Henry Kolker

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Henry Kolker (November 13, 1874) [some sources 1870] Berlin, Prussia, Germany – July 15, 1947, Los Angeles, California) was an American stage and film actor and director. Kolker came to America at the age of five and his family settled in Quincy, Illinois. Kolker, like fellow actors Richard Bennett and Robert Warwick, had a substantial stage career behind him before entering silent films. On stage he appeared opposite such leading ladies as Edith Wynne Matthison, Bertha Kalich and Ruth Chatterton. Kolker is best remembered for his motion picture appearances and for appearing with Barbara Stanwyck in the ground-breaking Pre-Code film Baby Face (1933) as the elderly CEO of the company whom Stanwyck's character seduces. Another well remembered part is as Mr. Seton, father of Katharine Hepburn and Lew Ayres in the 1938 film Holiday directed by George Cukor. Kolker entered films as an actor in 1915 and eventually ended up trying his hand at directing. Kolker's best known directorial effort is Disraeli (1921), starring George Arliss which is now a lost film with only one reel remaining. Prints however exist in Europe and Russia.

Known For

Baby Face

Holiday

The Last Days of Pompeii

A Woman's Face

Marie Antoinette

Mad Love

Let Us Live

Union Pacific

All Movies (152)

• Bluebeard1944 · as Deschamps
• Sarong Girl1943 · as Jefferson Baxter
• Reunion in France1942 · as General Bartholomew (uncredited)
• Sing for Your Supper1941 · as Myron T. Hayworth
• The Parson of Panamint1941 · as Judge Arnold Mason
• A Woman's Face1941 · as Judge
• The Great Swindle1941 · as Stewart Cordell
• Las Vegas Nights1941 · as William Stevens Sr.
• The Man Who Lost Himself1941 · as T.J. Mulhausen
• Money and the Woman1940 · as Mr. Rollins
• Grand Ole Opry1940 · as William C. Scully
• Main Street Lawyer1939 · as Donnelly, District Attorney
• Here I Am a Stranger1939 · as R.J. Bennett
• The Real Glory1939 · as The General
• Parents on Trial1939 · as James Wesley
• Hidden Power1939 · as Weston
• These Glamour Girls1939 · as Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited)
• Union Pacific1939 · as Asa M. Barrows
• Let Us Live1939 · as Chief of Police
• The Cowboy and the Lady1938 · as Horace Smith
• Too Hot to Handle1938 · as Pearly Todd
• Marie Antoinette1938 · as Court Aide (uncredited)
• Safety in Numbers1938 · as Dr. Lawrence Edmonds
• Holiday1938 · as Edward Seton
• The Adventures of Marco Polo1938 · as Nicolo Polo
• Love Is a Headache1938 · as Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited)
• The Invisible Menace1938 · as Col. Hackett
• Thoroughbreds Don't Cry1937 · as "Doc" Godfrey
• The Devil Is Driving1937 · as Charles Stevens
• Let Them Live1937 · as Judge Lederer
• Green Light1937 · as Dr. Lane
• Maid of Salem1937 · as Crown Chief Justice Laughton
• They Wanted to Marry1937 · as Mr. Hunter
• Once a Doctor1937 · as Bruce Nordland
• Under Cover of Night1937 · as District Attorney Pritchard
• Great Guy1936 · as Abel Canning
• Theodora Goes Wild1936 · as Jonathan Grant
• The Man Who Lived Twice1936 · as Judge Treacher
• Sitting on the Moon1936 · as Worthington
• Romeo and Juliet1936 · as Friar Laurence
• Bullets or Ballots1936 · as Mr. Hollister
• My Marriage1936 · as Maj. Vaile
• Collegiate1936 · as Mr. MacGregor
• Frisco Waterfront1935 · as District Attorney
• 3 Kids and a Queen1935 · as Crippet
• The Last Days of Pompeii1935 · as Warder (uncredited)
• Shipmates Forever1935 · as Doctor (uncredited)
• I Live My Life1935 · as Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited)
• Red Salute1935 · as Dean
• Diamond Jim1935 · as J.C. Randolf - Bank President
• Here Comes the Band1935 · as Simmon's Attorney
• The Black Room1935 · as Baron de Berghman
• Mad Love1935 · as Prefect Rosset
• Honeymoon Limited1935 · as Mr. Randall
• Spring Tonic1935 · as Mr. Enix
• Go Into Your Dance1935 · as Doctor
• Reckless1935 · as Mr. Gearhart (uncredited)
• The Case of the Curious Bride1935 · as District Attorney Stacey
• The Florentine Dagger1935 · as Auctioneer
