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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 1874-07-30

Died: 1964-11-25

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1916	Bluff	Louie	0
2	1927	Two Flaming Youths	Kolb - as Kolb and Dill	0
3	1936	Fury	Durkin's Friend (uncredited)	74
4	1936	A Girl's Best Years	Doctor (uncredited)	50
5	1937	Maid of Salem	Town Crier (Uncredited)	59
6	1937	The Toast of New York	Cornelius Vanderbilt	58
7	1937	Portia on Trial	John Condon	54
8	1937	Wells Fargo	John Butterfield	52
9	1938	Gold Is Where You Find It	Senator Walsh	69
10	1938	Merrily We Live	Henry Kilbourne	70
11	1938	Give Me a Sailor	Captain Tallant	58
12	1938	Carefree	Judge Travers	66
13	1938	The Law West of Tombstone	Samuel 'Sam' Kent	40
14	1939	Honolulu	Mr. Horace Grayson	61
15	1939	I Was a Convict	John B. Harrison	50
16	1939	Society Lawyer	Mr. Leonard	51
17	1939	It Could Happen to You	Alfred Wiman	15
18	1939	Good Girls Go to Paris	Ted Dayton Sr.	71
19	1939	Five Little Peppers And How They Grew	J.H. King	62
20	1939	Our Leading Citizen	Jim Hanna	0
21	1939	Beware Spooks!	Lester Lewis	70
22	1939	The Amazing Mr. Williams	Captain McGovern	58
23	1940	His Girl Friday	Mayor	74
24	1940	Five Little Peppers at Home	J.H. King	63
25	1940	The Man Who Talked Too Much	E.A. Smith	60
26	1940	No Time for Comedy	Richard Benson	54
27	1940	Tugboat Annie Sails Again	J.B. Armstrong	55
28	1940	Michael Shayne: Private Detective	Hiram P. Brighton	65
29	1941	Caught in the Draft	Col. Peter Fairbanks	58
30	1941	Blossoms in the Dust	Senator	66
31	1941	Nothing But the Truth	Mr. Van Dusen	71
32	1941	The Night of January 16th	Tilton	50
33	1941	Bedtime Story	Collins	59
34	1941	You're in the Army Now	General Winthrop	40
35	1941	Hellzapoppin'	Andrew Rand	72
36	1942	True to the Army	Gen. Marlowe	0
37	1943	The Sky's the Limit	Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited)	62
38	1943	The Falcon in Danger	Stanley Harris Palmer	56
39	1943	True to Life	Mr. Huggins	60
40	1944	Standing Room Only	Glen Ritchie	50
41	1944	Irish Eyes Are Smiling	Leo Betz	50
42	1944	Something for the Boys	Colonel Grubbs (uncredited)	62
43	1944	3 Is a Family	Mr. Steele	0
44	1945	What a Blonde	Charles DaFoe	35
45	1945	Road to Alcatraz	Philip Angreet	0
46	1946	The Kid from Brooklyn	Mr. Austin	62
47	1946	White Tie and Tails	Mr. Arkwright	70
48	1947	The Pilgrim Lady	Prof. Rankin	50
49	1947	Lost Honeymoon	Mr. Evans	53
50	1947	Fun on a Weekend	Quigley Quackenbush	70
51	1947	The Fabulous Joe	Cornelius Belmont, II	58
52	1947	Blondie in the Dough	J.T. Thorp	65
53	1947	Christmas Eve	Judge Alston	53
54	1949	Impact	Darcy	60
55	1949	Adam's Rib	Judge Reiser	71
56	1952	The Rose Bowl Story	Gramps Burke	35
57	1956	Shake, Rattle and Rock!	Judge McCombs	46
58	1957	Man of a Thousand Faces	Clarence Kolb	67

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