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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 30, 1874
Died
November 25, 1964
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- C. William Kolb
- William Kolb
- Clarence William Kolb
Clarence Kolb
0.4 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
6.6
Clarence Kolb
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
4.6
Judge McCombs
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956
3.0
Gramps Burke
The Rose Bowl Story
1952
3.0
My Little Margie
1952
3.0
Mr. Honeywell
My Little Margie
1952
7.1
Judge Reiser
Adam's Rib
1949
6.0
Darcy
Impact
1949
5.1
Judge Alston
Christmas Eve
1947
6.5
J.T. Thorp
Blondie in the Dough
1947
5.2
Cornelius Belmont, II
The Fabulous Joe
1947
Credits
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Clarence Kolb
1957
6.6
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
as Judge McCombs
1956
4.6
The Rose Bowl Story
as Gramps Burke
1952
3.0
My Little Margie
1952
3.0
My Little Margie
as Mr. Honeywell
1952
3.0
Adam's Rib
as Judge Reiser
1949
7.1
Impact
as Darcy
1949
6.0
Christmas Eve
as Judge Alston
1947
5.1
Blondie in the Dough
as J.T. Thorp
1947
6.5
The Fabulous Joe
as Cornelius Belmont, II
1947
5.2
Fun on a Weekend
as Quigley Quackenbush
1947
7.0
Lost Honeymoon
as Mr. Evans
1947
5.3
The Pilgrim Lady
as Prof. Rankin
1947
5.0
White Tie and Tails
as Mr. Arkwright
1946
7.0
The Kid from Brooklyn
as Mr. Austin
1946
6.2
Road to Alcatraz
as Philip Angreet
1945
0.0
What a Blonde
as Charles DaFoe
1945
2.7
3 Is a Family
as Mr. Steele
1944
0.0
Something for the Boys
as Colonel Grubbs (uncredited)
1944
6.2
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
as Leo Betz
1944
5.0
Standing Room Only
as Glen Ritchie
1944
5.0
True to Life
as Mr. Huggins
1943
6.0
The Falcon in Danger
as Stanley Harris Palmer
1943
5.6
The Sky's the Limit
as Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited)
1943
6.2
True to the Army
as Gen. Marlowe
1942
0.0
Hellzapoppin'
as Andrew Rand
1941
7.2
You're in the Army Now
as General Winthrop
1941
4.0
Bedtime Story
as Collins
1941
5.5
The Night of January 16th
as Tilton
1941
5.0
Nothing But the Truth
as Mr. Van Dusen
1941
7.1
Blossoms in the Dust
as Senator
1941
6.6
Caught in the Draft
as Col. Peter Fairbanks
1941
5.6
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
as Hiram P. Brighton
1940
6.5
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
as J.B. Armstrong
1940
5.5
No Time for Comedy
as Richard Benson
1940
5.0
The Man Who Talked Too Much
as E.A. Smith
1940
6.0
Five Little Peppers at Home
as J.H. King
1940
6.3
His Girl Friday
as Mayor
1940
7.4
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Captain McGovern
1939
5.8
Beware Spooks!
as Lester Lewis
1939
7.0
Our Leading Citizen
as Jim Hanna
1939
0.0
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
as J.H. King
1939
6.2
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Ted Dayton Sr.
1939
7.0
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It Could Happen to You
as Alfred Wiman
1939
1.5
Society Lawyer
as Mr. Leonard
1939
5.0
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I Was a Convict
as John B. Harrison
1939
5.0
Honolulu
as Mr. Horace Grayson
1939
6.1
The Law West of Tombstone
as Samuel 'Sam' Kent
1938
4.0
Carefree
as Judge Travers
1938
6.6
Give Me a Sailor
as Captain Tallant
1938
5.8
Merrily We Live
as Henry Kilbourne
1938
6.9
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Senator Walsh
1938
6.9
Wells Fargo
as John Butterfield
1937
5.2
Portia on Trial
as John Condon
1937
5.4
The Toast of New York
as Cornelius Vanderbilt
1937
5.8
Maid of Salem
as Town Crier (Uncredited)
1937
5.9
A Girl's Best Years
as Doctor (uncredited)
1936
5.0
Fury
as Durkin's Friend (uncredited)
1936
7.4
Two Flaming Youths
as Kolb - as Kolb and Dill
1927
0.0
Bluff
as Louie
1916
0.0