• A Dog of Flanders1935 · as Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited)
• One New York Night1935 · as Arthur Carlisle
• Times Square Lady1935 · as Mr. Fielding
• The Mystery Man1935 · as Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas
• Red Hot Tires1935 · as Martin Sanford
• Society Doctor1935 · as Dr. Harvey
• Charlie Chan in Paris1935 · as Paul Lamartine
• The Band Plays On1934 · as Professor Hackett
• Sing Sing Nights1934 · as Kurt Nordon
• The Ghost Walks1934 · as Dr. Kent
• Imitation of Life1934 · as Dr. Preston (uncredited)
• Love Time1934 · as Emperor Francis I
• Lady by Choice1934 · as Opper
• A Lost Lady1934 · as John Ormsby
• One Exciting Adventure1934 · as Customer, Oscar
• Million Dollar Ransom1934 · as Dr. Davis (Uncredited)
• She Loves Me Not1934 · as Charles M. Lawton
• Now and Forever1934 · as Mr. Clark
• The Girl from Missouri1934 · as Senator Titcombe
• Name the Woman1934 · as Judge Adams
• Blind Date1934 · as J.W. Hartwell Sr.
• Whom the Gods Destroy1934 · as Carlo - the Puppeteer
• Let's Try Again1934 · as Mr. Blake
• The Hell Cat1934 · as C.W. Sloane
• Black Moon1934 · as The Psychiatrist
• Let's Talk It Over1934 · as Doctor
• Sisters Under the Skin1934 · as Jones
• Wonder Bar1934 · as R. H. Renaud
• Success at Any Price1934 · as Hatfield
• Journal of a Crime1934 · as Henri Marcher
• I've Got Your Number1934 · as Lawyer Robert Kirkland
• Bedside1934 · as Maritza's Manager
• Blood Money1933 · as Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)
• Meet the Baron1933 · as Baron Munchausen
• The Power and the Glory1933 · as Mr. Borden
• Gigolettes of Paris1933 · as Police Interrogator
• Love, Honor and Oh, Baby!1933 · as The Judge
• I Loved a Woman1933 · as Mr. Sanborn
• Golden Harvest1933 · as Henry Flint
• Bureau of Missing Persons1933 · as Theodore Arno
• Notorious But Nice1933 · as Defense Attorney Clark
• Baby Face1933 · as J.R. Carter
• The Narrow Corner1933 · as Mr. Blake, Fred's Father
• A Bedtime Story1933 · as Agent de Police
• Hello, Sister!1933 · as Jameson Brewster - Bank President
• The Keyhole1933 · as Schuyler Brooks
• Rasputin and the Empress1932 · as Chief of Secret Police (uncredited)
• Faithless1932 · as Mr. Carter
• The Crash1932 · as John Fair
• Devil and the Deep1932 · as Hutton
• The First Year1932 · as Peter Barstow
• The Washington Masquerade1932 · as Stapleton
• Jewel Robbery1932 · as Baron Franz Hohenfels
• The Yellow Ticket1931 · as Passport Clerk
• The Unholy Garden1931 · as Col. Lautrac
• I Like Your Nerve1931 · as Areal Pacheco
• The Spy1931 · as Tchijinski
• Indiscreet1931 · as Mr. Woodward
• Quick Millions1931 · as District Attorney (uncredited)
• Don't Bet on Women1931 · as Butterfield (uncredited)
• One Heavenly Night1930 · as Prefect of Police
• Abraham Lincoln1930 · as New Englander (uncredited)
• East Is West1930 · as Mr. Benson
• Du Barry, Woman of Passion1930 · as D'Aiguillon
• The Way of All Men1930 · as Sharp
• Good Intentions1930 · as Butler
• The Bad One1930 · as Prosecutor
• Love, Live & Laugh1929 · as Enrico
• Pleasure Crazed1929 · as Col. Farquar
• The Valiant1929 · as Judge
• Coquette1929 · as Jasper Carter
• Don't Marry1928 · as General Willoughby
• The Beautiful Spy1928 · as Viceroy Cisneros
• Midnight Rose1928 · as Corbin
• Soft Living1928 · as Rodney S. Bowen
• A Kiss in a Taxi1927 · as Leon Lambert
• Wet Paint1926 · as A Husband
• Hell's Four Hundred1926 · as John Gilmore
• The Palace of Pleasure1926 · as Don Sebastian, Premier
• Sally, Irene and Mary1925 · as Marcus Morton
• Any Woman1925 · as Egbert Phillips
• A Man of Stone1921 · as (Uncredited)
• The Brat1919 · as A Dandy
• Her Purchase Price1919 · as Duke of Wryden
• Blackie's Redemption1919 · as Fred the Count
• The Parisian Tigress1919 · as Henri Dutray
• The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns1919 · as Kaiser Wilhelm II
• The House of Mirth1918 · as Lawrence Selden
• Social Hypocrites1918 · as Dr. Frank Simpson
• The Shell Game1918 · as Lawrence Gray
• Gloria's Romance1916 · as Dr. Stephen Royce
• The Warning1915 · as Robert Denman
• How Molly Malone Made Good1915 · as Himself