Clarence Kolb
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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.
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Películas (58)
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957 · Clarence Kolb, Technical Advisor
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956 · Judge McCombs
The Rose Bowl Story
1952 · Gramps Burke
Adam's Rib
1949 · Judge Reiser
Impact
1949 · Darcy
Christmas Eve
1947 · Judge Alston
Blondie in the Dough
1947 · J.T. Thorp
The Fabulous Joe
1947 · Cornelius Belmont, II
Fun on a Weekend
1947 · Quigley Quackenbush
Lost Honeymoon
1947 · Mr. Evans
The Pilgrim Lady
1947 · Prof. Rankin
White Tie and Tails
1946 · Mr. Arkwright
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946 · Mr. Austin
Road to Alcatraz
1945 · Philip Angreet
What a Blonde
1945 · Charles DaFoe
3 Is a Family
1944 · Mr. Steele
Something for the Boys
1944 · Colonel Grubbs (uncredited)
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
1944 · Leo Betz
Standing Room Only
1944 · Glen Ritchie
True to Life
1943 · Mr. Huggins
The Falcon in Danger
1943 · Stanley Harris Palmer
The Sky's the Limit
1943 · Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited)
True to the Army
1942 · Gen. Marlowe
Bedtime Story
1941 · Collins
You're in the Army Now
1941 · General Winthrop
Hellzapoppin'
1941 · Andrew Rand
The Night of January 16th
1941 · Tilton
Nothing but the Truth
1941 · Mr. Van Dusen
Blossoms in the Dust
1941 · Senator
Caught in the Draft
1941 · Col. Peter Fairbanks
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940 · Hiram P. Brighton
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
1940 · J.B. Armstrong
No Time for Comedy
1940 · Richard Benson
The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940 · E.A. Smith
Five Little Peppers at Home
1940 · J.H. King
His Girl Friday
1940 · Mayor
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939 · Captain McGovern
Beware Spooks!
1939 · Lester Lewis
Our Leading Citizen
1939 · Jim Hanna
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
1939 · J.H. King
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939 · Ted Dayton Sr.
It Could Happen to You
1939 · Alfred Wiman
Society Lawyer
1939 · Mr. Leonard
I Was a Convict
1939 · John B. Harrison
Honolulu
1939 · Mr. Horace Grayson
The Law West of Tombstone
1938 · Samuel 'Sam' Kent
Carefree
1938 · Judge Travers
Give Me a Sailor
1938 · Captain Tallant
Merrily We Live
1938 · Henry Kilbourne
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938 · Senator Walsh
Wells Fargo
1937 · John Butterfield
Portia on Trial
1937 · John Condon
The Toast of New York
1937 · Cornelius Vanderbilt
Maid of Salem
1937 · Town Crier (Uncredited)
A Girl's Best Years
1936 · Doctor (uncredited)
Fury
1936 · Durkin's Friend (uncredited)
Two Flaming Youths
1927 · Kolb - as Kolb and Dill
Bluff
1916 · Louie
