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.
Movie | Bluebeard | Deschamps | 1944-10-26 |
Movie | Sarong Girl | Jefferson Baxter | 1943-06-11 |
Movie | Reunion in France | General Bartholomew (uncredited) | 1942-12-25 |
Movie | The Man Who Lost Himself | T.J. Mulhausen | 1941-03-21 |
Movie | A Woman's Face | Judge | 1941-05-09 |
Movie | Las Vegas Nights | William Stevens Sr. | 1941-03-28 |
Movie | The Parson of Panamint | Judge Arnold Mason | 1941-07-25 |
Movie | Sing for Your Supper | Myron T. Hayworth | 1941-12-04 |
Movie | Grand Ole Opry | William C. Scully | 1940-06-25 |
Movie | Money and the Woman | Mr. Rollins | 1940-08-17 |
Movie | Union Pacific | Asa M. Barrows | 1939-05-05 |
Movie | Let Us Live | Chief of Police | 1939-03-29 |
Movie | These Glamour Girls | Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited) | 1939-08-18 |
Movie | Main Street Lawyer | Donnelly, District Attorney | 1939-11-02 |
Movie | Parents on Trial | James Wesley | 1939-09-21 |
Movie | The Real Glory | The General | 1939-09-29 |
Movie | Here I Am a Stranger | R.J. Bennett | 1939-09-29 |
Movie | The Adventures of Marco Polo | Nicolo Polo | 1938-04-07 |
Movie | Love Is a Headache | Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited) | 1938-01-14 |
Movie | Holiday | Edward Seton | 1938-05-26 |
Movie | The Invisible Menace | Col. Hackett | 1938-01-11 |
Movie | The Cowboy and the Lady | Horace Smith | 1938-11-17 |
Movie | Safety in Numbers | Dr. Lawrence Edmonds | 1938-05-30 |
Movie | Too Hot to Handle | Pearly Todd | 1938-09-16 |
Movie | Marie Antoinette | Court Aide (uncredited) | 1938-08-26 |
Movie | They Wanted to Marry | Mr. Hunter | 1937-02-05 |
Movie | Under Cover of Night | District Attorney Pritchard | 1937-01-08 |
Movie | Maid of Salem | Crown Chief Justice Laughton | 1937-02-12 |
Movie | Once a Doctor | Bruce Nordland | 1937-01-23 |
Movie | Green Light | Dr. Lane | 1937-02-20 |
Movie | Let Them Live | Judge Lederer | 1937-04-25 |
Movie | Thoroughbreds Don't Cry | "Doc" Godfrey | 1937-11-25 |
Movie | The Devil Is Driving | Charles Stevens | 1937-06-25 |
Movie | My Marriage | Maj. Vaile | 1936-01-31 |
Movie | Bullets or Ballots | Mr. Hollister | 1936-06-06 |
Movie | Collegiate | Mr. MacGregor | 1936-01-22 |
Movie | Romeo and Juliet | Friar Laurence | 1936-09-03 |
Movie | Theodora Goes Wild | Jonathan Grant | 1936-11-12 |
Movie | The Man Who Lived Twice | Judge Henry Treacher | 1936-09-25 |
Movie | Great Guy | Abel Canning | 1936-12-01 |
Movie | Sitting on the Moon | Worthington | 1936-09-11 |
Movie | A Dog of Flanders | Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited) | 1935-03-22 |
Movie | The Case of the Curious Bride | District Attorney Stacey | 1935-04-13 |
Movie | Go Into Your Dance | Doctor | 1935-04-20 |
Movie | One New York Night | Arthur Carlisle | 1935-03-08 |
Movie | Reckless | Mr. Gearhart (uncredited) | 1935-04-19 |
Movie | Red Hot Tires | Martin Sanford | 1935-02-02 |
Movie | Charlie Chan in Paris | Paul Lamartine | 1935-01-21 |
Movie | Society Doctor | Dr. Harvey | 1935-01-25 |
Movie | Spring Tonic | Mr. Enix | 1935-06-27 |
Movie | The Mystery Man | Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas | 1935-02-12 |
Movie | Times Square Lady | Mr. Fielding | 1935-03-08 |
Movie | The Florentine Dagger | Auctioneer | 1935-03-30 |
Movie | The Last Days of Pompeii | Warder (uncredited) | 1935-10-18 |
Movie | I Live My Life | Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited) | 1935-10-04 |
Movie | 3 Kids and a Queen | Crippet | 1935-10-21 |
Movie | Honeymoon Limited | Mr. Randall | 1935-07-01 |
Movie | Frisco Waterfront | District Attorney | 1935-12-03 |
Movie | Red Salute | Dean | 1935-09-12 |
Movie | Shipmates Forever | Doctor (uncredited) | 1935-10-12 |
Movie | Mad Love | Prefect Rosset | 1935-07-12 |
Movie | Diamond Jim | J.C. Randolf - Bank President | 1935-09-01 |
Movie | The Black Room | Baron de Berghman | 1935-07-15 |
Movie | Here Comes the Band | Simmon's Attorney | 1935-08-30 |
Movie | Black Moon | The Psychiatrist | 1934-06-15 |
Movie | Let's Talk It Over | Doctor | 1934-06-01 |
Movie | The Hell Cat | C.W. Sloane | 1934-06-16 |
Movie | Let's Try Again | Mr. Blake | 1934-07-06 |
