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Henry Kolker
Henry Kolker

Henry Kolker

ActingBorn November 12, 1874Died July 15, 1947 (age 72)Berlin, Germany

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Henry Kolker (November 13, 1874) [some sources 1870] Berlin, Prussia, Germany – July 15, 1947, Los Angeles, California) was an American stage and film actor and director. Kolker came to America at the age of five and his family settled in Quincy, Illinois. Kolker, like fellow actors Richard Bennett and Robert Warwick, had a substantial stage career behind him before entering silent films. On stage he appeared opposite such leading ladies as Edith Wynne Matthison, Bertha Kalich and Ruth Chatterton. Kolker is best remembered for his motion picture appearances and for appearing with Barbara Stanwyck in the ground-breaking Pre-Code film Baby Face (1933) as the elderly CEO of the company whom Stanwyck's character seduces. Another well remembered part is as Mr. Seton, father of Katharine Hepburn and Lew Ayres in the 1938 film Holiday directed by George Cukor. Kolker entered films as an actor in 1915 and eventually ended up trying his hand at directing. Kolker's best known directorial effort is Disraeli (1921), starring George Arliss which is now a lost film with only one reel remaining. Prints however exist in Europe and Russia.

Filmography

1944
Bluebeard

as Deschamps

Movie
1943
Sarong Girl

as Jefferson Baxter

Movie
1942
Reunion in France

as General Bartholomew (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Sing for Your Supper

as Myron T. Hayworth

Movie
1941
The Parson of Panamint

as Judge Arnold Mason

Movie
1941Movie
1941
The Great Swindle

as Stewart Cordell

Movie
1941
Las Vegas Nights

as William Stevens Sr.

Movie
1941
The Man Who Lost Himself

as T.J. Mulhausen

Movie
1940
Money and the Woman

as Mr. Rollins

Movie
1940
Grand Ole Opry

as William C. Scully

Movie
1939
Main Street Lawyer

as Donnelly, District Attorney

Movie
1939
Here I Am a Stranger

as R.J. Bennett

Movie
1939
The Real Glory

as The General

Movie
1939
Parents on Trial

as James Wesley

Movie
1939
Hidden Power

as Weston

Movie
1939
These Glamour Girls

as Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Union Pacific

as Asa M. Barrows

Movie
1939
Let Us Live

as Chief of Police

Movie
1938Movie
1938
Too Hot to Handle

as Pearly Todd

Movie
1938
Marie Antoinette

as Court Aide (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Safety in Numbers

as Dr. Lawrence Edmonds

Movie
1938
Holiday

as Edward Seton

Movie
1938Movie
1938
Love Is a Headache

as Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited)

Movie
1938
The Invisible Menace

as Col. Hackett

Movie
1937
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

as "Doc" Godfrey

Movie
1937
The Devil Is Driving

as Charles Stevens

Movie
1937
Let Them Live

as Judge Lederer

Movie
1937
Green Light

as Dr. Lane

Movie
1937
Maid of Salem

as Crown Chief Justice Laughton

Movie
1937Movie
1937
Once a Doctor

as Bruce Nordland

Movie
1937
Under Cover of Night

as District Attorney Pritchard

Movie
1936
Great Guy

as Abel Canning

Movie
1936
Theodora Goes Wild

as Jonathan Grant

Movie
1936
The Man Who Lived Twice

as Judge Treacher

Movie
1936
Sitting on the Moon

as Worthington

Movie
1936
Romeo and Juliet

as Friar Laurence

Movie
1936
Bullets or Ballots

as Mr. Hollister

Movie
1936
My Marriage

as Maj. Vaile

Movie
1936
Collegiate

as Mr. MacGregor

Movie
1935
Frisco Waterfront

as District Attorney

Movie
1935Movie
1935
The Last Days of Pompeii

as Warder (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Shipmates Forever

as Doctor (uncredited)

Movie
1935
I Live My Life

as Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited)

Movie
1935
Red Salute

as Dean

Movie
1935
Diamond Jim

as J.C. Randolf - Bank President

Movie
1935
Here Comes the Band

as Simmon's Attorney

Movie
1935
The Black Room

as Baron de Berghman

Movie
1935
Mad Love

as Prefect Rosset

Movie
1935
Honeymoon Limited

as Mr. Randall

Movie
1935
Spring Tonic

as Mr. Enix

Movie
1935Movie
1935
Reckless

as Mr. Gearhart (uncredited)

Movie
1935
The Case of the Curious Bride

as District Attorney Stacey

Movie
1935Movie
1935
A Dog of Flanders

as Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited)

Movie
1935
One New York Night

as Arthur Carlisle

Movie
1935
Times Square Lady

as Mr. Fielding

Movie
1935
The Mystery Man

as Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas

Movie
1935
Red Hot Tires

as Martin Sanford

Movie
1935
Society Doctor

as Dr. Harvey

Movie
1935
Charlie Chan in Paris

as Paul Lamartine

Movie
1934
The Band Plays On

as Professor Hackett

Movie
1934
Sing Sing Nights

as Kurt Nordon

Movie
1934
The Ghost Walks

as Dr. Kent

Movie
1934
Imitation of Life

as Dr. Preston (uncredited)

