Clarence Kolb

Born: 1874-07-30

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.


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His Girl Friday

as Mayor
Released: 1940-01-18

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s...

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Hellzapoppin'

as Andrew Rand
Released: 1941-12-25

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring...

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Adam's Rib

as Judge Reiser
Released: 1949-11-18

A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of...

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Man of a Thousand Faces

as Clarence Kolb
Released: 1957-08-15

The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon...

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Fury

as Durkin's Friend (uncredited)
Released: 1936-06-05

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to...

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Impact

as Darcy
Released: 1949-03-20

After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the...

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Blossoms in the Dust

as Senator
Released: 1941-08-15

Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when...

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Gold Is Where You Find It

as Senator Walsh
Released: 1938-02-12

Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic...

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Society Lawyer

as Mr. Leonard
Released: 1939-03-21

Society lawyer Christopher Durant agrees to defend his friend Phil Siddall when Siddall is...

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Something for the Boys

as Colonel Grubbs (uncredited)
Released: 1944-11-01

The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita...

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The Kid from Brooklyn

as Mr. Austin
Released: 1946-03-21

Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer...

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Merrily We Live

as Henry Kilbourne
Released: 1938-03-04

Society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest...

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Carefree

as Judge Travers
Released: 1938-09-02

Dr. Tony Flagg's friend Steven has problems in the relationship with his fiancée Amanda, so he...

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No Time for Comedy

as Richard Benson
Released: 1940-09-14

An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.

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Caught in the Draft

as Col. Peter Fairbanks
Released: 1941-07-04

Don Bolton is a movie star who can't stand loud noises. To evade the draft, he decides to get...

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The Toast of New York

as Cornelius Vanderbilt
Released: 1937-07-22

After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New...

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Our Leading Citizen

as Jim Hanna
Released: 1939-08-23

Lem Schofield, a lawyer in a one-time small-town turned industrialized big city, runs his firm...

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White Tie and Tails

as Mr. Arkwright
Released: 1946-08-30

When his employer goes to Florida, a butler masquerades as a millionaire and winds up getting...

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Michael Shayne: Private Detective

as Hiram P. Brighton
Released: 1940-12-19

Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter...

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The Sky's the Limit

as Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited)
Released: 1943-07-13

Flying Tiger Fred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron's personal appearance tour and...

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The Amazing Mr. Williams

as Captain McGovern
Released: 1939-11-22

Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's...

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Nothing But the Truth

as Mr. Van Dusen
Released: 1941-10-10

A stockbroker bets his new partners $10,000 that he can tell tell the truth, and only the truth,...

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Wells Fargo

as John Butterfield
Released: 1937-12-31

In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company,...

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The Falcon in Danger

as Stanley Harris Palmer
Released: 1943-07-17

Two industrialists disappear from an airplane while the plane is in the air. Also missing is...

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Road to Alcatraz

as Philip Angreet
Released: 1945-07-10

The police think a young lawyer (Robert Lowery) killed his partner, but he was drugged when it...

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Blondie in the Dough

as J.T. Thorp
Released: 1947-10-16

BBlondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar. Her tasty cookies...

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Beware Spooks!

as Lester Lewis
Released: 1939-10-24

A bumbling detective chases an escaped convict in an amusement park haunted house in Coney Island.

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3 Is a Family

as Mr. Steele
Released: 1944-11-23

Based on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, "3 Is a Family" is a 1940s farce. Charlie Ruggles...

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Give Me a Sailor

as CaptainTallant
Released: 1938-08-19

Jim and Walter are two brother sailors in the United States Navy. Walter tells Jim as soon as...

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Portia on Trial

as John Condon
Released: 1937-11-08

Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather...

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Good Girls Go to Paris

as Ted Dayton Sr.
Released: 1939-06-20

Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English...

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Honolulu

as Mr. Horace Grayson
Released: 1939-02-03

Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner...

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Shake, Rattle and Rock!

as Judge McCombs
Released: 1956-11-01

A TV star meets with opposition from adults who object to the opening of a rock 'n' roll palace...

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Maid of Salem

as Town Crier (Uncredited)
Released: 1937-02-12

When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes...

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Christmas Eve

as Judge Alston
Released: 1947-10-31

The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can...

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Fun on a Weekend

as Quigley Quackenbush
Released: 1947-05-15

Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired...

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The Rose Bowl Story

as Gramps Burke
Released: 1952-08-24

The newly crowned Rose Bowl Princess and a tough but tender football player find the California...

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True to Life

as Mr. Huggins
Released: 1943-12-24

A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he...

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The Man Who Talked Too Much

as E.A. Smith
Released: 1940-07-16

A young law graduate joins his older brother's legal practice, only to discover the firm's...

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Lost Honeymoon

as Mr. Evans
Released: 1947-03-29

An American architect learns he has two children whom he fathered during his military service.

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Bedtime Story

as Collins
Released: 1941-12-25

A Braodway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants...

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Five Little Peppers at Home

as J.H. King
Released: 1940-02-08

The second entry in the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the family struggling to keep...

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Five Little Peppers And How They Grew

as J.H. King
Released: 1939-08-22

The first of four films in the "Five Little Peppers" series, based on Margaret Sinclair's...

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Tugboat Annie Sails Again

as J.B. Armstrong
Released: 1940-10-26

Two rival tugboat captains compete for local business.

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True to the Army

as Gen. Marlowe
Released: 1942-03-21

A wire-walker, on the run from gangsters, masquerades as a soldier at her boyfriend's Army base.

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Irish Eyes Are Smiling

as Leo Betz
Released: 1944-10-19

Climbing to fame, Irish-American composer Ernest R. Ball romances a showgirl, who catches the...

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What a Blonde

as Charles DaFoe
Released: 1945-02-03

American gas rationing during WWII results in comic mayhem as a lingerie executive finds his...

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Two Flaming Youths

as Kolb - as Kolb and Dill
Released: 1927-12-17

Sheriff Ben Holden is in love with hotel owner Madge Malarkey when down-and-out carnival man...

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You're in the Army Now

as General Winthrop
Released: 1941-12-25

Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.

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The Law West of Tombstone

as Samuel 'Sam' Kent
Released: 1938-11-18

A blustering gunfighter talks himself into the position of mayor in a small western town.

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The Fabulous Joe

as Cornelius Belmont, II
Released: 1947-08-28

Milo Terkel's life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a...

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The Night of January 16th

as Tilton
Released: 1941-11-28

Accused of killing her employer, financier Bjorn Faulkner, Kit is championed by wisecracking...

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Standing Room Only

as Glen Ritchie
Released: 1944-01-07

During WWII, an executive and his secretary arrive in Washington, DC on business but, because of...

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A Girl's Best Years

as Doctor (uncredited)
Released: 1936-12-25

A woman reporter is hired by an author-songwriter to help him avoid additional breach-of-promise...

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The Pilgrim Lady

as Prof. Rankin
Released: 1947-01-22

Dennis Carter, the head of a detective agency, and his secretary, Henrietta Rankin, get involved...

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Bluff

as Louie
Released: 1916-10-16

Louie, the janitor of a large New York building, leaves New York for a small town to try to work...

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My Little Margie

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-06-16

My Little Margie is an American situation comedy starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell that...

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My Little Margie

as Mr. Honeywell
First aired: 1952-06-16

My Little Margie is an American situation comedy starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell that...

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