Movie | Whom the Gods Destroy | Carlo - the Puppeteer | 1934-07-12 |
Movie | Blind Date | J.W. Hartwell Sr. | 1934-07-20 |
Movie | Bedside | Maritza's Manager | 1934-01-27 |
Movie | Name the Woman | Judge Adams | 1934-07-25 |
Movie | I've Got Your Number | Lawyer Robert Kirkland | 1934-02-24 |
Movie | Journal of a Crime | Henri Marcher | 1934-03-10 |
Movie | Success at Any Price | Hatfield | 1934-03-16 |
Movie | Wonder Bar | R. H. Renaud | 1934-03-31 |
Movie | Lady by Choice | Opper | 1934-10-15 |
Movie | Imitation of Life | Dr. Preston (uncredited) | 1934-11-23 |
Movie | Sing Sing Nights | Kurt Nordon | 1934-12-14 |
Movie | The Bands Plays On | Professor Hackett | 1934-12-21 |
Movie | The Girl from Missouri | Senator Titcombe | 1934-08-03 |
Movie | Love Time | Emperor Francis I | 1934-11-03 |
Movie | The Ghost Walks | Dr. Kent | 1934-12-01 |
Movie | Now and Forever | Mr. Clark | 1934-08-31 |
Movie | A Lost Lady | John Ormsby | 1934-09-29 |
Movie | Million Dollar Ransom | Dr. Davis (Uncredited) | 1934-09-01 |
Movie | She Loves Me Not | Charles M. Lawton | 1934-08-31 |
Movie | One Exciting Adventure | Customer, Oscar | 1934-09-01 |
Movie | The Narrow Corner | Mr. Blake, Fred's Father | 1933-07-08 |
Movie | Baby Face | J.R. Carter | 1933-07-13 |
Movie | A Bedtime Story | Agent de Police | 1933-04-22 |
Movie | Hello, Sister! | Jameson Brewster - Bank President | 1933-04-14 |
Movie | The Keyhole | Schuyler Brooks | 1933-03-25 |
Movie | Notorious But Nice | Defense Attorney Clark | 1933-08-04 |
Movie | Golden Harvest | Henry Flint | 1933-09-21 |
Movie | Meet the Baron | Baron Munchausen | 1933-10-20 |
Movie | Bureau of Missing Persons | Theodore Arno | 1933-09-16 |
Movie | Gigolettes of Paris | Police Interrogator | 1933-10-05 |
Movie | The Power and the Glory | Mr. Borden | 1933-10-06 |
Movie | Blood Money | Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited) | 1933-11-17 |
Movie | I Loved a Woman | Mr. Sanborn | 1933-09-23 |
Movie | The Washington Masquerade | Stapleton | 1932-07-09 |
Movie | Jewel Robbery | Baron Franz Hohenfels | 1932-07-08 |
Movie | The First Year | Peter Barstow | 1932-07-30 |
Movie | Faithless | Mr. Carter | 1932-10-15 |
Movie | Devil and the Deep | Hutton | 1932-08-12 |
Movie | Rasputin and the Empress | Chief of Secret Police (uncredited) | 1932-12-23 |
Movie | The Crash | John Fair | 1932-10-09 |
Movie | Quick Millions | District Attorney (uncredited) | 1931-04-17 |
Movie | Indiscreet | Mr. Woodward | 1931-04-25 |
Movie | Don't Bet on Women | Butterfield (uncredited) | 1931-02-15 |
Movie | The Yellow Ticket | Passport Clerk | 1931-10-30 |
Movie | I Like Your Nerve | Areal Pacheco | 1931-09-12 |
Movie | The Unholy Garden | Col. Lautrac | 1931-10-06 |
Movie | Good Intentions | Butler | 1930-06-29 |
Movie | The Bad One | Prosecutor | 1930-05-03 |
Movie | Du Barry, Woman of Passion | D'Aiguillon | 1930-10-10 |
Movie | The Way of All Men | Sharp | 1930-09-03 |
Movie | East Is West | Mr. Benson | 1930-10-23 |
Movie | One Heavenly Night | Prefect of Police | 1930-12-25 |
Movie | Abraham Lincoln | New Englander (uncredited) | 1930-11-08 |
Movie | Coquette | Jasper Carter | 1929-03-30 |
Movie | Love, Live & Laugh | Enrico | 1929-11-02 |
Movie | The Valiant | Judge | 1929-05-19 |
Movie | Soft Living | Rodney S. Bowen | 1928-02-05 |
Movie | Midnight Rose | Corbin | 1928-02-26 |
Movie | The Beautiful Spy | Viceroy Cisneros | 1928-05-10 |
Movie | A Kiss in a Taxi | Leon Lambert | 1927-02-22 |
Movie | The Palace of Pleasure | Don Sebastian, Premier | 1926-01-10 |
Movie | Hell's Four Hundred | John Gilmore | 1926-03-14 |
Movie | Any Woman | Egbert Phillips | 1925-05-04 |
Movie | Sally, Irene and Mary | Marcus Morton | 1925-12-27 |
Movie | A Man of Stone | (Uncredited) | 1921-11-10 |
Movie | The Brat | A Dandy | 1919-09-01 |
Movie | Blackie's Redemption | Fred the Count | 1919-04-14 |
Movie | The Shell Game | Lawrence Gray | 1918-03-04 |
Movie | Social Hypocrites | Dr. Frank Simpson | 1918-04-06 |
Movie | The House of Mirth | Lawrence Selden | 1918-08-05 |
Movie | Gloria's Romance | Dr. Stephen Royce | 1916-05-22 |
Movie | How Molly Malone Made Good | Himself | 1915-10-25 |