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