Henry Kolker
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.
Baby Face
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Holiday
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Union Pacific
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Abraham Lincoln
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Mad Love
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A Woman's Face
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Marie Antoinette
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The Black Room
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Imitation of Life
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Coquette
as Jasper CarterA Southern belle's flirtation with a working man leads to tragedy.
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Bluebeard
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Romeo and Juliet
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Shipmates Forever
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Indiscreet
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Quick Millions
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The Real Glory
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Bullets or Ballots
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The Invisible Menace
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Diamond Jim
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Theodora Goes Wild
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Too Hot to Handle
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Reckless
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Reunion in France
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The Cowboy and the Lady
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Green Light
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Wonder Bar
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Let Us Live
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Society Doctor
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Blood Money
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A Lost Lady
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Jewel Robbery
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Rasputin and the Empress
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I've Got Your Number
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Hidden Power
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Sing Sing Nights
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Now and Forever
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The Last Days of Pompeii
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Go Into Your Dance
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The Mystery Man
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My Marriage
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The Case of the Curious Bride
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The Adventures of Marco Polo
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Hello, Sister!
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The Hell Cat
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Great Guy
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Faithless
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Black Moon
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Social Hypocrites
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The Power and the Glory
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The Ghost Walks
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Love Time
as Emperor Francis IRomaticized biopic about the life of composer Franz Schubert.
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I Live My Life
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Love Is a Headache
as Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited)A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill, attempts to get her some...
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Maid of Salem
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Spring Tonic
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The Great Swindle
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Safety in Numbers
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Once a Doctor
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The Florentine Dagger
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Under Cover of Night
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Red Salute
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Journal of a Crime
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The Valiant
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Bedside
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Here Comes the Band
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Blind Date
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Let Them Live
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Charlie Chan in Paris
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Here I Am a Stranger
as R.J. BennettThe story of a young man's discovery of his father.
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Frisco Waterfront
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A Dog of Flanders
as Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited)Adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose...
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Bureau of Missing Persons
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Notorious But Nice
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Let's Try Again
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Money and the Woman
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Red Hot Tires
as Martin SanfordAn escaped convict redeems himself by becoming an auto racing champion.
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Lady by Choice
as OpperTo improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.
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The Beautiful Spy
as Viceroy CisnerosA complete version of the film is held by Cineteca Del Friuli.
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3 Kids and a Queen
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The Keyhole
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The Bands Plays On
as Professor HackettA judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.
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A Kiss in a Taxi
as Leon LambertBebe Daniels was at the peak of her silent stardom when she appeared in this comedy, which was...
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The Girl from Missouri
as Senator TitcombeLeaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl...
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The Narrow Corner
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These Glamour Girls
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Grand Ole Opry
as William C. ScullyAided by musicians at the Grand Ole Opry, a small-town mayor in the Ozarks takes on a group of...
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Meet the Baron
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The Man Who Lived Twice
as Judge Henry TreacherA hardened criminal is transformed into a responsible member of society after he undergoes...
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Gigolettes of Paris
as Police InterrogatorSilent screen favorite Madge Bellamy starred in this low-budget melodrama written and directed...
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She Loves Me Not
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Don't Bet on Women
as Butterfield (uncredited)At a big party, Roger Fallon, now a woman-hater, right to the core - this all due to a failed...
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One Exciting Adventure
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Success at Any Price
as HatfieldA young man ruthlessly climbs the corporate ladder only to attempt suicide when the stock market...
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The Man Who Lost Himself
as T.J. MulhausenJohn Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans...
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Main Street Lawyer
as Donnelly, District AttorneyStory of a lawyer, gangster and a floozy.
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Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as D'AiguillonJeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and...
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A Bedtime Story
as Agent de PoliceParisian playboy plays father to an abandoned baby who interferes with his womanising.
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The Brat
as A DandyAn unkempt chorus girl is arrested on a minor charge. In court, she is spotted by a novelist who...
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I Loved a Woman
as Mr. SanbornThe son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and...
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Collegiate
as Mr. MacGregorA Broadway playboy inherits an almost bankrupt girls' school and tries to save it by a big show.
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East Is West
as Mr. BensonMing Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by...
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They Wanted to Marry
as Mr. HunterNewspaper photographer Jim Tyler sneaks into a society girl's wedding, and the bride's sister...
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The Crash
as John FairLinda Gault is a luxury loving wife who casually seduces other men while getting investment tips...
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Golden Harvest
as Henry FlintA play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest....
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The Yellow Ticket
as Passport ClerkA young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a...
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The Washington Masquerade
as StapletonAn honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After...
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Las Vegas Nights
as William Stevens Sr.A vaudeville act inherits an old, beat-up building and decides to try to turn it into a hip new...
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Times Square Lady
as Mr. FieldingA young Iowa woman inherits her late estranged father's New York business, but the dead man's...
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Sing for Your Supper
as Myron T. HayworthEvelyn Palmer, a débutante society girl who also is a property landlord, becomes interested in...
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Soft Living
as Rodney S. BowenNancy Woods, secretary to a divorce lawyer, is tantalized by the idea of collecting alimony...
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I Like Your Nerve
as Areal PachecoRomance and political intrigue highlight director William C. McGann's 1931 comedy about a...
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Sarong Girl
as Jefferson BaxterA dancer in a girlie show plots revenge when a judge orders her show closed.
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Love, Live & Laugh
as EnricoAny movie that starts Jewish entertainer George Jessel as an Italian accordionist named Luigi...
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One New York Night
as Arthur CarlisleFoxhall Ridgeway, arriving in New York City from the West, stumbles onto a murder in the hotel...
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Good Intentions
as ButlerWhen love came the way of this gentleman crook he turned to the right---only to be caught in the...
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The Parson of Panamint
as Judge Arnold MasonAs he looks over the dusty, deserted remains of the western "boom town" of Panamint, grizzled...
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One Heavenly Night
as Prefect of PoliceA poor but basically honest flower woman agrees to impersonate a wicked opera star.
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Million Dollar Ransom
as Dr. Davis (Uncredited)To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in...
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Sitting on the Moon
as WorthingtonA successful songwriter and a struggling singer become involved professionally and romantically...
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Sally, Irene and Mary
as Marcus MortonThe three are showgirls, each with a different approach to life and love.
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Honeymoon Limited
as Mr. RandallA publisher bets an author that he won't be able to write a romantic adventure novel while on a...
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Let's Talk It Over
as DoctorA young sailor saves a woman from drowning. The woman turns out to be a rich heiress;...
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The Way of All Men
as SharpA variety of broad-painted and unlikely characters are trapped in an underground café when a...
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Gloria's Romance
as Dr. Stephen RoyceAn adventurous young girl in Florida gets herself lost in the Everglades and finds terror and...
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The Bad One
as ProsecutorIn this melodrama, a dancer works in a sleazy Marseilles portside dive that is really the front...
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Name the Woman
as Judge AdamsDirected by Albert S. Rogell. With Richard Cromwell, Arline Judge, Rita La Roy, Charles C. Wilson.
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Parents on Trial
as James WesleyAccording to Hollywood, the parents were generally at fault when good kids went bad. This theory...
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Whom the Gods Destroy
as Carlo - the PuppeteerBroadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret...
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How Molly Malone Made Good
as HimselfMolly, an Irish girl just hired by a New York newspaper, is assigned as a test a chain interview...
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The First Year
as Peter BarstowGrace Livingston is leading a happy life in her small town, with her mother and father, being...
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The House of Mirth
as Lawrence SeldenWharton creates a portrait of a stunning beauty who, though raised and educated to marry well...
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