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Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 16, 1876
Died
October 5, 1941
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- C. Wilson Hummel
- Wilson Hummel
- Wilson Hummell
- Clarence Hummel Wilson
- Clarence H. Wilson
- C.H. Wilson
Clarence Wilson
0.4 Popularity
Biography
Clarence Hummel Wilson (November 17, 1876 – October 5, 1941) was an American character actor. He appeared in nearly 200 movies between 1920 and 1941, mostly in supporting roles as an old miser or grouch. He had notable supporting roles in films like The Front Page (1931), Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), and You Can't Take It With You (1938). Wilson also played in several Our Gang comedies, most notably as Mr. Crutch in Shrimps for a Day and school board chairman Alonzo Pratt in Come Back, Miss Pipps, his final film. Wilson died on October 5, 1941, approximately three weeks before the release of Come Back, Miss Pipps.
Known For
7.0
Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
1976
6.3
Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
6.0
Alonzo K. Pratt (uncredited)
Come Back, Miss Pipps
1941
5.3
Sheriff (uncredited)
Road Show
1941
5.6
W.L. Reynolds
Little Men
1940
0.0
Silas Barton
Friendly Neighbors
1940
5.8
Judge Henderson
Melody Ranch
1940
4.4
Eph, Service Station Owner
Haunted House
1940
5.8
R. Glassford
We Who Are Young
1940
2.7
Mr. Jamison
Millionaire Playboy
1940
Credits
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
1976
7.0
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964
6.3
Come Back, Miss Pipps
as Alonzo K. Pratt (uncredited)
1941
6.0
Road Show
as Sheriff (uncredited)
1941
5.3
Little Men
as W.L. Reynolds
1940
5.6
Friendly Neighbors
as Silas Barton
1940
0.0
Melody Ranch
as Judge Henderson
1940
5.8
Haunted House
as Eph, Service Station Owner
1940
4.4
We Who Are Young
as R. Glassford
1940
5.8
Millionaire Playboy
as Mr. Jamison
1940
2.7
Little Old New York
as Willie Stout
1940
4.3
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Paymaster (uncredited)
1939
6.4
Desperate Trails
as Malenkthy Culp
1939
4.5
Some Like It Hot
as Mr. Ives
1939
7.2
Clown Princes
as Landlord
1939
5.0
East Side of Heaven
as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
1939
7.1
Let Us Live
as Lunchroom Proprietor (uncredited)
1939
6.8
Son of Frankenstein
as Dr. Berger (uncredited)
1939
6.7
The Mad Miss Manton
as Norris' Attorney (uncredited)
1938
6.3
You Can't Take It with You
as John Blakely
1938
7.5
Having Wonderful Time
as Mr. G.
1938
4.6
Kentucky Moonshine
as Attorney
1938
4.8
In Old Chicago
as Lawyer
1938
6.6
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Jake Singer (as Clarence Hummel Wilson)
1938
6.7
The Westland Case
as Charles Frazee
1937
6.0
🎬
Small Town Boy
as Curtis French
1937
0.0
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Stationmaster (uncredited)
1937
4.7
The Great Gambini
as Doctor
1937
6.0
It May Happen to You
as Van Buren Sheafor aka Pop (uncredited)
1937
5.2
Parnell
as Assistant Process Server
1937
4.1
Damaged Goods
as Dr. N.R. Shryer
1937
3.0
A Star Is Born
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1937
7.2
Two Wise Maids
as Twitchell
1937
0.0
Man Of The People
as Skinny Wilson - Sulker
1937
7.0
Hats Off
as C.D. Pottingham
1936
3.7
The Case of the Black Cat
as Mr. Shuster
1936
6.6
Wedding Present
as Simmons
1936
6.5
Love Begins at Twenty
as Jonathan Ramp
1936
6.0
Little Miss Nobody
as Herman Slade
1936
6.0
Educating Father
as Jess Boynton
1936
0.0
On the Wrong Trek
as Mr. Wilson (car owner)
1936
5.8
Sutter's Gold
as Streetcar Owner
1936
0.0
Paddy O'Day
as Lawyer Brewster
1936
7.0
Public Ghost # 1
as E. H. Compton
1935
4.0
I Dream Too Much
as The Lawyer (uncredited)
1935
5.1
The Rainmakers
as Dennis P. Hogan
1935
6.0
Little Sinner
as Property Owner
1935
6.0
It's in the Air
as Amos Whipple
1935
5.0
Waterfront Lady
as Truant Officer
1935
4.0
Nurse to You!
