Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1874-07-30
Day of Death
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 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.
Filmography (58)
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956
The Rose Bowl Story
1952
Adam's Rib
1949
Impact
1949
Christmas Eve
1947
Blondie in the Dough
1947
The Fabulous Joe
1947
Fun on a Weekend
1947
Lost Honeymoon
1947
The Pilgrim Lady
1947
White Tie and Tails
1946
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946
Road to Alcatraz
1945
