Clarence Kolb
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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.
Known for
Credits
His Girl Friday (1940)
as Mayor
Beware Spooks! (1939)
as Lester Lewis
Adam's Rib (1949)
as Judge Reiser
Nothing but the Truth (1941)
as Mr. Van Dusen
Road to Alcatraz (1945)
as Philip Angreet
Fury (1936)
as Durkin's Friend (uncredited)
Merrily We Live (1938)
as Henry Kilbourne
Impact (1949)
as Darcy
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
as Clarence Kolb
No Time for Comedy (1940)
as Richard Benson
Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)
as Leo Betz
Bluff (1916)
as Louie
It Could Happen to You (1939)
as Alfred Wiman
The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
as Mr. Austin
The Toast of New York (1937)
as Cornelius Vanderbilt
Wells Fargo (1937)
as John Butterfield
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
as Andrew Rand
You're in the Army Now (1941)
as General Winthrop
The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
as Captain McGovern
Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1956)
as Judge McCombs
Carefree (1938)
as Judge Travers
Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
as Senator
Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
as Senator Walsh
The Sky's the Limit (1943)
as Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited)
Our Leading Citizen (1939)
as Jim Hanna
Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)
as Ted Dayton Sr.
Give Me a Sailor (1938)
as Captain Tallant
Maid of Salem (1937)
as Town Crier (Uncredited)
The Pilgrim Lady (1947)
as Prof. Rankin
The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)
as E.A. Smith
True to Life (1943)
as Mr. Huggins
Fun on a Weekend (1947)
as Quigley Quackenbush
Honolulu (1939)
as Mr. Horace Grayson
True to the Army (1942)
as Gen. Marlowe
The Law West of Tombstone (1938)
as Samuel 'Sam' Kent
The Night of January 16th (1941)
as Tilton
Society Lawyer (1939)
as Mr. Leonard
Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)
as Hiram P. Brighton
Blondie in the Dough (1947)
as J.T. Thorp
3 Is a Family (1944)
as Mr. Steele
Bedtime Story (1941)
as Collins
Caught in the Draft (1941)
as Col. Peter Fairbanks
The Rose Bowl Story (1952)
as Gramps Burke
Five Little Peppers at Home (1940)
as J.H. King
Standing Room Only (1944)
as Glen Ritchie
White Tie and Tails (1946)
as Mr. Arkwright
The Falcon in Danger (1943)
as Stanley Harris Palmer
Something for the Boys (1944)
as Colonel Grubbs (uncredited)
Portia on Trial (1937)
as John Condon
Christmas Eve (1947)
as Judge Alston
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew (1939)
as J.H. King
The Fabulous Joe (1947)
as Cornelius Belmont, II
A Girl's Best Years (1936)
as Doctor (uncredited)
What a Blonde (1945)
as Charles DaFoe
Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940)
as J.B. Armstrong
Lost Honeymoon (1947)
as Mr. Evans
I Was a Convict (1939)
as John B. Harrison
Two Flaming Youths (1927)
as Kolb - as Kolb and Dill