Clarence Kolb

Personal Info

Birthday

July 30, 1874

Day of Death

1964-11-25

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Also Known As

C. William Kolb

William Kolb

Clarence William Kolb

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.

Known For

My Little Margie

Adam's Rib

His Girl Friday

Something for the Boys

Impact

Fury

Blossoms in the Dust

Man of a Thousand Faces

Filmography

1957
Man of a Thousand Faces
as Clarence Kolb
1956
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
as Judge McCombs
1952
The Rose Bowl Story
as Gramps Burke
1949
Adam's Rib
as Judge Reiser
Impact
as Darcy
1947
Christmas Eve
as Judge Alston
Blondie in the Dough
as J.T. Thorp
The Fabulous Joe
as Cornelius Belmont, II
Fun on a Weekend
as Quigley Quackenbush
Lost Honeymoon
as Mr. Evans
The Pilgrim Lady
as Prof. Rankin
1946
White Tie and Tails
as Mr. Arkwright
The Kid from Brooklyn
as Mr. Austin
1945
Road to Alcatraz
as Philip Angreet
What a Blonde
as Charles DaFoe
1944
3 Is a Family
as Mr. Steele
Something for the Boys
as Colonel Grubbs (uncredited)
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
as Leo Betz
Standing Room Only
as Glen Ritchie
1943
True to Life
as Mr. Huggins
The Falcon in Danger
as Stanley Harris Palmer
The Sky's the Limit
as Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited)
1942
True to the Army
as Gen. Marlowe
1941
Hellzapoppin'
as Andrew Rand
You're in the Army Now
as General Winthrop
Bedtime Story
as Collins
The Night of January 16th
as Tilton
Nothing But the Truth
as Mr. Van Dusen
Blossoms in the Dust
as Senator
Caught in the Draft
as Col. Peter Fairbanks
1940
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
as Hiram P. Brighton
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
as J.B. Armstrong
No Time for Comedy
as Richard Benson
The Man Who Talked Too Much
as E.A. Smith
Five Little Peppers at Home
as J.H. King
His Girl Friday
as Mayor
1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Captain McGovern
Beware Spooks!
as Lester Lewis
Our Leading Citizen
as Jim Hanna
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
as J.H. King
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Ted Dayton Sr.
It Could Happen to You
as Alfred Wiman
Society Lawyer
as Mr. Leonard
I Was a Convict
as John B. Harrison
Honolulu
as Mr. Horace Grayson
1938
The Law West of Tombstone
as Samuel 'Sam' Kent
Carefree
as Judge Travers
Give Me a Sailor
as Captain Tallant
Merrily We Live
as Henry Kilbourne
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Senator Walsh
1937
Wells Fargo
as John Butterfield
Portia on Trial
as John Condon
The Toast of New York
as Cornelius Vanderbilt
Maid of Salem
as Town Crier (Uncredited)
1936
A Girl's Best Years
as Doctor (uncredited)
Fury
as Durkin's Friend (uncredited)
1927
Two Flaming Youths
as Kolb - as Kolb and Dill
1916
Bluff
as Louie