Clarence Kolb

Known for ActingBorn 1874-07-30Died 1964-11-25Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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.Read more

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Road to Alcatraz

3 Is a Family

Beware Spooks!

True to Life

True to the Army

Our Leading Citizen

Fury

His Girl Friday

White Tie and Tails

Nothing but the Truth

Fun on a Weekend

Hellzapoppin'

Adam's Rib

Good Girls Go to Paris

Five Little Peppers at Home

Five Little Peppers And How They Grew

Man of a Thousand Faces

Gold Is Where You Find It

Merrily We Live

Bluff

Blondie in the Dough

Blossoms in the Dust

Carefree

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Something for the Boys

Honolulu

I Was a Convict

The Man Who Talked Too Much

The Sky's the Limit

The Kid from Brooklyn

A Girl's Best Years

Impact

Maid of Salem

The Toast of New York

Give Me a Sailor

The Pilgrim Lady

The Falcon in Danger

Tugboat Annie Sails Again

The Law West of Tombstone

Lost Honeymoon

The Amazing Mr. Williams

Caught in the Draft

Portia on Trial

The Night of January 16th

Bedtime Story

Irish Eyes Are Smiling

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

Standing Room Only