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Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 12, 1874
Died
July 15, 1947
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Also Known As
- Генри Колкер
- Joseph Henry Kolker
Henry Kolker
0.3 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
5.3
Deschamps
Bluebeard
1944
0.0
Jefferson Baxter
Sarong Girl
1943
6.4
General Bartholomew (uncredited)
Reunion in France
1942
6.0
Myron T. Hayworth
Sing for Your Supper
1941
5.0
Judge Arnold Mason
The Parson of Panamint
1941
6.8
Judge
A Woman's Face
1941
0.0
Stewart Cordell
The Great Swindle
1941
5.5
William Stevens Sr.
Las Vegas Nights
1941
4.3
T.J. Mulhausen
The Man Who Lost Himself
1941
3.5
Mr. Rollins
Money and the Woman
1940
Credits
Bluebeard
as Deschamps
1944
5.3
Sarong Girl
as Jefferson Baxter
1943
0.0
Reunion in France
as General Bartholomew (uncredited)
1942
6.4
Sing for Your Supper
as Myron T. Hayworth
1941
6.0
The Parson of Panamint
as Judge Arnold Mason
1941
5.0
A Woman's Face
as Judge
1941
6.8
The Great Swindle
as Stewart Cordell
1941
0.0
Las Vegas Nights
as William Stevens Sr.
1941
5.5
The Man Who Lost Himself
as T.J. Mulhausen
1941
4.3
Money and the Woman
as Mr. Rollins
1940
3.5
Grand Ole Opry
as William C. Scully
1940
7.0
Main Street Lawyer
as Donnelly, District Attorney
1939
2.0
Here I Am a Stranger
as R.J. Bennett
1939
7.0
The Real Glory
as The General
1939
6.3
Parents on Trial
as James Wesley
1939
0.0
Hidden Power
as Weston
1939
0.0
These Glamour Girls
as Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited)
1939
5.5
Union Pacific
as Asa M. Barrows
1939
6.6
Let Us Live
as Chief of Police
1939
6.8
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Horace Smith
1938
6.3
Too Hot to Handle
as Pearly Todd
1938
5.8
Marie Antoinette
as Court Aide (uncredited)
1938
6.5
Safety in Numbers
as Dr. Lawrence Edmonds
1938
0.0
Holiday
as Edward Seton
1938
7.3
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Nicolo Polo
1938
6.0
Love Is a Headache
as Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited)
1938
5.7
The Invisible Menace
as Col. Hackett
1938
3.8
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
as "Doc" Godfrey
1937
5.7
The Devil Is Driving
as Charles Stevens
1937
5.0
Let Them Live
as Judge Lederer
1937
0.0
Green Light
as Dr. Lane
1937
6.4
Maid of Salem
as Crown Chief Justice Laughton
1937
5.9
They Wanted to Marry
as Mr. Hunter
1937
5.0
Once a Doctor
as Bruce Nordland
1937
6.3
Under Cover of Night
as District Attorney Pritchard
1937
5.7
Great Guy
as Abel Canning
1936
6.2
Theodora Goes Wild
as Jonathan Grant
1936
6.5
The Man Who Lived Twice
as Judge Treacher
1936
6.7
Sitting on the Moon
as Worthington
1936
4.3
Romeo and Juliet
as Friar Laurence
1936
6.2
Bullets or Ballots
as Mr. Hollister
1936
6.6
My Marriage
as Maj. Vaile
1936
5.0
Collegiate
as Mr. MacGregor
1936
0.0
Frisco Waterfront
as District Attorney
1935
0.0
3 Kids and a Queen
as Crippet
1935
6.0
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Warder (uncredited)
1935
5.6
Shipmates Forever
as Doctor (uncredited)
1935
6.5
I Live My Life
as Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited)
1935
6.4
Red Salute
as Dean
1935
5.6
Diamond Jim
as J.C. Randolf - Bank President
1935
6.0
Here Comes the Band
as Simmon's Attorney
1935
5.0
The Black Room
as Baron de Berghman
1935
6.5
Mad Love
as Prefect Rosset
1935
7.0
Honeymoon Limited
as Mr. Randall
1935
5.3
Spring Tonic
as Mr. Enix
1935
5.3
Go Into Your Dance
as Doctor
1935
6.8
Reckless
as Mr. Gearhart (uncredited)
1935
5.0
The Case of the Curious Bride
as District Attorney Stacey
1935
6.0
The Florentine Dagger
as Auctioneer
1935
5.7
A Dog of Flanders
as Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited)
1935
7.0
Times Square Lady
as Mr. Fielding
1935
6.0
One New York Night
as Arthur Carlisle
1935
0.0
The Mystery Man
as Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas
1935
5.4
Red Hot Tires
as Martin Sanford
1935
5.8
Society Doctor
as Dr. Harvey
1935
6.3
Charlie Chan in Paris
as Paul Lamartine
1935
6.5
The Band Plays On
as Professor Hackett
1934
8.5
Sing Sing Nights
as Kurt Nordon
1934
2.8
The Ghost Walks
as Dr. Kent
1934
5.3
Imitation of Life
as Dr. Preston (uncredited)
1934
7.0
Love Time
as Emperor Francis I
1934
0.0
Lady by Choice
as Opper
1934
6.3
A Lost Lady
as John Ormsby
1934
5.6
Million Dollar Ransom
as Dr. Davis (Uncredited)
1934
5.0
One Exciting Adventure
as Customer, Oscar
1934
0.0
She Loves Me Not
as Charles M. Lawton
1934
5.6
Now and Forever
as Mr. Clark
1934
6.6
The Girl from Missouri
as Senator Titcombe
1934
6.9
Name the Woman
as Judge Adams
1934
0.0
Blind Date
as J.W. Hartwell Sr.
