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.
Movie | Man of a Thousand Faces | Clarence Kolb | 1957-08-15 |
Movie | Shake, Rattle and Rock! | Judge McCombs | 1956-11-01 |
Series | My Little Margie | Mr. Honeywell | 1952-06-16 |
Movie | The Rose Bowl Story | Gramps Burke | 1952-08-24 |
Movie | Impact | Darcy | 1949-03-20 |
Movie | Adam's Rib | Judge Reiser | 1949-11-18 |
Movie | Lost Honeymoon | Mr. Evans | 1947-03-29 |
Movie | Fun on a Weekend | Quigley Quackenbush | 1947-05-15 |
Movie | Blondie in the Dough | J.T. Thorp | 1947-10-16 |
Movie | Christmas Eve | Judge Alston | 1947-10-31 |
Movie | The Fabulous Joe | Cornelius Belmont, II | 1947-08-28 |
Movie | The Kid from Brooklyn | Mr. Austin | 1946-03-21 |
Movie | White Tie and Tails | Mr. Arkwright | 1946-08-30 |
Movie | What a Blonde | Charles DaFoe | 1945-02-03 |
Movie | Road to Alcatraz | Philip Angreet | 1945-07-10 |
Movie | Irish Eyes Are Smiling | Leo Betz | 1944-10-19 |
Movie | Standing Room Only | Glen Ritchie | 1944-01-07 |
Movie | Something for the Boys | Colonel Grubbs (uncredited) | 1944-11-01 |
Movie | 3 Is a Family | Mr. Steele | 1944-11-23 |
Movie | The Falcon in Danger | Stanley Harris Palmer | 1943-07-17 |
Movie | The Sky's the Limit | Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited) | 1943-07-13 |
Movie | True to Life | Mr. Huggins | 1943-12-24 |
Movie | True to the Army | Gen. Marlowe | 1942-03-21 |
Movie | Nothing But the Truth | Mr. Van Dusen | 1941-10-10 |
Movie | Caught in the Draft | Col. Peter Fairbanks | 1941-07-04 |
Movie | The Night of January 16th | Tilton | 1941-11-28 |
Movie | Blossoms in the Dust | Senator | 1941-08-15 |
Movie | Hellzapoppin' | Andrew Rand | 1941-12-25 |
Movie | You're in the Army Now | General Winthrop | 1941-12-25 |
Movie | Bedtime Story | Collins | 1941-12-25 |
Movie | His Girl Friday | Mayor | 1940-01-18 |
Movie | Five Little Peppers at Home | J.H. King | 1940-02-08 |
Movie | The Man Who Talked Too Much | E.A. Smith | 1940-07-16 |
Movie | Michael Shayne: Private Detective | Hiram P. Brighton | 1940-12-19 |
Movie | Tugboat Annie Sails Again | J.B. Armstrong | 1940-10-26 |
Movie | No Time for Comedy | Richard Benson | 1940-09-14 |
Movie | Society Lawyer | Mr. Leonard | 1939-03-21 |
Movie | Honolulu | Mr. Horace Grayson | 1939-02-03 |
Movie | Good Girls Go to Paris | Ted Dayton Sr. | 1939-06-20 |
Movie | I Was a Convict | John B. Harrison | 1939-03-06 |
Movie | It Could Happen to You | Alfred Wiman | 1939-06-08 |
Movie | Five Little Peppers And How They Grew | J.H. King | 1939-08-22 |
Movie | The Amazing Mr. Williams | Captain McGovern | 1939-11-22 |
Movie | Beware Spooks! | Lester Lewis | 1939-10-24 |
Movie | Our Leading Citizen | Jim Hanna | 1939-08-23 |
Movie | Gold Is Where You Find It | Senator Walsh | 1938-02-12 |
Movie | Give Me a Sailor | CaptainTallant | 1938-08-19 |
Movie | Merrily We Live | Henry Kilbourne | 1938-03-04 |
Movie | Carefree | Judge Travers | 1938-09-02 |
Movie | The Law West of Tombstone | Samuel 'Sam' Kent | 1938-11-18 |
Movie | Maid of Salem | Town Crier (Uncredited) | 1937-02-12 |
Movie | The Toast of New York | Cornelius Vanderbilt | 1937-07-22 |
Movie | Portia on Trial | John Condon | 1937-11-08 |
Movie | Wells Fargo | John Butterfield | 1937-12-31 |
Movie | Fury | Durkin's Friend (uncredited) | 1936-06-05 |
Movie | A Girl's Best Years | Doctor (uncredited) | 1936-12-25 |
Movie | Two Flaming Youths | Kolb - as Kolb and Dill | 1927-12-17 |