Clarence Wilson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1876-11-16 (65 years old)

Deathday

1941-10-05

Place of Birth

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Clarence Wilson

Biography

Clarence Hummel Wilson (November 17, 1876 – October 5, 1941) was an American character actor. He appeared in nearly 200 movies between 1920 and 1941, mostly in supporting roles as an old miser or grouch. He had notable supporting roles in films like The Front Page (1931), Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), and You Can't Take It With You (1938). Wilson also played in several Our Gang comedies, most notably as Mr. Crutch in Shrimps for a Day and school board chairman Alonzo Pratt in Come Back, Miss Pipps, his final film. Wilson died on October 5, 1941, approximately three weeks before the release of Come Back, Miss Pipps.

Acting

1941

Come Back, Miss Pipps

as Alonzo K. Pratt (uncredited)

1926

Young April

as Flower vendor (uncredited)

1933

1932

The Phantom of Crestwood

as Apartment House Manager (uncredited)

1923

The Last Hour

as Quales

1921

The First Born

as Kury Lar (as Wilson Hummel)

1921

While the Devil Laughs

as Joe Franklin

1935

1932

Love Me Tonight

as Shirtmaker (uncredited)

1938

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

as Jake Singer (as Clarence Hummel Wilson)

1923

The Dangerous Maid

as Jewars (Jeffreys' secretary)

1936

On the Wrong Trek

as Mr. Wilson (car owner)

1923

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

1932

Winner Take All

as Ben Isaacs

1932

The Penguin Pool Murder

as Bertrand B. Hemingway

1937

It May Happen to You

as Van Buren Sheafor aka Pop (uncredited)

1932

Under Eighteen

as A.J. Dietrich, Attorney (uncredited)

1927

Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Bidder at Eliza's Auction (uncredited)

1933

Bondage

as Dr. I. M. Harper (uncredited)

1933

Terror Aboard

as Ship's Doctor

1937

The Emperor's Candlesticks

as Stationmaster (uncredited)

1933

Tillie and Gus

as Phineas Pratt

1935

When a Man's a Man

as Garvey, Gambert's Lawyer

1941

Road Show

as Sheriff (uncredited)

1934

Now I'll Tell

as Joe Davis

1939

Some Like It Hot

as Mr. Ives

1933

Pick-up

as Sam Foster

1932

Down To Earth

as Ed Eggers

1931

Sweepstakes

as Emory

1936

Hats Off

as C.D. Pottingham

1929

Woman Trap

as Detective Captain (as Wilson Hummell)

1938

1940

Little Old New York

as Willie Stout

1937

Small Town Boy

as Curtis French

1936

Little Miss Nobody

as Herman Slade

1938

1934

Gridiron Flash

as Hunsacker

1930

Dangerous Paradise

as Zangiacomo

1931

Ladies' Man

as Jeweler

1932

The Sport Parade

as Toastmaster

1930

Officer O'Brien

as Patello's Attorney

1934

Wake Up and Dream

as Hildebrand

1930

Strictly Unconventional

as George - Ted's Valet

1929

Big News

as Coroner

1921

1935

The Tin Man

as Mad Scientist

1931

Flying High

as Lunch Counter Manager (uncredited)

1937

Man Of The People

as Skinny Wilson - Sulker

1936

Sutter's Gold

as Streetcar Owner

1935

A Dog of Flanders

as Antoine - Official with Court Order (uncredited)

1936

1933

King for a Night

as Mr. Whistler

1934

Kentucky Kernels

as Peck - Lawyer

1933

Storm at Daybreak

as Capt. Durosch (uncredited)

1936

Paddy O'Day

as Lawyer Brewster

1939

Son of Frankenstein

as Dr. Berger (uncredited)

1932

The Famous Ferguson Case

as County Attorney

1939

East Side of Heaven

as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

1939

Let Us Live

as Lunchroom Proprietor (uncredited)