Movie
1934
Love Time

as Emperor Francis I

Movie
1934Movie
1934
A Lost Lady

as John Ormsby

Movie
1934
One Exciting Adventure

as Customer, Oscar

Movie
1934
Million Dollar Ransom

as Dr. Davis (Uncredited)

Movie
1934
She Loves Me Not

as Charles M. Lawton

Movie
1934
Now and Forever

as Mr. Clark

Movie
1934
The Girl from Missouri

as Senator Titcombe

Movie
1934
Name the Woman

as Judge Adams

Movie
1934
Blind Date

as J.W. Hartwell Sr.

Movie
1934
Whom the Gods Destroy

as Carlo - the Puppeteer

Movie
1934
Let's Try Again

as Mr. Blake

Movie
1934
The Hell Cat

as C.W. Sloane

Movie
1934
Black Moon

as The Psychiatrist

Movie
1934Movie
1934Movie
1934
Wonder Bar

as R. H. Renaud

Movie
1934Movie
1934
Journal of a Crime

as Henri Marcher

Movie
1934
I've Got Your Number

as Lawyer Robert Kirkland

Movie
1934
Bedside

as Maritza's Manager

Movie
1933
Blood Money

as Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)

Movie
1933
Meet the Baron

as Baron Munchausen

Movie
1933Movie
1933
Gigolettes of Paris

as Police Interrogator

Movie
1933Movie
1933
I Loved a Woman

as Mr. Sanborn

Movie
1933
Golden Harvest

as Henry Flint

Movie
1933Movie
1933
Notorious But Nice

as Defense Attorney Clark

Movie
1933
Baby Face

as J.R. Carter

Movie
1933
The Narrow Corner

as Mr. Blake, Fred's Father

Movie
1933
A Bedtime Story

as Agent de Police

Movie
1933
Hello, Sister!

as Jameson Brewster - Bank President

Movie
1933
The Keyhole

as Schuyler Brooks

Movie
1932
Rasputin and the Empress

as Chief of Secret Police (uncredited)

Movie
1932
Faithless

as Mr. Carter

Movie
1932
The Crash

as John Fair

Movie
1932Movie
1932
The First Year

as Peter Barstow

Movie
1932Movie
1932
Jewel Robbery

as Baron Franz Hohenfels

Movie
1931
The Yellow Ticket

as Passport Clerk

Movie
1931
The Unholy Garden

as Col. Lautrac

Movie
1931
I Like Your Nerve

as Areal Pacheco

Movie
1931
The Spy

as Tchijinski

Movie
1931
Indiscreet

as Mr. Woodward

Movie
1931
Quick Millions

as District Attorney (uncredited)

Movie
1931
Don't Bet on Women

as Butterfield (uncredited)

Movie
1930
One Heavenly Night

as Prefect of Police

Movie
1930
Abraham Lincoln

as New Englander (uncredited)

Movie
1930
East Is West

as Mr. Benson

Movie
1930Movie
1930Movie
1930Movie
1930
The Bad One

as Prosecutor

Movie
1929Movie
1929
Pleasure Crazed

as Col. Farquar

Movie
1929
The Valiant

as Judge

Movie
1929
Coquette

as Jasper Carter

Movie
1928
Don't Marry

as General Willoughby

Movie
1928
The Beautiful Spy

as Viceroy Cisneros

Movie
1928
Midnight Rose

as Corbin

Movie
1928
Soft Living

as Rodney S. Bowen

Movie
1927
A Kiss in a Taxi

as Leon Lambert

Movie
1926
Wet Paint

as A Husband

Movie
1926
Hell's Four Hundred

as John Gilmore

Movie
1926
The Palace of Pleasure

as Don Sebastian, Premier

Movie
1925
Sally, Irene and Mary

as Marcus Morton

Movie
1925
Any Woman

as Egbert Phillips

Movie
1921
A Man of Stone

as (Uncredited)

Movie
1919
The Brat

as A Dandy

Movie
1919
Her Purchase Price

as Duke of Wryden

Movie
1919
Blackie's Redemption

as Fred the Count

Movie
1919
The Parisian Tigress

as Henri Dutray

Movie
1918
The House of Mirth

as Lawrence Selden

Movie
1918
Social Hypocrites

as Dr. Frank Simpson

Movie
1918
The Shell Game

as Lawrence Gray

Movie
1916
Gloria's Romance

as Dr. Stephen Royce

Movie
1915
The Warning

as Robert Denman

Movie
1915Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayNovember 12, 1874
Day of DeathJuly 15, 1947
Place of BirthBerlin, Germany
Popularity0.5
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