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