Clarence Kolb
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 30, 1874
- Died
- November 25, 1964
- Birthplace
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
Filmography
Man of a Thousand Faces 1957
as Clarence Kolb, Technical Advisor
Shake, Rattle and Rock! 1956
as Judge McCombs
The Rose Bowl Story 1952
as Gramps Burke
Adam's Rib 1949
as Judge Reiser
Impact 1949
as Darcy
Christmas Eve 1947
as Judge Alston
Blondie in the Dough 1947
as J.T. Thorp
The Fabulous Joe 1947
as Cornelius Belmont, II
Fun on a Weekend 1947
as Quigley Quackenbush
Lost Honeymoon 1947
as Mr. Evans
The Pilgrim Lady 1947
as Prof. Rankin
White Tie and Tails 1946
as Mr. Arkwright
The Kid from Brooklyn 1946
as Mr. Austin
Road to Alcatraz 1945
as Philip Angreet
What a Blonde 1945
as Charles DaFoe
3 Is a Family 1944
as Mr. Steele
Something for the Boys 1944
as Colonel Grubbs (uncredited)
Irish Eyes Are Smiling 1944
as Leo Betz
Standing Room Only 1944
as Glen Ritchie
True to Life 1943
as Mr. Huggins
The Falcon in Danger 1943
as Stanley Harris Palmer
The Sky's the Limit 1943
as Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited)
True to the Army 1942
as Gen. Marlowe
Hellzapoppin' 1941
as Andrew Rand
You're in the Army Now 1941
as General Winthrop
Bedtime Story 1941
as Collins
The Night of January 16th 1941
as Tilton
Nothing but the Truth 1941
as Mr. Van Dusen
Blossoms in the Dust 1941
as Senator
Caught in the Draft 1941
as Col. Peter Fairbanks
Michael Shayne: Private Detective 1940
as Hiram P. Brighton
Tugboat Annie Sails Again 1940
as J.B. Armstrong
No Time for Comedy 1940
as Richard Benson
The Man Who Talked Too Much 1940
as E.A. Smith
Five Little Peppers at Home 1940
as J.H. King
His Girl Friday 1940
as Mayor
The Amazing Mr. Williams 1939
as Captain McGovern
Beware Spooks! 1939
as Lester Lewis
Our Leading Citizen 1939
as Jim Hanna
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew 1939
as J.H. King
Good Girls Go to Paris 1939
as Ted Dayton Sr.
It Could Happen to You 1939
as Alfred Wiman
Society Lawyer 1939
as Mr. Leonard
- I Was a Convict
I Was a Convict 1939
as John B. Harrison
Honolulu 1939
as Mr. Horace Grayson
The Law West of Tombstone 1938
as Samuel 'Sam' Kent
Carefree 1938
as Judge Travers
Give Me a Sailor 1938
as Captain Tallant
Merrily We Live 1938
as Henry Kilbourne
Gold Is Where You Find It 1938
as Senator Walsh
Wells Fargo 1937
as John Butterfield
Portia on Trial 1937
as John Condon
The Toast of New York 1937
as Cornelius Vanderbilt
Maid of Salem 1937
as Town Crier (Uncredited)
A Girl's Best Years 1936
as Doctor (uncredited)
Fury 1936
as Durkin's Friend (uncredited)
Two Flaming Youths 1927
as Kolb - as Kolb and Dill
Bluff 1916
as Louie
Credits from TMDB.