1874-07-30 Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
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Man of a Thousand Faces | Clarence Kolb | 1957-08-15 |
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Shake, Rattle and Rock! | Judge McCombs | 1956-11-01 |
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The Rose Bowl Story | Gramps Burke | 1952-08-24 |
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Adam's Rib | Judge Reiser | 1949-11-18 |
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Impact | Darcy | 1949-03-20 |
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The Pilgrim Lady | Prof. Rankin | 1947-01-22 |
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Lost Honeymoon | Mr. Evans | 1947-03-29 |
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Christmas Eve | Judge Alston | 1947-10-31 |
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Blondie in the Dough | J.T. Thorp | 1947-10-16 |
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The Fabulous Joe | Cornelius Belmont, II | 1947-08-28 |
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Fun on a Weekend | Quigley Quackenbush | 1947-05-15 |
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White Tie and Tails | Mr. Arkwright | 1946-08-30 |
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The Kid from Brooklyn | Mr. Austin | 1946-03-21 |
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What a Blonde | Charles DaFoe | 1945-02-03 |
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Road to Alcatraz | Philip Angreet | 1945-07-10 |
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3 Is a Family | Mr. Steele | 1944-11-23 |
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Irish Eyes Are Smiling | Leo Betz | 1944-10-19 |
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Something for the Boys | Colonel Grubbs (uncredited) | 1944-11-01 |
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Standing Room Only | Glen Ritchie | 1944-01-07 |
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The Sky's the Limit | Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited) | 1943-07-13 |
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True to Life | Mr. Huggins | 1943-12-24 |
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The Falcon in Danger | Stanley Harris Palmer | 1943-07-17 |
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True to the Army | Gen. Marlowe | 1942-03-21 |
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You're in the Army Now | General Winthrop | 1941-12-25 |
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Bedtime Story | Collins | 1941-12-25 |
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Caught in the Draft | Col. Peter Fairbanks | 1941-07-04 |
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The Night of January 16th | Tilton | 1941-11-28 |
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Nothing But the Truth | Mr. Van Dusen | 1941-10-10 |
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Hellzapoppin' | Andrew Rand | 1941-12-25 |
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Blossoms in the Dust | Senator | 1941-08-15 |
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The Man Who Talked Too Much | E.A. Smith | 1940-07-16 |
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No Time for Comedy | Richard Benson | 1940-09-14 |
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Five Little Peppers at Home | J.H. King | 1940-02-08 |
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Tugboat Annie Sails Again | J.B. Armstrong | 1940-10-26 |
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Michael Shayne: Private Detective | Hiram P. Brighton | 1940-12-19 |
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His Girl Friday | Mayor | 1940-01-18 |
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Beware Spooks! | Lester Lewis | 1939-10-24 |
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The Amazing Mr. Williams | Captain McGovern | 1939-11-22 |
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I Was a Convict | John B. Harrison | 1939-03-06 |
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Five Little Peppers And How They Grew | J.H. King | 1939-08-22 |
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Our Leading Citizen | Jim Hanna | 1939-08-23 |
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Good Girls Go to Paris | Ted Dayton Sr. | 1939-06-20 |
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Honolulu | Mr. Horace Grayson | 1939-02-03 |
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It Could Happen to You | Alfred Wiman | 1939-06-08 |
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Society Lawyer | Mr. Leonard | 1939-03-21 |
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Gold Is Where You Find It | Senator Walsh | 1938-02-12 |
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Merrily We Live | Henry Kilbourne | 1938-03-04 |
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Give Me a Sailor | CaptainTallant | 1938-08-19 |
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The Law West of Tombstone | Samuel 'Sam' Kent | 1938-11-18 |
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Carefree | Judge Travers | 1938-09-02 |
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Maid of Salem | Town Crier (Uncredited) | 1937-02-12 |
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Portia on Trial | John Condon | 1937-11-08 |
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The Toast of New York | Cornelius Vanderbilt | 1937-07-22 |
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Wells Fargo | John Butterfield | 1937-12-31 |
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Fury | Durkin's Friend (uncredited) | 1936-06-05 |
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A Girl's Best Years | Doctor (uncredited) | 1936-12-25 |
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Two Flaming Youths | Kolb - as Kolb and Dill | 1927-12-17 |
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Bluff | Louie | 1916-10-16 |
