Acting · Berlin, Germany · Born November 12, 1874
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Henry Kolker (November 13, 1874) [some sources 1870] Berlin, Prussia, Germany – July 15, 1947, Los Angeles, California) was an American stage and film actor and director. Kolker came to America at the age of five and his family settled in Quincy, Illinois. Kolker, like fellow actors Richard Bennett and Robert Warwick, had a substantial stage career behind him before entering silent films. On stage he appeared opposite such leading ladies as Edith Wynne Matthison, Bertha Kalich and Ruth Chatterton. Kolker is best remembered for his motion picture appearances and for appearing with Barbara Stanwyck in the ground-breaking Pre-Code film Baby Face (1933) as the elderly CEO of the company whom Stanwyck's character seduces. Another well remembered part is as Mr. Seton, father of Katharine Hepburn and Lew Ayres in the 1938 film Holiday directed by George Cukor. Kolker entered films as an actor in 1915 and eventually ended up trying his hand at directing. Kolker's best known directorial effort is Disraeli (1921), starring George Arliss which is now a lost film with only one reel remaining. Prints however exist in Europe and Russia.
MovieBluebeard
1944
as Deschamps
MovieSarong Girl
1943
as Jefferson Baxter
MovieReunion in France
1942
as General Bartholomew (uncredited)
MovieSing for Your Supper
1941
as Myron T. Hayworth
MovieThe Parson of Panamint
1941
as Judge Arnold Mason
MovieA Woman's Face
1941
as Judge
MovieThe Great Swindle
1941
as Stewart Cordell
MovieLas Vegas Nights
1941
as William Stevens Sr.
MovieThe Man Who Lost Himself
1941
as T.J. Mulhausen
MovieMoney and the Woman
1940
as Mr. Rollins
MovieGrand Ole Opry
1940
as William C. Scully
MovieMain Street Lawyer
1939
as Donnelly, District Attorney
MovieHere I Am a Stranger
1939
as R.J. Bennett
MovieThe Real Glory
1939
as The General
MovieParents on Trial
1939
as James Wesley
MovieHidden Power
1939
as Weston
MovieThese Glamour Girls
1939
as Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited)
MovieUnion Pacific
1939
as Asa M. Barrows
MovieLet Us Live
1939
as Chief of Police
MovieThe Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Horace Smith
MovieToo Hot to Handle
1938
as Pearly Todd
MovieMarie Antoinette
1938
as Court Aide (uncredited)
MovieSafety in Numbers
1938
as Dr. Lawrence Edmonds
MovieHoliday
1938
as Edward Seton
MovieThe Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
as Nicolo Polo
MovieLove Is a Headache
1938
as Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited)
MovieThe Invisible Menace
1938
as Col. Hackett
MovieThoroughbreds Don't Cry
1937
as "Doc" Godfrey
MovieThe Devil Is Driving
1937
as Charles Stevens
MovieLet Them Live
1937
as Judge Lederer
MovieGreen Light
1937
as Dr. Lane
MovieMaid of Salem
1937
as Crown Chief Justice Laughton
MovieThey Wanted to Marry
1937
as Mr. Hunter
MovieOnce a Doctor
1937
as Bruce Nordland
MovieUnder Cover of Night
1937
as District Attorney Pritchard
MovieGreat Guy
1936
as Abel Canning
MovieTheodora Goes Wild
1936
as Jonathan Grant
MovieThe Man Who Lived Twice
1936
as Judge Treacher
MovieSitting on the Moon
1936
as Worthington
MovieRomeo and Juliet
1936
as Friar Laurence
MovieBullets or Ballots
1936
as Mr. Hollister
MovieMy Marriage
1936
as Maj. Vaile
MovieCollegiate
1935
as Mr. MacGregor
MovieFrisco Waterfront
1935
as District Attorney
Movie3 Kids and a Queen
1935
as Crippet
MovieThe Last Days of Pompeii
1935
as Warder (uncredited)
MovieShipmates Forever
1935
as Doctor (uncredited)
MovieI Live My Life
1935
as Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited)
MovieRed Salute
1935
as Dean
MovieDiamond Jim
1935
as J.C. Randolf - Bank President
MovieHere Comes the Band
1935
as Simmon's Attorney
MovieThe Black Room
1935
as Baron de Berghman
MovieMad Love
1935
as Prefect Rosset
MovieHoneymoon Limited
1935
as Mr. Randall
MovieSpring Tonic
1935
as Mr. Enix
MovieGo Into Your Dance
1935
as Doctor
MovieReckless
1935
as Mr. Gearhart (uncredited)
MovieThe Case of the Curious Bride
1935
as District Attorney Stacey
MovieThe Florentine Dagger
1935
as Auctioneer
MovieA Dog of Flanders
1935
as Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited)
MovieOne New York Night
1935
as Arthur Carlisle
MovieTimes Square Lady
1935
as Mr. Fielding
MovieThe Mystery Man
1935
as Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas
MovieRed Hot Tires
1935
as Martin Sanford
MovieSociety Doctor
1935
as Dr. Harvey
MovieCharlie Chan in Paris
1935
as Paul Lamartine
MovieThe Band Plays On
1934
as Professor Hackett
MovieSing Sing Nights
1934
as Kurt Nordon
MovieThe Ghost Walks
1934
as Dr. Kent
MovieImitation of Life
1934
as Dr. Preston (uncredited)
MovieLove Time
1934
as Emperor Francis I
MovieLady by Choice
1934
as Opper
MovieA Lost Lady
1934
as John Ormsby
MovieOne Exciting Adventure
1934
as Customer, Oscar
MovieMillion Dollar Ransom
1934
as Dr. Davis (Uncredited)
MovieShe Loves Me Not
1934
as Charles M. Lawton
MovieNow and Forever
1934
as Mr. Clark
MovieThe Girl from Missouri
1934
as Senator Titcombe
MovieName the Woman
1934
as Judge Adams
MovieBlind Date
1934
as J.W. Hartwell Sr.
