Clarence Kolb
Biography
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.
Known For
Mayor
His Girl Friday
J.T. Thorp
Blondie in the Dough
Darcy
Impact
Judge Reiser
Adam's Rib
Kolb - as Kolb and Dill
Two Flaming Youths
Judge Travers
Carefree
Louie
Bluff
Stanley Harris Palmer
The Falcon in Danger
Judge Alston
Christmas Eve
Mr. Van Dusen
Nothing But the Truth
Tilton
The Night of January 16th
Col. Peter Fairbanks
Caught in the Draft
Mr. Austin
The Kid from Brooklyn
Henry Kilbourne
Merrily We Live
Philip Angreet
Road to Alcatraz
John Butterfield
Wells Fargo
Richard Benson
No Time for Comedy
Samuel 'Sam' Kent
The Law West of Tombstone
Alfred Wiman
It Could Happen to You
Captain Tallant
Give Me a Sailor
Captain McGovern
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Mr. Leonard
Society Lawyer
J.B. Armstrong
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Leo Betz
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Glen Ritchie
Standing Room Only
Lester Lewis
Beware Spooks!
J.H. King
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
J.H. King
Five Little Peppers at Home
Mr. Huggins
True to Life
Mr. Horace Grayson
Honolulu
Hiram P. Brighton
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Mr. Evans
Lost Honeymoon
Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited)
The Sky's the Limit
Colonel Grubbs (uncredited)
Something for the Boys
Charles DaFoe
What a Blonde
Prof. Rankin
The Pilgrim Lady
E.A. Smith
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Ted Dayton Sr.
Good Girls Go to Paris
Judge McCombs
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
John Condon
Portia on Trial
Durkin's Friend (uncredited)
Fury
Collins
Bedtime Story
Mr. Steele
3 Is a Family
Cornelius Vanderbilt
The Toast of New York
John B. Harrison
I Was a Convict
Gramps Burke
The Rose Bowl Story
Senator Walsh
Gold Is Where You Find It
General Winthrop
You're in the Army Now
Jim Hanna
Our Leading Citizen
Senator
Blossoms in the Dust
Andrew Rand
Hellzapoppin'
Gen. Marlowe
True to the Army
Doctor (uncredited)
A Girl's Best Years
Quigley Quackenbush
Fun on a Weekend
Town Crier (Uncredited)
Maid of Salem
Clarence Kolb
Man of a Thousand Faces
Mr. Arkwright
White Tie and Tails
Cornelius Belmont, II
The Fabulous Joe
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
58
Gender
Male
Birthday
1874-07-30
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
C. William Kolb