Henry Kolker
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Henry Kolker (November 13, 1874) [some sources 1870] Berlin, Prussia, Germany – July 15, 1947, Los Angeles, California) was an American stage and film actor and director. Kolker came to America at the age of five and his family settled in Quincy, Illinois. Kolker, like fellow actors Richard Bennett and Robert Warwick, had a substantial stage career behind him before entering silent films. On stage he appeared opposite such leading ladies as Edith Wynne Matthison, Bertha Kalich and Ruth Chatterton. Kolker is best remembered for his motion picture appearances and for appearing with Barbara Stanwyck in the ground-breaking Pre-Code film Baby Face (1933) as the elderly CEO of the company whom Stanwyck's character seduces. Another well remembered part is as Mr. Seton, father of Katharine Hepburn and Lew Ayres in the 1938 film Holiday directed by George Cukor. Kolker entered films as an actor in 1915 and eventually ended up trying his hand at directing. Kolker's best known directorial effort is Disraeli (1921), starring George Arliss which is now a lost film with only one reel remaining. Prints however exist in Europe and Russia.
Known For
Credits
- 1944 · Bluebeard as Deschamps
- 1943 · Sarong Girl as Jefferson Baxter
- 1942 · Reunion in France as General Bartholomew (uncredited)
- 1941 · Sing for Your Supper as Myron T. Hayworth
- 1941 · The Parson of Panamint as Judge Arnold Mason
- 1941 · A Woman's Face as Judge
- 1941 · The Great Swindle as Stewart Cordell
- 1941 · Las Vegas Nights as William Stevens Sr.
- 1941 · The Man Who Lost Himself as T.J. Mulhausen
- 1940 · Money and the Woman as Mr. Rollins
- 1940 · Grand Ole Opry as William C. Scully
- 1939 · Main Street Lawyer as Donnelly, District Attorney
- 1939 · The Real Glory as The General
- 1939 · Here I Am a Stranger as R.J. Bennett
- 1939 · Parents on Trial as James Wesley
- 1939 · Hidden Power as Weston
- 1939 · These Glamour Girls as Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited)
- 1939 · Union Pacific as Asa M. Barrows
- 1939 · Let Us Live as Chief of Police
- 1938 · The Cowboy and the Lady as Horace Smith
- 1938 · Too Hot to Handle as Pearly Todd
- 1938 · Marie Antoinette as Court Aide (uncredited)
- 1938 · Safety in Numbers as Dr. Lawrence Edmonds
- 1938 · Holiday as Edward Seton
- 1938 · The Adventures of Marco Polo as Nicolo Polo
- 1938 · Love Is a Headache as Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited)
- 1938 · The Invisible Menace as Col. Hackett
- 1937 · Thoroughbreds Don't Cry as "Doc" Godfrey
- 1937 · The Devil Is Driving as Charles Stevens
- 1937 · Let Them Live as Judge Lederer
- 1937 · Green Light as Dr. Lane
- 1937 · Maid of Salem as Crown Chief Justice Laughton
- 1937 · They Wanted to Marry as Mr. Hunter
- 1937 · Once a Doctor as Bruce Nordland
- 1937 · Under Cover of Night as District Attorney Pritchard
- 1936 · Great Guy as Abel Canning
- 1936 · Theodora Goes Wild as Jonathan Grant
- 1936 · The Man Who Lived Twice as Judge Henry Treacher
- 1936 · Sitting on the Moon as Worthington
- 1936 · Romeo and Juliet as Friar Laurence
- 1936 · Bullets or Ballots as Mr. Hollister
- 1936 · My Marriage as Maj. Vaile
- 1936 · Collegiate as Mr. MacGregor
- 1935 · Frisco Waterfront as District Attorney
- 1935 · 3 Kids and a Queen as Crippet
- 1935 · The Last Days of Pompeii as Warder (uncredited)
- 1935 · Shipmates Forever as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1935 · I Live My Life as Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited)
- 1935 · Red Salute as Dean
- 1935 · Diamond Jim as J.C. Randolf - Bank President
- 1935 · Here Comes the Band as Simmon's Attorney
- 1935 · The Black Room as Baron de Berghman
- 1935 · Mad Love as Prefect Rosset
- 1935 · Honeymoon Limited as Mr. Randall
- 1935 · Spring Tonic as Mr. Enix
- 1935 · Go Into Your Dance as Doctor
- 1935 · Reckless as Mr. Gearhart (uncredited)
- 1935 · The Case of the Curious Bride as District Attorney Stacey
- 1935 · The Florentine Dagger as Auctioneer
- 1935 · A Dog of Flanders as Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited)
- 1935 · Times Square Lady as Mr. Fielding
- 1935 · One New York Night as Arthur Carlisle
- 1935 · The Mystery Man as Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas
- 1935 · Red Hot Tires as Martin Sanford
- 1935 · Society Doctor as Dr. Harvey
- 1935 · Charlie Chan in Paris as Paul Lamartine
- 1934 · The Bands Plays On as Professor Hackett
- 1934 · Sing Sing Nights as Kurt Nordon
- 1934 · The Ghost Walks as Dr. Kent
- 1934 · Imitation of Life as Dr. Preston (uncredited)
- 1934 · Love Time as Emperor Francis I
- 1934 · Lady by Choice as Opper
- 1934 · A Lost Lady as John Ormsby
- 1934 · One Exciting Adventure as Customer, Oscar
- 1934 · Million Dollar Ransom as Dr. Davis (Uncredited)
- 1934 · Now and Forever as Mr. Clark
- 1934 · She Loves Me Not as Charles M. Lawton
- 1934 · The Girl from Missouri as Senator Titcombe
- 1934 · Name the Woman as Judge Adams
- 1934 · Blind Date as J.W. Hartwell Sr.
