Clarence Kolb
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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.
Acted in
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
as Clarence Kolb
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956
as Judge McCombs
The Rose Bowl Story
1952
as Gramps Burke
My Little Margie
1952
My Little Margie
1952
as Mr. Honeywell
Adam's Rib
1949
as Judge Reiser
Impact
1949
as Darcy
Christmas Eve
1947
as Judge Alston
Blondie in the Dough
1947
as J.T. Thorp
The Fabulous Joe
1947
as Cornelius Belmont, II
Fun on a Weekend
1947
as Quigley Quackenbush
Lost Honeymoon
1947
as Mr. Evans
The Pilgrim Lady
1947
as Prof. Rankin
White Tie and Tails
1946
as Mr. Arkwright
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946
as Mr. Austin
Road to Alcatraz
1945
as Philip Angreet
What a Blonde
1945
as Charles DaFoe
3 Is a Family
1944
as Mr. Steele
Something for the Boys
1944
as Colonel Grubbs (uncredited)
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
1944
as Leo Betz
Standing Room Only
1944
as Glen Ritchie
True to Life
1943
as Mr. Huggins
The Falcon in Danger
1943
as Stanley Harris Palmer
The Sky's the Limit
1943
as Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited)
True to the Army
1942
as Gen. Marlowe
Bedtime Story
1941
as Collins
You're in the Army Now
1941
as General Winthrop
Hellzapoppin'
1941
as Andrew Rand
The Night of January 16th
1941
as Tilton
Nothing But the Truth
1941
as Mr. Van Dusen
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
as Senator
Caught in the Draft
1941
as Col. Peter Fairbanks
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940
as Hiram P. Brighton
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
1940
as J.B. Armstrong
No Time for Comedy
1940
as Richard Benson
The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940
as E.A. Smith
Five Little Peppers at Home
1940
as J.H. King
His Girl Friday
1940
as Mayor
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
as Captain McGovern
Beware Spooks!
1939
as Lester Lewis
Our Leading Citizen
1939
as Jim Hanna
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
1939
as J.H. King
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939
as Ted Dayton Sr.
It Could Happen to You
1939
as Alfred Wiman
Society Lawyer
1939
as Mr. Leonard
I Was a Convict
1939
as John B. Harrison
Honolulu
1939
as Mr. Horace Grayson
The Law West of Tombstone
1938
as Samuel 'Sam' Kent
Carefree
1938
as Judge Travers
Give Me a Sailor
1938
as CaptainTallant
Merrily We Live
1938
as Henry Kilbourne
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
as Senator Walsh
Wells Fargo
1937
as John Butterfield
Portia on Trial
1937
as John Condon
The Toast of New York
1937
as Cornelius Vanderbilt
Maid of Salem
1937
as Town Crier (Uncredited)
A Girl's Best Years
1936
as Doctor (uncredited)
Fury
1936
as Durkin's Friend (uncredited)
Two Flaming Youths
1927
as Kolb - as Kolb and Dill
Bluff
1916
as Louie