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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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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Lost Honeymoon | Mr. Evans | 1947-03-29 |
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Christmas Eve | Judge Alston | 1947-10-31 |
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The Pilgrim Lady | Prof. Rankin | 1947-01-22 |
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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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Standing Room Only | Glen Ritchie | 1944-01-07 |
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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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The Falcon in Danger | Stanley Harris Palmer | 1943-07-17 |
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True to Life | Mr. Huggins | 1943-12-24 |
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The Sky's the Limit | Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited) | 1943-07-13 |
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True to the Army | Gen. Marlowe | 1942-03-21 |
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Bedtime Story | Collins | 1941-12-25 |
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Blossoms in the Dust | Senator | 1941-08-15 |
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Nothing But the Truth | Mr. Van Dusen | 1941-10-10 |
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Caught in the Draft | Col. Peter Fairbanks | 1941-07-04 |
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Hellzapoppin' | Andrew Rand | 1941-12-25 |
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The Night of January 16th | Tilton | 1941-11-28 |
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You're in the Army Now | General Winthrop | 1941-12-25 |
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The Man Who Talked Too Much | E.A. Smith | 1940-07-16 |
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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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Tugboat Annie Sails Again | J.B. Armstrong | 1940-10-26 |
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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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Society Lawyer | Mr. Leonard | 1939-03-21 |
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Honolulu | Mr. Horace Grayson | 1939-02-03 |
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The Amazing Mr. Williams | Captain McGovern | 1939-11-22 |
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It Could Happen to You | Alfred Wiman | 1939-06-08 |
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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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Five Little Peppers And How They Grew | J.H. King | 1939-08-22 |
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Beware Spooks! | Lester Lewis | 1939-10-24 |
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I Was a Convict | John B. Harrison | 1939-03-06 |
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Merrily We Live | Henry Kilbourne | 1938-03-04 |
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Carefree | Judge Travers | 1938-09-02 |
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Gold Is Where You Find It | Senator Walsh | 1938-02-12 |
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The Law West of Tombstone | Samuel 'Sam' Kent | 1938-11-18 |
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Give Me a Sailor | CaptainTallant | 1938-08-19 |
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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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Portia on Trial | John Condon | 1937-11-08 |
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Maid of Salem | Town Crier (Uncredited) | 1937-02-12 |
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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 |
