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Birth name Clarence William Kolb
Nationality USA
Birth 30 july 1874 at Cleveland (USA)
Death 25 november 1964 (at 90 years) at Hollywood (USA)

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 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 from a stroke at the Orchard Gables Sanitarium at 1277 North Wilcox Avenue in Hollywood. He is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

Biography

Par ailleurs acteur de vaudeville, Clarence Kolb contribue à sept films muets en 1916-1917, avant un dernier film muet en 1927, tous aux côtés de son partenaire habituel à la scène, Max Dill (1876-1949), avec lequel il forme le duo 'Kolb and Dill'.

Il fait surtout carrière au cinéma à partir de 1936, apparaissant alors dans cinquante-six films américains, comme second rôle de caractère (notable, homme d'affaires ou juge, le plus souvent). Son dernier film, sorti en 1957, est L'Homme aux mille visages de Joseph Pevney — biographie de Lon Chaney (personnifié par James Cagney) —, où apparaît le duo 'Kolb and Dill', lui-même jouant son propre rôle.

Mentionnons également Amanda de Mark Sandrich (1938, avec Fred Astaire et Ginger Rogers ; rôle du juge Travers), La Dame du vendredi d'Howard Hawks (1940, avec Cary Grant et Rosalind Russell ; rôle du maire), Hellzapoppin d'Henry C. Potter (1941 ; rôle de M. Rand), ou encore Madame porte la culotte de George Cukor (1949, avec Spencer Tracy et Katharine Hepburn ; rôle du juge Reiser).

À la télévision, Clarence Kolb participe à la série My Little Margie , où il interprète le rôle récurrent de George Honeywell (quarante-neuf épisodes, diffusés de 1952 à 1955).

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Clarence Kolb (51 films)

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Man of a Thousand Faces
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
, 2h2
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about television, Films about disabilities, Sign-language films, American Sign Language films, Films about language and translation
Actors James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer, Jim Backus, Robert Evans, Troy Donahue
Roles Clarence Kolb
Rating70% 3.5449253.5449253.5449253.5449253.544925
In the early 1900s, actor Lon Chaney (James Cagney) is working in vaudeville with his wife Cleva (Dorothy Malone). Chaney quits the show and Cleva announces that she is pregnant. Lon is happy and tells Cleva that he has been hired by the famous comedy team Kolb and Dill for an upcoming show.
Impact
Impact (1949)
, 1h51
Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn, Helen Walker, Mae Marsh, Robert Warwick
Roles Darcy
Rating69% 3.4943.4943.4943.4943.494
Millionaire industrialist Walter Williams (Brian Donlevy) has a young wife, Irene (Helen Walker), who is trying to kill him with the help of her young lover, Jim Torrance (Tony Barrett). The plan falls apart when Williams survives a hit on the head from the would-be killer. Attempting to flee the scene in Williams' Packard Clipper convertible, Torrance dies in a fiery head-on collision. The body is mistakenly identified as Williams.
Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib (1949)
, 1h41
Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Politique, Political films, Films about marriage
Actors Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell, David Wayne, Jean Hagen
Roles Judge Reiser
Rating73% 3.6976153.6976153.6976153.6976153.697615
Doris Attinger (Judy Holliday) follows her husband (Tom Ewell) with a gun one day after suspecting he is having an affair with another woman (Jean Hagen). In her rage, she fires at the couple multiple times. One of the bullets hits her husband in the shoulder.
Lost Honeymoon
Lost Honeymoon (1947)
, 1h11
Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Franchot Tone, Ann Richards, Tom Conway, Frances Rafferty, Clarence Kolb, Una O'Connor
Roles Mr. Evans
Rating55% 2.768182.768182.768182.768182.76818
Soon after the end of World War II a young English woman, Amy Atkins (Ann Richards), goes back to the London flat where she and her best friend, Tillie Grey, once used to live. The housekeeper Mrs. Tubbs (Una O'Connor) meets Amy and reveals to her that Tillie went ill right before she was off to America to look for the man she married during the war. Tillie died from her illness before she could make her journey, and left two orphaned twin children, Joyce and Johnny Jr. To honor her old friend and make her husband honour his obligations Amy decides to make the journey that Tillie had planned and complete task of finding her husband, Johnny. Amy modifies Tillie's new passport and travels to America by boat on the ticket Tillie had bought, posing as her best friend.
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve (1947)
, 1h30
Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors George Raft, George Brent, Randolph Scott, Joan Blondell, Virginia Field, Carl Harbord
Roles Judge Alston
Rating57% 2.852422.852422.852422.852422.85242
The greedy nephew Philip Hasting (Reginald Denny (actor)) of eccentric Matilda Reid (Ann Harding) seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth; In an informal meeting with her nephew, the doctor Dr. Doremus and the judge Alston they convene that she will be saved if her three long-lost adopted sons appear for a Christmas Eve reunion, as any of them is the one she could trust, but not her nephew.
Fun on a Weekend
Fun on a Weekend (1947)
, 1h33
Directed by Andrew L. Stone
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Eddie Bracken, Priscilla Lane, Tom Conway, Allen Jenkins, Arthur Treacher, Clarence Kolb
Roles Quigley Quackenbush
Rating66% 3.33543.33543.33543.33543.3354
This script must be run from the command line
The Fabulous Joe
The Fabulous Joe (1947)
, 59minutes
Directed by Harve Foster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Walter Abel, Margot Grahame, Marie Wilson, Donald Meek, Sheldon Leonard, Howard Petrie
Roles Cornelius Belmont, II
Rating63% 3.1808453.1808453.1808453.1808453.180845
This script must be run from the command line
The Kid from Brooklyn
The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
, 1h53
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen, Steve Cochran, Eve Arden, Virginia Mayo, Lionel Stander
Roles Mr. Austin
Rating64% 3.246773.246773.246773.246773.24677
Well-meaning and mild-mannered milkman Burleigh Sullivan (Kaye) meets Polly Pringle (Mayo), a beautiful, but out-of-work, singer, whilst on his rounds early in the morning. He tries to get her a job at the club where his sister Susie (Vera-Ellen) is performing, but gets the sack for his trouble. Whilst meeting Susie after the show, he sees her being molested by drunken boxer 'Speed' McFarlane and his bodyguard 'Spider'. In the fracas, Speed is knocked out and his manager, Gabby Sloan, is furious.
Standing Room Only
Standing Room Only (1944)
, 1h23
Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Romance
Actors Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray, Edward Arnold, Hillary Brooke, Roland Young, Anne Revere
Roles Glen Ritchie
Rating71% 3.569743.569743.569743.569743.56974
New York. Fabrique de jouets Todd and Co. Employée de cette société, Jane Rogers, est secrètement amoureuse de Lee Stevens, le fondé de pouvoir de l’entreprise. Mais celui-ci est fiancé à la fille du patron, Alice Todd. L’ingénieuse Jane se fait alors passer pour une secrétaire et réussit à accompagner Lee à Washington où il doit négocier un important marché. Une fois sur place, en pleine crise du logement, le vrai fondé de pouvoir et la fausse secrétaire doivent se contenter pour dormir d’une salle d’attente, puis d’un jardin public. Pour trouver un toit, le couple se fait engager comme domestiques dans une maison bourgeoise.