Clarence Kolb

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.

Most Known For

My Little Margie

My Little Margie

as Mr. Honeywell

His Girl Friday

as Mayor

The Law West of Tombstone

as Samuel 'Sam' Kent

Beware Spooks!

as Lester Lewis

Fury

as Durkin's Friend (uncredited)

Merrily We Live

as Henry Kilbourne

Impact

as Darcy

Carefree

as Judge Travers

Man of a Thousand Faces

as Clarence Kolb

Hellzapoppin'

as Andrew Rand

Wells Fargo

as John Butterfield

Adam's Rib

as Judge Reiser

The Night of January 16th

as Tilton

Christmas Eve

as Judge Alston

Blossoms in the Dust

as Senator

Nothing But the Truth

as Mr. Van Dusen

Bedtime Story

as Collins

The Sky's the Limit

as Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited)

Honolulu

as Mr. Horace Grayson