Acting · Cleveland, Ohio, USA · Born July 30, 1874
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.
MovieMan of a Thousand Faces
1957
as Clarence Kolb
MovieShake, Rattle and Rock!
1956
as Judge McCombs
MovieThe Rose Bowl Story
1952
as Gramps Burke
TVMy Little Margie
1952
MovieAdam's Rib
1949
as Judge Reiser
MovieImpact
1949
as Darcy
MovieChristmas Eve
1947
as Judge Alston
MovieBlondie in the Dough
1947
as J.T. Thorp
MovieThe Fabulous Joe
1947
as Cornelius Belmont, II
MovieFun on a Weekend
1947
as Quigley Quackenbush
MovieLost Honeymoon
1947
as Mr. Evans
MovieThe Pilgrim Lady
1947
as Prof. Rankin
MovieWhite Tie and Tails
1946
as Mr. Arkwright
MovieThe Kid from Brooklyn
1946
as Mr. Austin
MovieRoad to Alcatraz
1945
as Philip Angreet
MovieWhat a Blonde
1945
as Charles DaFoe
Movie3 Is a Family
1944
as Mr. Steele
MovieSomething for the Boys
1944
as Colonel Grubbs (uncredited)
MovieIrish Eyes Are Smiling
1944
as Leo Betz
MovieStanding Room Only
1944
as Glen Ritchie
MovieTrue to Life
1943
as Mr. Huggins
MovieThe Falcon in Danger
1943
as Stanley Harris Palmer
MovieThe Sky's the Limit
1943
as Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited)
MovieTrue to the Army
1942
as Gen. Marlowe
MovieBedtime Story
1941
as Collins
MovieYou're in the Army Now
1941
as General Winthrop
MovieHellzapoppin'
1941
as Andrew Rand
MovieThe Night of January 16th
1941
as Tilton
MovieNothing but the Truth
1941
as Mr. Van Dusen
MovieBlossoms in the Dust
1941
as Senator
MovieCaught in the Draft
1941
as Col. Peter Fairbanks
MovieMichael Shayne: Private Detective
1940
as Hiram P. Brighton
MovieTugboat Annie Sails Again
1940
as J.B. Armstrong
MovieNo Time for Comedy
1940
as Richard Benson
MovieThe Man Who Talked Too Much
1940
as E.A. Smith
MovieFive Little Peppers at Home
1940
as J.H. King
MovieHis Girl Friday
1940
as Mayor
MovieThe Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
as Captain McGovern
MovieBeware Spooks!
1939
as Lester Lewis
MovieOur Leading Citizen
1939
as Jim Hanna
MovieFive Little Peppers And How They Grew
1939
as J.H. King
MovieGood Girls Go to Paris
1939
as Ted Dayton Sr.
It Could Happen to You
1939
as Alfred Wiman
MovieSociety Lawyer
1939
as Mr. Leonard
I Was a Convict
1939
as John B. Harrison
MovieHonolulu
1939
as Mr. Horace Grayson
MovieThe Law West of Tombstone
1938
as Samuel 'Sam' Kent
MovieCarefree
1938
as Judge Travers
MovieGive Me a Sailor
1938
as Captain Tallant
MovieMerrily We Live
1938
as Henry Kilbourne
MovieGold Is Where You Find It
1938
as Senator Walsh
MovieWells Fargo
1937
as John Butterfield
MoviePortia on Trial
1937
as John Condon
MovieThe Toast of New York
1937
as Cornelius Vanderbilt
MovieMaid of Salem
1937
as Town Crier (Uncredited)
MovieA Girl's Best Years
1936
as Doctor (uncredited)
MovieFury
1936
as Durkin's Friend (uncredited)
MovieTwo Flaming Youths
1927
as Kolb - as Kolb and Dill
MovieBluff
1916
as Louie
