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