
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.

Myron T. Hayworth
Sing for Your Supper

Baron de Berghman
The Black Room

Prosecutor
The Bad One

Judge Adams
Name the Woman

Paul Lamartine
Charlie Chan in Paris

Judge
A Woman's Face

Weston
Hidden Power

Stewart Cordell
The Great Swindle

J.R. Carter
Baby Face

Mr. Hollister
Bullets or Ballots

Prefect Rosset
Mad Love

The Psychiatrist
Black Moon

Deschamps
Bluebeard

Auctioneer
The Florentine Dagger

Sharp
The Way of All Men

Butler
Good Intentions

Edward Seton
Holiday

Abel Canning
Great Guy

Chief of Police
Let Us Live

Emperor Francis I
Love Time

Mr. Woodward
Indiscreet

Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas
The Mystery Man

Jasper Carter
Coquette

Col. Lautrac
The Unholy Garden

General Willoughby
Don't Marry

Mr. Borden
The Power and the Glory

Judge Treacher
The Man Who Lived Twice

Mr. Sanborn
I Loved a Woman

Horace Smith
The Cowboy and the Lady

Judge
The Valiant

Maritza's Manager
Bedside

A Dandy
The Brat

R. H. Renaud
Wonder Bar

Mr. Benson
East Is West

Nicolo Polo
The Adventures of Marco Polo

Areal Pacheco
I Like Your Nerve

Worthington
Sitting on the Moon

Kurt Nordon
Sing Sing Nights

Mr. Carter
Faithless

Police Interrogator
Gigolettes of Paris

Mr. Randall
Honeymoon Limited

Schuyler Brooks
The Keyhole

John Ormsby
A Lost Lady

Hatfield
Success at Any Price

Mr. Rollins
Money and the Woman

Mr. Blake, Fred's Father
The Narrow Corner

Mr. Gearhart (uncredited)
Reckless

R.J. Bennett
Here I Am a Stranger

Pearly Todd
Too Hot to Handle

Asa M. Barrows
Union Pacific

Dr. Kent
The Ghost Walks

William C. Scully
Grand Ole Opry

Jameson Brewster - Bank President
Hello, Sister!

Jefferson Baxter
Sarong Girl

Rodney S. Bowen
Soft Living

Maj. Vaile
My Marriage

Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)
Blood Money

Agent de Police
A Bedtime Story

Lawyer Robert Kirkland
I've Got Your Number

Carlo - the Puppeteer
Whom the Gods Destroy

Mr. Hunter
They Wanted to Marry

Defense Attorney Clark
Notorious But Nice

C.W. Sloane
The Hell Cat

J.W. Hartwell Sr.
Blind Date

Prefect of Police
One Heavenly Night

Charles Stevens
The Devil Is Driving

Senator Titcombe
The Girl from Missouri

Stapleton
The Washington Masquerade

Dr. Harvey
Society Doctor

Jonathan Grant
Theodora Goes Wild

Martin Sanford
Red Hot Tires

Arthur Carlisle
One New York Night

Opper
Lady by Choice

Enrico
Love, Live & Laugh

Col. Hackett
The Invisible Menace

Professor Hackett
The Band Plays On

Mr. Fielding
Times Square Lady

Mr. Blake
Let's Try Again

Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache

Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited)
A Dog of Flanders

The General
The Real Glory

Simmon's Attorney
Here Comes the Band

Henri Marcher
Journal of a Crime

William Stevens Sr.
Las Vegas Nights

Charles M. Lawton
She Loves Me Not

Customer, Oscar
One Exciting Adventure

Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited)
These Glamour Girls

John Fair
The Crash

Mr. Clark
Now and Forever

Don Sebastian, Premier
The Palace of Pleasure

Passport Clerk
The Yellow Ticket

Baron Munchausen
Meet the Baron

Crown Chief Justice Laughton
Maid of Salem

Butterfield (uncredited)
Don't Bet on Women

Bruce Nordland
Once a Doctor

Baron Franz Hohenfels
Jewel Robbery

Corbin
Midnight Rose

Dean
Red Salute

Judge Arnold Mason
The Parson of Panamint

Donnelly, District Attorney
Main Street Lawyer

James Wesley
Parents on Trial

Hutton
Devil and the Deep

District Attorney (uncredited)
Quick Millions

"Doc" Godfrey
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

District Attorney Stacey
The Case of the Curious Bride

Peter Barstow
The First Year

Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited)
I Live My Life

J.C. Randolf - Bank President
Diamond Jim

Himself
How Molly Malone Made Good

Henry Flint
Golden Harvest

T.J. Mulhausen
The Man Who Lost Himself

D'Aiguillon
Du Barry, Woman of Passion

District Attorney Pritchard
Under Cover of Night

Chief of Secret Police (uncredited)
Rasputin and the Empress

Marcus Morton
Sally, Irene and Mary

District Attorney
Frisco Waterfront

Dr. Lane
Green Light

Theodore Arno
Bureau of Missing Persons

Doctor (uncredited)
Shipmates Forever

Egbert Phillips
Any Woman

Friar Laurence
Romeo and Juliet

Warder (uncredited)
The Last Days of Pompeii

Dr. Lawrence Edmonds
Safety in Numbers

Doctor
Go Into Your Dance

Doctor
Let's Talk It Over

Judge Lederer
Let Them Live

Crippet
3 Kids and a Queen

Lawrence Selden
The House of Mirth

Dr. Frank Simpson
Social Hypocrites

New Englander (uncredited)
Abraham Lincoln

Dr. Davis (Uncredited)
Million Dollar Ransom

Dr. Preston (uncredited)
Imitation of Life

Viceroy Cisneros
Una nueva y gloriosa nación

Leon Lambert
A Kiss in a Taxi

Dr. Stephen Royce
Gloria's Romance

Court Aide (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette

General Bartholomew (uncredited)
Reunion in France

Mr. Enix
Spring Tonic

Mr. MacGregor
Collegiate

Tchijinski
The Spy

John Gilmore
Hell's Four Hundred

Lawrence Gray
The Shell Game

(Uncredited)
A Man of Stone

Fred the Count
Blackie's Redemption

Kaiser Wilhelm II
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns

Robert Denman
The Warning

Col. Farquar
Pleasure Crazed

Duke of Wryden
Her Purchase Price

Jones
Sisters Under the Skin

A Husband
Wet Paint

Henri Dutray
The Parisian Tigress

The Judge
Love, Honor and Oh, Baby!
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
152
Gender
Male
Birthday
1874-11-12
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Also Known As
Генри Колкер