Henry Kolker
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 12, 1874
- Died
- July 15, 1947
- Birthplace
- Berlin, Germany
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.
Filmography
Bluebeard 1944
as Deschamps
Sarong Girl 1943
as Jefferson Baxter
Reunion in France 1942
as General Bartholomew (uncredited)
Sing for Your Supper 1941
as Myron T. Hayworth
The Parson of Panamint 1941
as Judge Arnold Mason
A Woman's Face 1941
as Judge
The Great Swindle 1941
as Stewart Cordell
Las Vegas Nights 1941
as William Stevens Sr.
The Man Who Lost Himself 1941
as T.J. Mulhausen
Money and the Woman 1940
as Mr. Rollins
Grand Ole Opry 1940
as William C. Scully
Main Street Lawyer 1939
as Donnelly, District Attorney
The Real Glory 1939
as The General
Here I Am a Stranger 1939
as R.J. Bennett
Parents on Trial 1939
as James Wesley
Hidden Power 1939
as Weston
These Glamour Girls 1939
as Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited)
Union Pacific 1939
as Asa M. Barrows
Let Us Live 1939
as Chief of Police
The Cowboy and the Lady 1938
as Horace Smith
Too Hot to Handle 1938
as Pearly Todd
Marie Antoinette 1938
as Court Aide (uncredited)
Safety in Numbers 1938
as Dr. Lawrence Edmonds
Holiday 1938
as Edward Seton
The Adventures of Marco Polo 1938
as Nicolo Polo
Love Is a Headache 1938
as Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited)
The Invisible Menace 1938
as Col. Hackett
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry 1937
as "Doc" Godfrey
The Devil Is Driving 1937
as Charles Stevens
Let Them Live 1937
as Judge Lederer
Green Light 1937
as Dr. Lane
Maid of Salem 1937
as Crown Chief Justice Laughton
They Wanted to Marry 1937
as Mr. Hunter
Once a Doctor 1937
as Bruce Nordland
Under Cover of Night 1937
as District Attorney Pritchard
Great Guy 1936
as Abel Canning
Theodora Goes Wild 1936
as Jonathan Grant
The Man Who Lived Twice 1936
as Judge Treacher
Sitting on the Moon 1936
as Worthington
Romeo and Juliet 1936
as Friar Laurence
Bullets or Ballots 1936
as Mr. Hollister
My Marriage 1936
as Maj. Vaile
Collegiate 1935
as Mr. MacGregor
Frisco Waterfront 1935
as District Attorney
3 Kids and a Queen 1935
as Crippet
The Last Days of Pompeii 1935
as Warder (uncredited)
Shipmates Forever 1935
as Doctor (uncredited)
I Live My Life 1935
as Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited)
Red Salute 1935
as Dean
Diamond Jim 1935
as J.C. Randolf - Bank President
Here Comes the Band 1935
as Simmon's Attorney
The Black Room 1935
as Baron de Berghman
Mad Love 1935
as Prefect Rosset
Honeymoon Limited 1935
as Mr. Randall
Spring Tonic 1935
as Mr. Enix
Go Into Your Dance 1935
as Doctor
Reckless 1935
as Mr. Gearhart (uncredited)
The Case of the Curious Bride 1935
as District Attorney Stacey
The Florentine Dagger 1935
as Auctioneer
A Dog of Flanders 1935
as Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited)
Times Square Lady 1935
as Mr. Fielding
One New York Night 1935
as Arthur Carlisle
The Mystery Man 1935
as Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas
Red Hot Tires 1935
as Martin Sanford
Society Doctor 1935
as Dr. Harvey
Charlie Chan in Paris 1935
as Paul Lamartine
The Band Plays On 1934
as Professor Hackett
Sing Sing Nights 1934
as Kurt Nordon
The Ghost Walks 1934
as Dr. Kent
Imitation of Life 1934
as Dr. Preston (uncredited)
Love Time 1934
as Emperor Francis I
Lady by Choice 1934
as Opper
A Lost Lady 1934
as John Ormsby
Million Dollar Ransom 1934
as Dr. Davis (Uncredited)
One Exciting Adventure 1934
as Customer, Oscar
Now and Forever 1934
as Mr. Clark
She Loves Me Not 1934
as Charles M. Lawton
The Girl from Missouri 1934
as Senator Titcombe
Name the Woman 1934
as Judge Adams
Blind Date 1934
as J.W. Hartwell Sr.
