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