- 1934 · Whom the Gods Destroy as Carlo - the Puppeteer
- 1934 · Let's Try Again as Mr. Blake
- 1934 · The Hell Cat as C.W. Sloane
- 1934 · Black Moon as The Psychiatrist
- 1934 · Let's Talk It Over as Doctor
- 1934 · Wonder Bar as R. H. Renaud
- 1934 · Success at Any Price as Hatfield
- 1934 · Journal of a Crime as Henri Marcher
- 1934 · I've Got Your Number as Lawyer Robert Kirkland
- 1934 · Bedside as Maritza's Manager
- 1933 · Blood Money as Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)
- 1933 · Meet the Baron as Baron Munchausen
- 1933 · The Power and the Glory as Mr. Borden
- 1933 · Gigolettes of Paris as Police Interrogator
- 1933 · I Loved a Woman as Mr. Sanborn
- 1933 · Golden Harvest as Henry Flint
- 1933 · Bureau of Missing Persons as Theodore Arno
- 1933 · Notorious But Nice as Defense Attorney Clark
- 1933 · Baby Face as J.R. Carter
- 1933 · The Narrow Corner as Mr. Blake, Fred's Father
- 1933 · A Bedtime Story as Agent de Police
- 1933 · Hello, Sister! as Jameson Brewster - Bank President
- 1933 · The Keyhole as Schuyler Brooks
- 1932 · Rasputin and the Empress as Chief of Secret Police (uncredited)
- 1932 · Faithless as Mr. Carter
- 1932 · The Crash as John Fair
- 1932 · Devil and the Deep as Hutton
- 1932 · The First Year as Peter Barstow
- 1932 · The Washington Masquerade as Stapleton
- 1932 · Jewel Robbery as Baron Franz Hohenfels
- 1931 · The Yellow Ticket as Passport Clerk
- 1931 · The Unholy Garden as Col. Lautrac
- 1931 · I Like Your Nerve as Areal Pacheco
- 1931 · The Spy as Tchijinski
- 1931 · Indiscreet as Mr. Woodward
- 1931 · Quick Millions as District Attorney (uncredited)
- 1931 · Don't Bet on Women as Butterfield (uncredited)
- 1930 · One Heavenly Night as Prefect of Police
- 1930 · Abraham Lincoln as New Englander (uncredited)
- 1930 · East Is West as Mr. Benson
- 1930 · Du Barry, Woman of Passion as D'Aiguillon
- 1930 · The Way of All Men as Sharp
- 1930 · Good Intentions as Butler
- 1930 · The Bad One as Prosecutor
- 1929 · Love, Live & Laugh as Enrico
- 1929 · The Valiant as Judge
- 1929 · Coquette as Jasper Carter
- 1928 · Don't Marry as General Willoughby
- 1928 · The Beautiful Spy as Viceroy Cisneros
- 1928 · Midnight Rose as Corbin
- 1928 · Soft Living as Rodney S. Bowen
- 1927 · A Kiss in a Taxi as Leon Lambert
- 1926 · Hell's Four Hundred as John Gilmore
- 1926 · The Palace of Pleasure as Don Sebastian, Premier
- 1925 · Sally, Irene and Mary as Marcus Morton
- 1925 · Any Woman as Egbert Phillips
- 1921 · A Man of Stone as (Uncredited)
- 1919 · The Brat as A Dandy
- 1919 · Blackie's Redemption as Fred the Count
- 1918 · The House of Mirth as Lawrence Selden
- 1918 · Social Hypocrites as Dr. Frank Simpson
- 1918 · The Shell Game as Lawrence Gray
- 1916 · Gloria's Romance as Dr. Stephen Royce
- 1915 · How Molly Malone Made Good as Himself