
Acting · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA · Born November 16, 1876
Clarence Hummel Wilson (November 17, 1876 – October 5, 1941) was an American character actor. He appeared in nearly 200 movies between 1920 and 1941, mostly in supporting roles as an old miser or grouch. He had notable supporting roles in films like The Front Page (1931), Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), and You Can't Take It With You (1938). Wilson also played in several Our Gang comedies, most notably as Mr. Crutch in Shrimps for a Day and school board chairman Alonzo Pratt in Come Back, Miss Pipps, his final film. Wilson died on October 5, 1941, approximately three weeks before the release of Come Back, Miss Pipps.
MovieIt's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieCome Back, Miss Pipps
1941
as Alonzo K. Pratt (uncredited)
MovieRoad Show
1941
as Sheriff (uncredited)
MovieLittle Men
1940
as W.L. Reynolds
MovieFriendly Neighbors
1940
as Silas Barton
MovieMelody Ranch
1940
as Judge Henderson
MovieHaunted House
1940
as Eph, Service Station Owner
MovieWe Who Are Young
1940
as R. Glassford
MovieMillionaire Playboy
1940
as Mr. Jamison
MovieLittle Old New York
1940
as Willie Stout
MovieDrums Along the Mohawk
1939
as Paymaster (uncredited)
MovieDesperate Trails
1939
as Malenkthy Culp
MovieSome Like It Hot
1939
as Mr. Ives
MovieClown Princes
1939
as Landlord
MovieEast Side of Heaven
1939
as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
MovieLet Us Live
1939
as Lunchroom Proprietor (uncredited)
MovieSon of Frankenstein
1939
as Dr. Berger (uncredited)
MovieThe Mad Miss Manton
1938
as Norris' Attorney (uncredited)
MovieYou Can't Take It with You
1938
as John Blakely
MovieHaving Wonderful Time
1938
as Mr. G.
MovieKentucky Moonshine
1938
as Attorney
MovieIn Old Chicago
1938
as Lawyer
MovieRebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938
as Jake Singer
MovieThe Westland Case
1937
as Charles Frazee
MovieSmall Town Boy
1937
as Curtis French
MovieThe Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
as Stationmaster (uncredited)
MovieThe Great Gambini
1937
as Doctor
MovieIt May Happen to You
1937
as Van Buren Sheafor aka Pop (uncredited)
MovieParnell
1937
as Assistant Process Server
MovieDamaged Goods
1937
as Dr. N.R. Shryer
MovieA Star Is Born
1937
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
MovieTwo Wise Maids
1937
as Twitchell
MovieMan Of The People
1937
as Skinny Wilson - Sulker
MovieHats Off
1936
as C.D. Pottingham
MovieThe Case of the Black Cat
1936
as Mr. Shuster
MovieWedding Present
1936
as Simmons
MovieLove Begins at Twenty
1936
as Jonathan Ramp
MovieLittle Miss Nobody
1936
as Herman Slade
MovieEducating Father
1936
as Jess Boynton
MovieOn the Wrong Trek
1936
as Mr. Wilson (car owner)
MovieSutter's Gold
1936
as Streetcar Owner
MoviePaddy O'Day
1936
as Lawyer Brewster
MoviePublic Ghost # 1
1935
as E. H. Compton
MovieI Dream Too Much
1935
as The Lawyer (uncredited)
MovieThe Rainmakers
1935
as Dennis P. Hogan
MovieLittle Sinner
1935
as Property Owner
MovieIt's in the Air
1935
as Amos Whipple
MovieWaterfront Lady
1935
as Truant Officer
MovieNurse to You!
