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