Clarence Kolb

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.

Known For

My Little Margie

My Little Margie

His Girl Friday

Fury

Adam's Rib

Impact

Man of a Thousand Faces

Blossoms in the Dust

All Movies (58)

• Man of a Thousand Faces1957 · as Clarence Kolb
• Shake, Rattle and Rock!1956 · as Judge McCombs
• The Rose Bowl Story1952 · as Gramps Burke
• Adam's Rib1949 · as Judge Reiser
• Impact1949 · as Darcy
• Christmas Eve1947 · as Judge Alston
• Blondie in the Dough1947 · as J.T. Thorp
• The Fabulous Joe1947 · as Cornelius Belmont, II
• Fun on a Weekend1947 · as Quigley Quackenbush
• Lost Honeymoon1947 · as Mr. Evans
• The Pilgrim Lady1947 · as Prof. Rankin
• White Tie and Tails1946 · as Mr. Arkwright
• The Kid from Brooklyn1946 · as Mr. Austin
• Road to Alcatraz1945 · as Philip Angreet
• What a Blonde1945 · as Charles DaFoe
• 3 Is a Family1944 · as Mr. Steele
• Something for the Boys1944 · as Colonel Grubbs (uncredited)
• Irish Eyes Are Smiling1944 · as Leo Betz
• Standing Room Only1944 · as Glen Ritchie
• True to Life1943 · as Mr. Huggins
• The Falcon in Danger1943 · as Stanley Harris Palmer
• The Sky's the Limit1943 · as Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited)
• True to the Army1942 · as Gen. Marlowe
• Bedtime Story1941 · as Collins
• You're in the Army Now1941 · as General Winthrop
• Hellzapoppin'1941 · as Andrew Rand
• The Night of January 16th1941 · as Tilton
• Nothing but the Truth1941 · as Mr. Van Dusen
• Blossoms in the Dust1941 · as Senator
• Caught in the Draft1941 · as Col. Peter Fairbanks
• Michael Shayne: Private Detective1940 · as Hiram P. Brighton
• Tugboat Annie Sails Again1940 · as J.B. Armstrong
• No Time for Comedy1940 · as Richard Benson
• The Man Who Talked Too Much1940 · as E.A. Smith
• Five Little Peppers at Home1940 · as J.H. King
• His Girl Friday1940 · as Mayor
• The Amazing Mr. Williams1939 · as Captain McGovern
• Beware Spooks!1939 · as Lester Lewis
• Our Leading Citizen1939 · as Jim Hanna
• Five Little Peppers And How They Grew1939 · as J.H. King
• Good Girls Go to Paris1939 · as Ted Dayton Sr.
• It Could Happen to You1939 · as Alfred Wiman
• Society Lawyer1939 · as Mr. Leonard
• I Was a Convict1939 · as John B. Harrison
• Honolulu1939 · as Mr. Horace Grayson
• The Law West of Tombstone1938 · as Samuel 'Sam' Kent
• Carefree1938 · as Judge Travers
• Give Me a Sailor1938 · as Captain Tallant
• Merrily We Live1938 · as Henry Kilbourne
• Gold Is Where You Find It1938 · as Senator Walsh
• Wells Fargo1937 · as John Butterfield
• Portia on Trial1937 · as John Condon
• The Toast of New York1937 · as Cornelius Vanderbilt
• Maid of Salem1937 · as Town Crier (Uncredited)
• A Girl's Best Years1936 · as Doctor (uncredited)
• Fury1936 · as Durkin's Friend (uncredited)
• Two Flaming Youths1927 · as Kolb - as Kolb and Dill
• Bluff1916 · as Louie

All TV Shows (2)

• My Little Margie1952
• My Little Margie1952 · as Mr. Honeywell