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Clarence Kolb

Clarence Kolb

Actor · 1874 – 1964 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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.

Movies24

  • Movie7.4

    His Girl Friday

    1940 · 972 votes

  • Movie7.1

    Adam's Rib

    1949 · 346 votes

  • Movie7.5

    Fury

    1936 · 261 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Carefree

    1938 · 71 votes

  • Movie7.2

    Hellzapoppin'

    1941 · 112 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Man of a Thousand Faces

    1957 · 45 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Impact

    1949 · 67 votes

  • Movie8.5

    Beware Spooks!

    1939 · 2 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Wells Fargo

    1937 · 15 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Blossoms in the Dust

    1941 · 38 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Merrily We Live

    1938 · 41 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Nothing but the Truth

    1941 · 16 votes

  • Movie6.2

    The Toast of New York

    1937 · 13 votes

  • Movie6.3

    The Sky's the Limit

    1943 · 22 votes

  • Movie5.3

    No Time for Comedy

    1940 · 12 votes

  • Movie6.1

    The Falcon in Danger

    1943 · 13 votes

  • Movie6.3

    The Kid from Brooklyn

    1946 · 14 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Honolulu

    1939 · 8 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Irish Eyes Are Smiling

    1944 · 4 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie6.3

    Something for the Boys

    1944 · 13 votes

  • Movie7.3

    White Tie and Tails

    1946 · 3 votes

  • Movie8.0

    True to Life

    1943 · 4 votes

  • Movie6.0

    The Amazing Mr. Williams

    1939 · 11 votes

Series1

  • TV5.0

    My Little Margie

    1952 · 2 votes