Person Details
Birthday: 1874-07-31 16:32:23
Death: 1964-11-25 16:32:23
Aliases: C. William Kolb , William Kolb
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Movie Involvements: 16
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Fury
(1936) Durkin's Friend (uncredited)Man of a Thousand Faces
(1957) Clarence KolbImpact
(1949) DarcyBlossoms in the Dust
(1941) SenatorWells Fargo
(1937) John ButterfieldThe Falcon in Danger
(1943) Stanley Harris PalmerPortia on Trial
(1937) John CondonMaid of Salem
(1937) Town Crier (Uncredited)Acting
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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1957 | Clarence Kolb | |
1956 | Judge McCombs | |
1952 | Gramps Burke | |
N/A | ||
Mr. Honeywell | ||
1949 | Judge Reiser | |
Darcy | ||
1947 | Judge Alston | |
J.T. Thorp | ||
Cornelius Belmont, II | ||
Quigley Quackenbush | ||
Mr. Evans | ||
Prof. Rankin | ||
1946 | Mr. Arkwright | |
Mr. Austin | ||
1945 | Philip Angreet | |
Charles DaFoe | ||
1944 | Mr. Steele | |
Colonel Grubbs (uncredited) | ||
Leo Betz | ||
Glen Ritchie | ||
1943 | Mr. Huggins | |
Stanley Harris Palmer | ||
Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited) | ||
1942 | Gen. Marlowe | |
1941 | General Winthrop | |
Andrew Rand | ||
Collins | ||
Tilton | ||
Mr. Van Dusen | ||
Senator | ||
Col. Peter Fairbanks | ||
1940 | Hiram P. Brighton | |
J.B. Armstrong | ||
Richard Benson | ||
E.A. Smith | ||
J.H. King | ||
Mayor | ||
1939 | Captain McGovern | |
Lester Lewis | ||
Jim Hanna | ||
J.H. King | ||
Ted Dayton Sr. | ||
Alfred Wiman | ||
Mr. Leonard | ||
John B. Harrison | ||
Mr. Horace Grayson | ||
1938 | Samuel 'Sam' Kent | |
Judge Travers | ||
CaptainTallant | ||
Henry Kilbourne | ||
Senator Walsh | ||
1937 | John Butterfield | |
John Condon | ||
Cornelius Vanderbilt | ||
Town Crier (Uncredited) | ||
1936 | Doctor (uncredited) | |
Durkin's Friend (uncredited) | ||
1927 | Kolb - as Kolb and Dill | |
1916 | Louie | |
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |