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Clarence Kolb
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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, t…
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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.
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1957
Man of a Thousand Faces
Movie Clarence Kolb
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1956
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Movie Judge McCombs
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1952
The Rose Bowl Story
Movie Gramps Burke
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1952
My Little Margie
TV show
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1949
Adam's Rib
Movie Judge Reiser
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1949
Impact
Movie Darcy
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1947
Christmas Eve
Movie Judge Alston
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1947
Blondie in the Dough
Movie J.T. Thorp
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1947
The Fabulous Joe
Movie Cornelius Belmont, II
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1947
Fun on a Weekend
Movie Quigley Quackenbush
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1947
Lost Honeymoon
Movie Mr. Evans
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1947
The Pilgrim Lady
Movie Prof. Rankin
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1946
White Tie and Tails
Movie Mr. Arkwright
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1946
The Kid from Brooklyn
Movie Mr. Austin
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1945
Road to Alcatraz
Movie Philip Angreet
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1945
What a Blonde
Movie Charles DaFoe
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1944
3 Is a Family
Movie Mr. Steele
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1944
Something for the Boys
Movie Colonel Grubbs (uncredited)
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1944
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Movie Leo Betz
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1944
Standing Room Only
Movie Glen Ritchie
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1943
True to Life
Movie Mr. Huggins
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1943
The Falcon in Danger
Movie Stanley Harris Palmer
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1943
The Sky's the Limit
Movie Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited)
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1942
True to the Army
Movie Gen. Marlowe
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1941
Hellzapoppin'
Movie Andrew Rand
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1941
You're in the Army Now
Movie General Winthrop
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1941
Bedtime Story
Movie Collins
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1941
The Night of January 16th
Movie Tilton
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1941
Nothing but the Truth
Movie Mr. Van Dusen
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1941
Blossoms in the Dust
Movie Senator
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1941
Caught in the Draft
Movie Col. Peter Fairbanks
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1940
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Movie Hiram P. Brighton
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1940
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Movie J.B. Armstrong
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1940
No Time for Comedy
Movie Richard Benson
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1940
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Movie E.A. Smith
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1940
Five Little Peppers at Home
Movie J.H. King
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1940
His Girl Friday
Movie Mayor
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1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Movie Captain McGovern
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1939
Beware Spooks!
Movie Lester Lewis
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1939
Our Leading Citizen
Movie Jim Hanna
