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