1935
as Mr. Wilson
MovieNavy Wife
1935
as Bridge Player
Champagne for Breakfast
1935
as Raeburn
MovieMad Love
1935
as Piano Creditor (Uncredited)
MovieOne Frightened Night
1935
as Mr. Felix
MovieThe Tin Man
1935
as Mad Scientist
MovieA Dog of Flanders
1935
as Antoine - Official with Court Order (uncredited)
MovieRuggles of Red Gap
1935
as Jake Henshaw
MovieThe Great Hotel Murder
1935
as Girando
MovieWhen a Man's a Man
1935
as Garvey, Gambert's Lawyer
MovieThe Winning Ticket
1935
as Dolan - Pool Hall Proprietor
MovieForsaking All Others
1934
as Hotel Manager (Uncredited)
MovieShrimps for a Day
1934
as Mr. Crutch
MovieImitation of Life
1934
as Mr. Bristol, Landlord (uncredited)
MovieI'll Fix It
1934
as John Stevens
MovieKentucky Kernels
1934
as Mr. Peck, Lawyer (uncredited)
MovieA Successful Failure
1934
as H.T. Flintly
MovieGridiron Flash
1934
as Hunsacker
MovieWake Up and Dream
1934
as Hildebrand
MovieThe Count of Monte Cristo
1934
as Fouquet
MovieBeyond the Law
1934
as Talbot
MovieBachelor Bait
1934
as Clement Graftsman
MovieOperator 13
1934
as Josiah Claybourne (uncredited)
MovieNow I'll Tell
1934
as Joe Davis
MovieHalf a Sinner
1934
as Collector
MovieUnknown Blonde
1934
as Max Keibel
MovieI Like it That Way
1934
as The Professor (as Clarence Hummel Wilson)
MovieThe Son of Kong
1933
as Hilda's Father (uncredited)
MovieLady Killer
1933
as Lawyer (uncredited)
MovieKing for a Night
1933
as Mr. Whistler
MovieDay of Reckoning
1933
as Bail Bondsman
MovieTillie and Gus
1933
as Phineas Pratt
MovieA Shriek in the Night
1933
as Perkins
MovieStorm at Daybreak
1933
as Capt. Durosch (uncredited)
MovieThe Girl in 419
1933
as Walter C. Horton
MovieBondage
1933
as Dr. I. M. Harper (uncredited)
MovieTerror Aboard
1933
as Ship's Doctor
MovieThe Keyhole
1933
as J. Weems - Acme Detective Agency Head (uncredited)
MoviePick-up
1933
as Sam Foster
MovieThe Mysterious Rider
1933
as Gentry, the Barber
MovieSmoke Lightning
1933
as Deputy Jake Tully
Movie20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932
as Finn's Lawyer Morris (uncredited)
MovieRasputin and the Empress
1932
as Minor Role (uncredited)
MovieFlaming Guns
1932
as J.P. Mulford
MovieThe Penguin Pool Murder
1932
as Bertrand B. Hemingway
MovieThe Sport Parade
1932
as Toastmaster
MovieThe Phantom of Crestwood
1932
as Apartment House Manager (uncredited)
MovieThe All-American
1932
as Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
MovieYoung Ironsides
1932
as J. Caldwall Evans
MovieDown To Earth
1932
as Ed Eggers
MovieLove Me Tonight
1932
as Shirtmaker (uncredited)
MovieThe Purchase Price
1932
as Justice of the Peace Elmer (uncredited)
MovieWinner Take All
1932
as Ben Isaacs
MovieJewel Robbery
1932
as Prefect of Police
MovieThe Famous Ferguson Case
1932
as County Attorney
MovieAmateur Daddy
1932
as William J. 'Bill' Hansen
MovieThe Wet Parade
1932
as Charles Evan Hughes Campaigner (uncredited)
MovieThe Beast of the City
1932
as Coroner (uncredited)
MovieUnder Eighteen
1932
as A.J. Dietrich, Attorney (uncredited)
MovieHer Majesty, Love
1931
as Uncle Cornelius
MovieThe Sea Ghost
1931
as Henry Sykes
MovieFlying High
1931
as Lunch Counter Manager (uncredited)
MovieNight Life in Reno
1931
as Adrian Garrett
MovieWicked
1931
as Juryman
MovieSweepstakes
1931
as Emory
MovieLadies' Man
1931
as Jeweler
MovieThe Front Page
1931
as Sheriff Hartman
MoviePaid
1930
as Max Hardy (uncredited)
MovieLove in the Rough
1930
as Brown
MovieStrictly Unconventional
1930
as George - Ted's Valet
MovieOfficer O'Brien
1930
as Patello's Attorney
MovieDangerous Paradise
1930
as Zangiacomo
MovieWoman Trap
1929
as Detective Captain (as Wilson Hummell)
MovieBig News
1929
as Coroner
MovieThe Phantom of the Turf
1928
as The Lawyer
MovieA Girl in Every Port
1928
as Bartender in Marseille (uncredited)
MovieLadies Must Dress
1927
as Office Manager
MovieUncle Tom's Cabin
1927
as Bidder at Eliza's Auction (uncredited)
MovieSunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
as Money Lender (uncredited)
MovieMountains of Manhattan
1927
as Jim Tully
MovieThe Silent Avenger
1927
as Dave Wade
MovieWhat Price Glory
1926
MovieYoung April
1926
as Flower vendor (uncredited)
MovieLittle Robinson Crusoe
1924
as 'Singapore' Scroggs
MovieThe Dangerous Maid
1923
as Jewars (Jeffreys' secretary)
MovieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
MovieSoft Boiled
1923
as The Reformer
MovieThe Last Hour
1923
as Quales
MovieYouth Must Have Love
1922
as Austin Hibbard
MovieHonor First
1922
as Tricot (the Apache) (as Wilson Hummel)
MovieThe Glory of Clementina
1922
as Vandemeer
MovieCinderella of the Hills
1921
as Peter Poff
MovieQueenie
1921
as Simon Pepper / Abner Quigley
Big Town Ideas
1921
as Chef
MovieThe Tomboy
1921
as The Police Force
Oliver Twist, Jr.
1921
as Fagin
MovieWhile the Devil Laughs
1921
as Joe Franklin
MovieThe First Born
1921
as Kury Lar (as Wilson Hummel)
MovieThe Land of Jazz
1920
MovieThe Little Grey Mouse
1920
as Henry Lealon
MovieThe Penalty
1920
as A Crook (uncredited)