The Winning Ticket as Dolan - Pool Hall Proprietor
- Champagne for Breakfast as Raeburn
- One Frightened Night as Mr. Felix
- Public Ghost # 1 as E. H. Compton
- Little Sinner as Property Owner
- When a Man's a Man as Garvey, Gambert's Lawyer
- The Great Hotel Murder as Girando
- Nurse to You! as Mr. Wilson
1934
- Operator 13 as Josiah Claybourne (uncredited)
- The Count of Monte Cristo as Fouquet
- Imitation of Life as Mr. Bristol, Landlord (uncredited)
- Kentucky Kernels as Mr. Peck, Lawyer (uncredited)
- I'll Fix It as John Stevens
- Half a Sinner as Collector
- Now I'll Tell as Joe Davis
- Forsaking All Others as Hotel Manager (Uncredited)
- Bachelor Bait as Clement Graftsman
- Unknown Blonde as Max Keibel
- Gridiron Flash as Hunsacker
- Beyond the Law as Talbot
- Shrimps for a Day as Mr. Crutch
- A Successful Failure as H.T. Flintly
- Wake Up and Dream as Hildebrand
- I Like it That Way as The Professor (as Clarence Hummel Wilson)
1933
- The Son of Kong as Hilda's Father (uncredited)
- Lady Killer as Lawyer (uncredited)
- Pick-up as Sam Foster
- The Girl in 419 as Walter C. Horton
- King for a Night as Mr. Whistler
- The Keyhole as J. Weems - Acme Detective Agency Head (uncredited)
- Terror Aboard as Ship's Doctor
- The Mysterious Rider as Gentry, the Barber
- Storm at Daybreak as Capt. Durosch (uncredited)
- A Shriek in the Night as Perkins
- Tillie and Gus as Phineas Pratt
- Bondage as Dr. I. M. Harper (uncredited)
- Day of Reckoning as Bail Bondsman
- Smoke Lightning as Deputy Jake Tully
1932
- 20,000 Years in Sing Sing as Finn's Lawyer Morris (uncredited)
- Love Me Tonight as Shirtmaker (uncredited)
- The Penguin Pool Murder as Bertrand B. Hemingway
- Rasputin and the Empress as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Under Eighteen as A.J. Dietrich, Attorney (uncredited)
- Jewel Robbery as Prefect of Police
- The All-American as Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
- The Beast of the City as Coroner (uncredited)
- Amateur Daddy as William J. 'Bill' Hansen
- The Purchase Price as Justice of the Peace Elmer (uncredited)
- The Famous Ferguson Case as County Attorney
- The Wet Parade as Charles Evan Hughes Campaigner (uncredited)
- Winner Take All as Ben Isaacs
- The Phantom of Crestwood as Apartment House Manager (uncredited)
- Flaming Guns as J.P. Mulford
- Down To Earth as Ed Eggers
- The Sport Parade as Toastmaster
- Young Ironsides as J. Caldwall Evans
1931
- The Front Page as Sheriff Hartman
- The Sea Ghost as Henry Sykes
- Ladies' Man as Jeweler
- Flying High as Lunch Counter Manager (uncredited)
- Wicked as Juryman
- Her Majesty, Love as Uncle Cornelius
- Sweepstakes as Emory
- Night Life in Reno as Adrian Garrett
1930
- Officer O'Brien as Patello's Attorney
- Paid as Max Hardy (uncredited)
- Strictly Unconventional as George - Ted's Valet
- Love in the Rough as Brown
- Dangerous Paradise as Zangiacomo
1929
- Woman Trap as Detective Captain (as Wilson Hummell)
- Big News as Coroner
1928
- A Girl in Every Port as Bartender in Marseille (uncredited)
- The Phantom of the Turf as The Lawyer
1927
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans as Money Lender (uncredited)
- Uncle Tom's Cabin as Bidder at Eliza's Auction (uncredited)
- Ladies Must Dress as Office Manager
- The Silent Avenger as Dave Wade
- Mountains of Manhattan as Jim Tully
1926
- What Price Glory
- Young April as Flower vendor (uncredited)
1924
- Little Robinson Crusoe as 'Singapore' Scroggs
1923
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
- The Last Hour as Quales
- The Dangerous Maid as Jewars (Jeffreys' secretary)
- Soft Boiled as The Reformer
1922
- Honor First as Tricot (the Apache) (as Wilson Hummel)
- Youth Must Have Love as Austin Hibbard
- The Glory of Clementina as Vandemeer
1921
- Cinderella of the Hills as Peter Poff
- Oliver Twist, Jr. as Fagin
- The First Born as Kury Lar (as Wilson Hummel)
- While the Devil Laughs as Joe Franklin
- Queenie as Simon Pepper / Abner Quigley
- Big Town Ideas as Chef
- The Tomboy as The Police Force
1920
- The Penalty as A Crook (uncredited)
- The Little Grey Mouse as Henry Lealon
- The Land of Jazz