1939

Drums Along the Mohawk

as Paymaster (uncredited)

1932

Flaming Guns

as J.P. Mulford

1927

Ladies Must Dress

as Office Manager

1935

The Winning Ticket

as Dolan - Pool Hall Proprietor

1940

Millionaire Playboy

as Mr. Jamison

1937

1933

Smoke Lightning

as Deputy Jake Tully

1927

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

as Money Lender (uncredited)

1932

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

as Finn's Lawyer Morris (uncredited)

1934

1928

A Girl in Every Port

as Bartender in Marseille (uncredited)

1935

The Rainmakers

as Dennis P. Hogan

1932

Jewel Robbery

as Prefect of Police

1931

Night Life in Reno

as Adrian Garrett

1937

Two Wise Maids

as Twitchell

1937

The Westland Case

as Charles Frazee

1931

The Sea Ghost

as Henry Sykes

1932

Amateur Daddy

as William J. 'Bill' Hansen

1940

We Who Are Young

as R. Glassford

1939

Desperate Trails

as Malenkthy Culp

1931

Her Majesty, Love

as Uncle Cornelius

1936

Love Begins at Twenty

as Jonathan Ramp

1930

1934

Bachelor Bait

as Clement Graftsman

1937

Damaged Goods

as Dr. N.R. Shryer

1935

Waterfront Lady

as Truant Officer

1922

Honor First

as Tricot (the Apache) (as Wilson Hummel)

1935

It's in the Air

as Amos Whipple

1940

Haunted House

as Eph, Service Station Owner

1933

The Keyhole

as J. Weems - Acme Detective Agency Head (uncredited)

1940

Little Men

as W.L. Reynolds

1940

Friendly Neighbors

as Silas Barton

1940

Melody Ranch

as Judge Henderson

1920

The Penalty

as A Crook (uncredited)

1932

Young Ironsides

as J. Caldwall Evans

1935

Nurse to You!

as Mr. Wilson

1932

The Beast of the City

as Coroner (uncredited)

1934

Unknown Blonde

as Max Keibel

1936

Wedding Present

as Simmons

1933

The Girl in 419

as Walter C. Horton

1934

Shrimps for a Day

as Mr. Crutch

1935

I Dream Too Much

as The Lawyer (uncredited)

1937

A Star Is Born

as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

1935

Ruggles of Red Gap

as Jake Henshaw

1932

Rasputin and the Empress

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1930

Paid

as Max Hardy (uncredited)

1932

The Purchase Price

as Justice of the Peace Elmer (uncredited)

1932

The All-American

as Football Game Spectator (uncredited)

1935

Navy Wife

as Bridge Player

1938

1935

Public Ghost # 1

as E. H. Compton

1933

Day of Reckoning

as Bail Bondsman

1931

The Front Page

as Sheriff Hartman

1934

Half a Sinner

as Collector

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1934

Operator 13

as Josiah Claybourne (uncredited)

1976

It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

1936

Educating Father

as Jess Boynton

1934

Imitation of Life

as Mr. Bristol, Landlord (uncredited)

1932

The Wet Parade

as Charles Evan Hughes Campaigner (uncredited)

1933

The Son of Kong

as Hilda's Father (uncredited)

1934

I'll Fix It

as John Stevens

1923

Soft Boiled

as The Reformer

1934

Forsaking All Others

as Hotel Manager (Uncredited)

1938

The Mad Miss Manton

as Norris' Attorney (uncredited)

1935

Mad Love

as Piano Creditor (Uncredited)

1924

Little Robinson Crusoe

as 'Singapore' Scroggs

1931

Wicked

as Juryman

1934

I Like it That Way

as The Professor (as Clarence Hummel Wilson)

1933

The Mysterious Rider

as Gentry, the Barber

1934

A Successful Failure

as H.T. Flintly

1921

1935

Little Sinner

as Property Owner

1939

Clown Princes

as Landlord

1937

Parnell

as Assistant Process Server

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