Clarence Kolb
Acting • Born 1874-07-30 – Died 1964-11-25
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.
Filmography
60 credits
His Girl Friday
Movie • 1940
Mayor
Blondie in the Dough
Movie • 1947
J.T. Thorp
Impact
Movie • 1949
Darcy
Adam's Rib
Movie • 1949
Judge Reiser
Two Flaming Youths
Movie • 1927
Kolb - as Kolb and Dill
Carefree
Movie • 1938
Judge Travers
Bluff
Movie • 1916
Louie
The Falcon in Danger
Movie • 1943
Stanley Harris Palmer
Christmas Eve
Movie • 1947
Judge Alston
Nothing but the Truth
Movie • 1941
Mr. Van Dusen
The Night of January 16th
Movie • 1941
Tilton
Caught in the Draft
Movie • 1941
Col. Peter Fairbanks
The Kid from Brooklyn
Movie • 1946
Mr. Austin
Merrily We Live
Movie • 1938
Henry Kilbourne
Road to Alcatraz
Movie • 1945
Philip Angreet
Wells Fargo
Movie • 1937
John Butterfield
No Time for Comedy
Movie • 1940
Richard Benson
The Law West of Tombstone
Movie • 1938
Samuel 'Sam' Kent
It Could Happen to You
Movie • 1939
Alfred Wiman
Give Me a Sailor
Movie • 1938
Captain Tallant
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Movie • 1939
Captain McGovern
Society Lawyer
Movie • 1939
Mr. Leonard
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Movie • 1940
J.B. Armstrong
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Movie • 1944
Leo Betz
Standing Room Only
Movie • 1944
Glen Ritchie
Beware Spooks!
Movie • 1939
Lester Lewis
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
Movie • 1939
J.H. King
Five Little Peppers at Home
Movie • 1940
J.H. King
True to Life
Movie • 1943
Mr. Huggins
Honolulu
Movie • 1939
Mr. Horace Grayson
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Movie • 1940
Hiram P. Brighton
Lost Honeymoon
Movie • 1947
Mr. Evans
The Sky's the Limit
Movie • 1943
Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited)
Something for the Boys
Movie • 1944
Colonel Grubbs (uncredited)
What a Blonde
Movie • 1945
Charles DaFoe
The Pilgrim Lady
Movie • 1947
Prof. Rankin
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Movie • 1940
E.A. Smith
Good Girls Go to Paris
Movie • 1939
Ted Dayton Sr.
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Movie • 1956
Judge McCombs
Portia on Trial
Movie • 1937
John Condon
Fury
Movie • 1936
Durkin's Friend (uncredited)
Bedtime Story
Movie • 1941
Collins
3 Is a Family
Movie • 1944
Mr. Steele
The Toast of New York
Movie • 1937
Cornelius Vanderbilt
I Was a Convict
Movie • 1939
John B. Harrison
The Rose Bowl Story
Movie • 1952
Gramps Burke
Gold Is Where You Find It
Movie • 1938
Senator Walsh
You're in the Army Now
Movie • 1941
General Winthrop
Our Leading Citizen
Movie • 1939
Jim Hanna
Blossoms in the Dust
Movie • 1941
Senator
Hellzapoppin'
Movie • 1941
Andrew Rand
True to the Army
Movie • 1942
Gen. Marlowe
A Girl's Best Years
Movie • 1936
Doctor (uncredited)
Fun on a Weekend
Movie • 1947
Quigley Quackenbush
Maid of Salem
Movie • 1937
Town Crier (Uncredited)
Man of a Thousand Faces
Movie • 1957
Clarence Kolb
White Tie and Tails
Movie • 1946
Mr. Arkwright
The Fabulous Joe
Movie • 1947
Cornelius Belmont, II
My Little Margie
TV • 1952
My Little Margie
TV • 1952
Mr. Honeywell