MovieWhom the Gods Destroy
1934
as Carlo - the Puppeteer
MovieLet's Try Again
1934
as Mr. Blake
MovieThe Hell Cat
1934
as C.W. Sloane
MovieBlack Moon
1934
as The Psychiatrist
MovieLet's Talk It Over
1934
as Doctor
MovieSisters Under the Skin
1934
as Jones
MovieWonder Bar
1934
as R. H. Renaud
MovieSuccess at Any Price
1934
as Hatfield
MovieJournal of a Crime
1934
as Henri Marcher
MovieI've Got Your Number
1934
as Lawyer Robert Kirkland
MovieBedside
1934
as Maritza's Manager
MovieBlood Money
1933
as Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)
MovieMeet the Baron
1933
as Baron Munchausen
MovieThe Power and the Glory
1933
as Mr. Borden
MovieGigolettes of Paris
1933
as Police Interrogator
MovieLove, Honor and Oh, Baby!
1933
as The Judge
MovieI Loved a Woman
1933
as Mr. Sanborn
MovieGolden Harvest
1933
as Henry Flint
MovieBureau of Missing Persons
1933
as Theodore Arno
MovieNotorious But Nice
1933
as Defense Attorney Clark
MovieBaby Face
1933
as J.R. Carter
MovieThe Narrow Corner
1933
as Mr. Blake, Fred's Father
MovieA Bedtime Story
1933
as Agent de Police
MovieHello, Sister!
1933
as Jameson Brewster - Bank President
MovieThe Keyhole
1933
as Schuyler Brooks
MovieRasputin and the Empress
1932
as Chief of Secret Police (uncredited)
MovieFaithless
1932
as Mr. Carter
MovieThe Crash
1932
as John Fair
MovieDevil and the Deep
1932
as Hutton
MovieThe First Year
1932
as Peter Barstow
MovieThe Washington Masquerade
1932
as Stapleton
MovieJewel Robbery
1932
as Baron Franz Hohenfels
MovieThe Yellow Ticket
1931
as Passport Clerk
MovieThe Unholy Garden
1931
as Col. Lautrac
MovieI Like Your Nerve
1931
as Areal Pacheco
MovieThe Spy
1931
as Tchijinski
MovieIndiscreet
1931
as Mr. Woodward
MovieQuick Millions
1931
as District Attorney (uncredited)
MovieDon't Bet on Women
1931
as Butterfield (uncredited)
MovieOne Heavenly Night
1930
as Prefect of Police
MovieAbraham Lincoln
1930
as New Englander (uncredited)
MovieEast Is West
1930
as Mr. Benson
MovieDu Barry, Woman of Passion
1930
as D'Aiguillon
MovieThe Way of All Men
1930
as Sharp
MovieGood Intentions
1930
as Butler
MovieThe Bad One
1930
as Prosecutor
MovieLove, Live & Laugh
1929
as Enrico
MoviePleasure Crazed
1929
as Col. Farquar
MovieThe Valiant
1929
as Judge
MovieCoquette
1929
as Jasper Carter
Don't Marry
1928
as General Willoughby
MovieThe Beautiful Spy
1928
as Viceroy Cisneros
MovieMidnight Rose
1928
as Corbin
MovieSoft Living
1928
as Rodney S. Bowen
MovieA Kiss in a Taxi
1927
as Leon Lambert
MovieWet Paint
1926
as A Husband
Hell's Four Hundred
1926
as John Gilmore
MovieThe Palace of Pleasure
1926
as Don Sebastian, Premier
MovieSally, Irene and Mary
1925
as Marcus Morton
MovieAny Woman
1925
as Egbert Phillips
MovieA Man of Stone
1921
as (Uncredited)
MovieThe Brat
1919
as A Dandy
MovieHer Purchase Price
1919
as Duke of Wryden
MovieBlackie's Redemption
1919
as Fred the Count
MovieThe Parisian Tigress
1919
as Henri Dutray
MovieThe Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
1919
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
MovieThe House of Mirth
1918
as Lawrence Selden
MovieSocial Hypocrites
1918
as Dr. Frank Simpson
MovieThe Shell Game
1918
as Lawrence Gray
MovieGloria's Romance
1916
as Dr. Stephen Royce
The Warning
1915
as Robert Denman
MovieHow Molly Malone Made Good
1915
as Himself