1934
7.0
Whom the Gods Destroy
as Carlo - the Puppeteer
1934
5.5
Let's Try Again
as Mr. Blake
1934
2.0
The Hell Cat
as C.W. Sloane
1934
6.0
Black Moon
as The Psychiatrist
1934
5.3
Let's Talk It Over
as Doctor
1934
0.0
Sisters Under the Skin
as Jones
1934
0.0
Wonder Bar
as R. H. Renaud
1934
5.9
Success at Any Price
as Hatfield
1934
3.8
Journal of a Crime
as Henri Marcher
1934
5.7
I've Got Your Number
as Lawyer Robert Kirkland
1934
6.0
Bedside
as Maritza's Manager
1934
5.4
Blood Money
as Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)
1933
7.0
Meet the Baron
as Baron Munchausen
1933
4.2
The Power and the Glory
as Mr. Borden
1933
5.7
Gigolettes of Paris
as Police Interrogator
1933
5.0
I Loved a Woman
as Mr. Sanborn
1933
4.5
Golden Harvest
as Henry Flint
1933
5.0
Bureau of Missing Persons
as Theodore Arno
1933
5.6
Notorious But Nice
as Defense Attorney Clark
1933
5.5
Baby Face
as J.R. Carter
1933
7.2
The Narrow Corner
as Mr. Blake, Fred's Father
1933
5.5
A Bedtime Story
as Agent de Police
1933
4.5
Hello, Sister!
as Jameson Brewster - Bank President
1933
5.8
The Keyhole
as Schuyler Brooks
1933
4.7
Rasputin and the Empress
as Chief of Secret Police (uncredited)
1932
5.1
Faithless
as Mr. Carter
1932
6.6
The Crash
as John Fair
1932
4.8
Devil and the Deep
as Hutton
1932
4.8
The First Year
as Peter Barstow
1932
0.0
The Washington Masquerade
as Stapleton
1932
6.5
Jewel Robbery
as Baron Franz Hohenfels
1932
6.5
The Yellow Ticket
as Passport Clerk
1931
4.7
The Unholy Garden
as Col. Lautrac
1931
6.3
I Like Your Nerve
as Areal Pacheco
1931
5.7
The Spy
as Tchijinski
1931
0.0
Indiscreet
as Mr. Woodward
1931
6.0
Quick Millions
as District Attorney (uncredited)
1931
7.1
Don't Bet on Women
as Butterfield (uncredited)
1931
4.1
One Heavenly Night
as Prefect of Police
1930
5.2
Abraham Lincoln
as New Englander (uncredited)
1930
5.4
East Is West
as Mr. Benson
1930
4.0
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as D'Aiguillon
1930
5.4
The Way of All Men
as Sharp
1930
4.0
Good Intentions
as Butler
1930
0.0
The Bad One
as Prosecutor
1930
6.3
Love, Live & Laugh
as Enrico
1929
0.0
Pleasure Crazed
as Col. Farquar
1929
0.0
The Valiant
as Judge
1929
6.0
Coquette
as Jasper Carter
1929
5.7
🎬
Don't Marry
as General Willoughby
1928
0.0
The Beautiful Spy
as Viceroy Cisneros
1928
0.0
Midnight Rose
as Corbin
1928
0.0
Soft Living
as Rodney S. Bowen
1928
0.0
A Kiss in a Taxi
as Leon Lambert
1927
0.0
Wet Paint
as A Husband
1926
0.0
🎬
Hell's Four Hundred
as John Gilmore
1926
0.0
The Palace of Pleasure
as Don Sebastian, Premier
1926
0.0
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Marcus Morton
1925
5.5
Any Woman
as Egbert Phillips
1925
0.0
A Man of Stone
as (Uncredited)
1921
0.0
The Brat
as A Dandy
1919
0.0
Her Purchase Price
as Duke of Wryden
1919
0.0
Blackie's Redemption
as Fred the Count
1919
0.0
The Parisian Tigress
as Henri Dutray
1919
0.0
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
1919
0.0
The House of Mirth
as Lawrence Selden
1918
0.0
Social Hypocrites
as Dr. Frank Simpson
1918
0.0
The Shell Game
as Lawrence Gray
1918
0.0
Gloria's Romance
as Dr. Stephen Royce
1916
6.0
🎬
The Warning
as Robert Denman
1915
0.0
How Molly Malone Made Good
as Himself
1915
5.0