Whom the Gods Destroy 1934
as Carlo - the Puppeteer
Let's Try Again 1934
as Mr. Blake
The Hell Cat 1934
as C.W. Sloane
Black Moon 1934
as The Psychiatrist
Let's Talk It Over 1934
as Doctor
Sisters Under the Skin 1934
as Jones
Wonder Bar 1934
as R. H. Renaud
Success at Any Price 1934
as Hatfield
Journal of a Crime 1934
as Henri Marcher
I've Got Your Number 1934
as Lawyer Robert Kirkland
Bedside 1934
as Maritza's Manager
Blood Money 1933
as Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)
Meet the Baron 1933
as Baron Munchausen
The Power and the Glory 1933
as Mr. Borden
Gigolettes of Paris 1933
as Police Interrogator
Love, Honor and Oh, Baby! 1933
as The Judge
I Loved a Woman 1933
as Mr. Sanborn
Golden Harvest 1933
as Henry Flint
Bureau of Missing Persons 1933
as Theodore Arno
Notorious But Nice 1933
as Defense Attorney Clark
Baby Face 1933
as J.R. Carter
The Narrow Corner 1933
as Mr. Blake, Fred's Father
A Bedtime Story 1933
as Agent de Police
Hello, Sister! 1933
as Jameson Brewster - Bank President
Gabriel Over the White House 1933
as Senate Majority Leader (uncredited)
The Keyhole 1933
as Schuyler Brooks
Rasputin and the Empress 1932
as Chief of Secret Police (uncredited)
Faithless 1932
as Mr. Carter
The Crash 1932
as John Fair
Devil and the Deep 1932
as Hutton
The First Year 1932
as Peter Barstow
The Washington Masquerade 1932
as Stapleton
Jewel Robbery 1932
as Baron Franz Hohenfels
The Yellow Ticket 1931
as Passport Clerk
The Unholy Garden 1931
as Col. Lautrac
I Like Your Nerve 1931
as Areal Pacheco
The Spy 1931
as Tchijinski
Indiscreet 1931
as Mr. Woodward
Quick Millions 1931
as District Attorney (uncredited)
Don't Bet on Women 1931
as Butterfield (uncredited)
One Heavenly Night 1930
as Prefect of Police
Abraham Lincoln 1930
as New Englander (uncredited)
East Is West 1930
as Mr. Benson
Du Barry, Woman of Passion 1930
as D'Aiguillon
The Way of All Men 1930
as Sharp
Good Intentions 1930
as Butler
The Bad One 1930
as Prosecutor
Love, Live & Laugh 1929
as Enrico
Pleasure Crazed 1929
as Col. Farquar
The Valiant 1929
as Judge
Coquette 1929
as Jasper Carter
- Don't Marry
Don't Marry 1928
as General Willoughby
The Beautiful Spy 1928
as Viceroy Cisneros
Midnight Rose 1928
as Corbin
Soft Living 1928
as Rodney S. Bowen
Rough House Rosie 1927
as W.S. Davids
Annie Laurie 1927
Actor
A Kiss in a Taxi 1927
as Leon Lambert
Wet Paint 1926
as A Husband
- Hell's Four Hundred
Hell's Four Hundred 1926
as John Gilmore
The Palace of Pleasure 1926
as Don Sebastian, Premier
Sally, Irene and Mary 1925
as Marcus Morton
Any Woman 1925
as Egbert Phillips
I Will Repay 1924
Director
The Great Well 1924
Director
The Purple Highway 1923
Director
The Snow Bride 1923
Director
The Leopardess 1923
Director
- Sant'Ilario
Sant'Ilario 1923
Director
A Man of Stone 1921
as (Uncredited)
Disraeli 1921
Director
The Fighter 1921
Director
Bucking the Tiger 1921
Director
The Greatest Love 1920
Director
The Palace of Darkened Windows 1920
Director
- Heart of Twenty
Heart of Twenty 1920
Director
The Third Generation 1920
Director, Screenplay
Her Purchase Price 1919
as Duke of Wryden
The Brat 1919
as A Dandy
The Woman Michael Married 1919
Director
A Man's Country 1919
Director
Blackie's Redemption 1919
as Fred the Count
The Parisian Tigress 1919
as Henri Dutray
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns 1919
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
The House of Mirth 1918
as Lawrence Selden
Social Hypocrites 1918
as Dr. Frank Simpson
The Shell Game 1918
as Lawrence Gray
Gloria's Romance 1916
as Dr. Stephen Royce
- The Warning
The Warning 1915
as Robert Denman
How Molly Malone Made Good 1915
as Himself
The Man with the Iron Heart 1915
Story
Credits from TMDB.