as Mr. Wilson
1935
0.0
Navy Wife
as Bridge Player
1935
5.0
Mad Love
as Piano Creditor (Uncredited)
1935
7.0
One Frightened Night
as Mr. Felix
1935
5.3
The Tin Man
as Mad Scientist
1935
7.0
A Dog of Flanders
as Antoine - Official with Court Order (uncredited)
1935
7.0
Ruggles of Red Gap
as Jake Henshaw
1935
7.1
The Great Hotel Murder
as Girando
1935
5.8
When a Man's a Man
as Garvey, Gambert's Lawyer
1935
4.3
The Winning Ticket
as Dolan - Pool Hall Proprietor
1935
3.3
Forsaking All Others
as Hotel Manager (Uncredited)
1934
5.9
Shrimps for a Day
as Mr. Crutch
1934
7.0
Imitation of Life
as Mr. Bristol, Landlord (uncredited)
1934
7.0
I'll Fix It
as John Stevens
1934
0.0
Kentucky Kernels
as Mr. Peck, Lawyer (uncredited)
1934
6.3
A Successful Failure
as H.T. Flintly
1934
2.5
Gridiron Flash
as Hunsacker
1934
3.3
Wake Up and Dream
as Hildebrand
1934
4.0
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Fouquet
1934
6.7
Beyond the Law
as Talbot
1934
0.0
Bachelor Bait
as Clement Graftsman
1934
5.7
Operator 13
as Josiah Claybourne (uncredited)
1934
5.8
Now I'll Tell
as Joe Davis
1934
4.3
Half a Sinner
as Collector
1934
0.0
Unknown Blonde
as Max Keibel
1934
1.0
I Like it That Way
as The Professor (as Clarence Hummel Wilson)
1934
7.0
The Son of Kong
as Hilda's Father (uncredited)
1933
5.4
King for a Night
as Mr. Whistler
1933
6.2
Lady Killer
as Lawyer (uncredited)
1933
6.9
Day of Reckoning
as Bail Bondsman
1933
4.4
Tillie and Gus
as Phineas Pratt
1933
7.6
A Shriek in the Night
as Perkins
1933
5.1
Storm at Daybreak
as Capt. Durosch (uncredited)
1933
5.8
The Girl in 419
as Walter C. Horton
1933
3.5
Bondage
as Dr. I. M. Harper (uncredited)
1933
0.0
Terror Aboard
as Ship's Doctor
1933
6.0
The Keyhole
as J. Weems - Acme Detective Agency Head (uncredited)
1933
4.7
Pick-up
as Sam Foster
1933
4.0
The Mysterious Rider
as Gentry, the Barber
1933
6.0
Smoke Lightning
as Deputy Jake Tully
1933
3.5
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
as Finn's Lawyer Morris (uncredited)
1932
6.3
Rasputin and the Empress
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1932
5.1
Flaming Guns
as J.P. Mulford
1932
6.0
The Penguin Pool Murder
as Bertrand B. Hemingway
1932
5.5
The Sport Parade
as Toastmaster
1932
4.8
The Phantom of Crestwood
as Apartment House Manager (uncredited)
1932
5.9
The All-American
as Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
1932
5.0
Young Ironsides
as J. Caldwall Evans
1932
0.0
Down To Earth
as Ed Eggers
1932
7.0
Love Me Tonight
as Shirtmaker (uncredited)
1932
6.5
The Purchase Price
as Justice of the Peace Elmer (uncredited)
1932
6.5
Winner Take All
as Ben Isaacs
1932
4.7
Jewel Robbery
as Prefect of Police
1932
6.5
The Famous Ferguson Case
as County Attorney
1932
6.2
Amateur Daddy
as William J. 'Bill' Hansen
1932
0.0
The Wet Parade
as Charles Evan Hughes Campaigner (uncredited)
1932
5.8
The Beast of the City
as Coroner (uncredited)
1932
5.8
Under Eighteen
as A.J. Dietrich, Attorney (uncredited)
1932
6.2
Her Majesty, Love
as Uncle Cornelius
1931
6.0
The Sea Ghost
as Henry Sykes
1931
5.4
Flying High
as Lunch Counter Manager (uncredited)
1931
4.8
Night Life in Reno
as Adrian Garrett
1931
3.9
Wicked
as Juryman
1931
4.7
Sweepstakes
as Emory
1931
4.5
Ladies' Man
as Jeweler
1931
4.1
The Front Page
as Sheriff Hartman
1931
6.5
Paid
as Max Hardy (uncredited)
1930
6.8
Love in the Rough
as Brown
1930
4.3
Strictly Unconventional
as George - Ted's Valet
1930
2.7
Officer O'Brien
as Patello's Attorney
1930
3.7
Dangerous Paradise
as Zangiacomo
1930
3.4
Woman Trap
as Detective Captain (as Wilson Hummell)
1929
4.8
Big News
as Coroner
1929
4.2
The Phantom of the Turf
as The Lawyer
1928
0.0
A Girl in Every Port
as Bartender in Marseille (uncredited)
1928
6.1
Ladies Must Dress
as Office Manager
1927
0.0
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Bidder at Eliza's Auction (uncredited)
1927
6.6
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as Money Lender (uncredited)
1927
7.8
Young April
as Flower vendor (uncredited)
1926
7.5
Little Robinson Crusoe
as 'Singapore' Scroggs
1924
6.0
The Dangerous Maid
as Jewars (Jeffreys' secretary)
1923
0.0
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1923
6.5
Soft Boiled
as The Reformer
1923
0.0
The Last Hour
as Quales
1923
0.0
Honor First
as Tricot (the Apache) (as Wilson Hummel)
1922
0.0
Cinderella of the Hills
as Peter Poff
1921
0.0
🎬
Big Town Ideas
as Chef
1921
0.0
The Tomboy
as The Police Force
1921
0.0
While the Devil Laughs
as Joe Franklin
1921
0.0
The First Born
as Kury Lar (as Wilson Hummel)
1921
0.0
The Land of Jazz
1920
0.0
The Little Grey Mouse
as Henry Lealon
1920
0.0
The Penalty
as A Crook (uncredited)
1920
6.9