Clarence Kolb

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1874-07-30 (90 years old)

Deathday

1964-11-25

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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 port...

Acting

1940

1947

1949

Impact

as Darcy

1949

Adam's Rib

as Judge Reiser

1927

Two Flaming Youths

as Kolb - as Kolb and Dill

1938

Carefree

as Judge Travers

1916

Bluff

as Louie

1943

The Falcon in Danger

as Stanley Harris Palmer

1947

Christmas Eve

as Judge Alston

1941

Nothing But the Truth

as Mr. Van Dusen

1941

Caught in the Draft

as Col. Peter Fairbanks

1946

1938

Merrily We Live

as Henry Kilbourne

1945

Road to Alcatraz

as Philip Angreet

1937

Wells Fargo

as John Butterfield

1940

No Time for Comedy

as Richard Benson

1938

The Law West of Tombstone

as Samuel 'Sam' Kent

1939

It Could Happen to You

as Alfred Wiman

1938

Give Me a Sailor

as Captain Tallant

1939

The Amazing Mr. Williams

as Captain McGovern

1939

Society Lawyer

as Mr. Leonard

1940

Tugboat Annie Sails Again

as J.B. Armstrong

1944

1944

Standing Room Only

as Glen Ritchie

1939

Beware Spooks!

as Lester Lewis

1943

True to Life

as Mr. Huggins

1939

Honolulu

as Mr. Horace Grayson

1940

1947

Lost Honeymoon

as Mr. Evans

1943

The Sky's the Limit

as Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited)

1944

Something for the Boys

as Colonel Grubbs (uncredited)

1945

What a Blonde

as Charles DaFoe

1947

The Pilgrim Lady

as Prof. Rankin

1939

Good Girls Go to Paris

as Ted Dayton Sr.

1956

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

as Judge McCombs

1937

Portia on Trial

as John Condon

1936

Fury

as Durkin's Friend (uncredited)

1941

Bedtime Story

as Collins

1944

3 Is a Family

as Mr. Steele

1937

The Toast of New York

as Cornelius Vanderbilt

1939

I Was a Convict

as John B. Harrison

1952

The Rose Bowl Story

as Gramps Burke

1938

1941

You're in the Army Now

as General Winthrop

1939

1941

1941

Hellzapoppin'

as Andrew Rand

1942

True to the Army

as Gen. Marlowe

1936

A Girl's Best Years

as Doctor (uncredited)

1947

Fun on a Weekend

as Quigley Quackenbush

1937

Maid of Salem

as Town Crier (Uncredited)

1957

Man of a Thousand Faces

as Clarence Kolb

1946

White Tie and Tails

as Mr. Arkwright

1947

The Fabulous Joe

as Cornelius Belmont, II

Production

1957

Man of a Thousand Faces

as Technical Advisor

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