Clarence Kolb
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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.
Acting
Movie
His Girl Friday
as Mayor
1940
Movie
Adam's Rib
as Judge Reiser
1949
Movie
Fury
as Durkin's Friend (uncredited)
1936
Movie
Hellzapoppin'
as Andrew Rand
1941
Movie
Carefree
as Judge Travers
1938
Movie
Impact
as Darcy
1949
Movie
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Clarence Kolb
1957
Movie
Merrily We Live
as Henry Kilbourne
1938
Movie
Blossoms in the Dust
as Senator
1941
Movie
The Sky's the Limit
as Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited)
1943
Movie
Caught in the Draft
as Col. Peter Fairbanks
1941
Movie
Nothing but the Truth
as Mr. Van Dusen
1941
Movie
Christmas Eve
as Judge Alston
1947
Movie
Wells Fargo
as John Butterfield
1937
Movie
The Kid from Brooklyn
as Mr. Austin
1946
Movie
The Falcon in Danger
as Stanley Harris Palmer
1943
Movie
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
as Hiram P. Brighton
1940
Movie
Something for the Boys
as Colonel Grubbs (uncredited)
1944
Movie
The Toast of New York
as Cornelius Vanderbilt
1937
Movie
No Time for Comedy
as Richard Benson
1940
Movie
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Captain McGovern
1939
Movie
Society Lawyer
as Mr. Leonard
1939
Movie
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Ted Dayton Sr.
1939
Movie
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Senator Walsh
1938