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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1876-11-16 (148 years old)

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.

Known For

Acting

1976

It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy as Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1941

Come Back, Miss Pipps as Alonzo K. Pratt (uncredited)
Road Show as Sheriff (uncredited)

1940

Little Old New York as Willie Stout
Millionaire Playboy as Mr. Jamison
We Who Are Young as R. Glassford
Haunted House as Eph, Service Station Owner
Little Men as W.L. Reynolds
Friendly Neighbors as Silas Barton
Melody Ranch as Judge Henderson

1939

Some Like It Hot as Mr. Ives
Son of Frankenstein as Dr. Berger (uncredited)
East Side of Heaven as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Let Us Live as Lunchroom Proprietor (uncredited)
Drums Along the Mohawk as Paymaster (uncredited)
Desperate Trails as Malenkthy Culp
Clown Princes as Landlord

1938

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as Jake Singer (as Clarence Hummel Wilson)
Kentucky Moonshine as Attorney
In Old Chicago as Lawyer
The Mad Miss Manton as Norris' Attorney (uncredited)

1937

It May Happen to You as Van Buren Sheafor aka Pop (uncredited)
The Emperor's Candlesticks as Stationmaster (uncredited)
Small Town Boy as Curtis French
Man Of The People as Skinny Wilson - Sulker
Two Wise Maids as Twitchell
The Westland Case as Charles Frazee
Damaged Goods as Dr. N.R. Shryer
A Star Is Born as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Parnell as Assistant Process Server

1936

On the Wrong Trek as Mr. Wilson (car owner)
Hats Off as C.D. Pottingham
Little Miss Nobody as Herman Slade
Sutter's Gold as Streetcar Owner
Paddy O'Day as Lawyer Brewster
Love Begins at Twenty as Jonathan Ramp
Wedding Present as Simmons
Educating Father as Jess Boynton

1935

When a Man's a Man as Garvey, Gambert's Lawyer
The Tin Man as Mad Scientist
A Dog of Flanders as Antoine - Official with Court Order (uncredited)
The Winning Ticket as Dolan - Pool Hall Proprietor
The Rainmakers as Dennis P. Hogan
Waterfront Lady as Truant Officer
It's in the Air as Amos Whipple
Nurse to You! as Mr. Wilson
I Dream Too Much as The Lawyer (uncredited)
Ruggles of Red Gap as Jake Henshaw
Navy Wife as Bridge Player
Public Ghost # 1 as E. H. Compton
Mad Love as Piano Creditor (Uncredited)
Little Sinner as Property Owner

1934

Now I'll Tell as Joe Davis
Gridiron Flash as Hunsacker
Wake Up and Dream as Hildebrand
Kentucky Kernels as Peck - Lawyer
Beyond the Law as Talbot
Bachelor Bait as Clement Graftsman
Unknown Blonde as Max Keibel
Shrimps for a Day as Mr. Crutch
Half a Sinner as Collector
Operator 13 as Josiah Claybourne (uncredited)
Imitation of Life as Mr. Bristol, Landlord (uncredited)
I'll Fix It as John Stevens
Forsaking All Others as Hotel Manager (Uncredited)
I Like it That Way as The Professor (as Clarence Hummel Wilson)
A Successful Failure as H.T. Flintly

1933

Bondage as Dr. I. M. Harper (uncredited)
Terror Aboard as Ship's Doctor
Tillie and Gus as Phineas Pratt
Pick-up as Sam Foster
King for a Night as Mr. Whistler
Storm at Daybreak as Capt. Durosch (uncredited)
Smoke Lightning as Deputy Jake Tully
The Keyhole as J. Weems - Acme Detective Agency Head (uncredited)
The Girl in 419 as Walter C. Horton
Day of Reckoning as Bail Bondsman
The Son of Kong as Hilda's Father (uncredited)
The Mysterious Rider as Gentry, the Barber

1932

The Phantom of Crestwood as Apartment House Manager (uncredited)
Love Me Tonight as Shirtmaker (uncredited)
Winner Take All as Ben Isaacs
The Penguin Pool Murder as Bertrand B. Hemingway
Under Eighteen as A.J. Dietrich, Attorney (uncredited)
Down To Earth as Ed Eggers
The Sport Parade as Toastmaster
The Famous Ferguson Case as County Attorney
Flaming Guns as J.P. Mulford
20,000 Years in Sing Sing as Finn's Lawyer Morris (uncredited)
Jewel Robbery as Prefect of Police
Amateur Daddy as William J. 'Bill' Hansen
Young Ironsides as J. Caldwall Evans
The Beast of the City as Coroner (uncredited)
Rasputin and the Empress as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Purchase Price as Justice of the Peace Elmer (uncredited)
The All-American as Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
The Wet Parade as Charles Evan Hughes Campaigner (uncredited)

1931

Sweepstakes as Emory
Ladies' Man as Jeweler
Flying High as Lunch Counter Manager (uncredited)
Night Life in Reno as Adrian Garrett
The Sea Ghost as Henry Sykes
Her Majesty, Love as Uncle Cornelius
The Front Page as Sheriff Hartman
Wicked as Juryman

1930

Dangerous Paradise as Zangiacomo
Officer O'Brien as Patello's Attorney
Strictly Unconventional as George - Ted's Valet
Paid as Max Hardy (uncredited)

1929

Woman Trap as Detective Captain (as Wilson Hummell)
Big News as Coroner

1928

A Girl in Every Port as Bartender in Marseille (uncredited)

1927

Uncle Tom's Cabin as Bidder at Eliza's Auction (uncredited)
Ladies Must Dress as Office Manager
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans as Money Lender (uncredited)

1926

Young April as Flower vendor (uncredited)

1924

Little Robinson Crusoe as 'Singapore' Scroggs

1923

The Last Hour as Quales
The Dangerous Maid as Jewars (Jeffreys' secretary)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Soft Boiled as The Reformer

1922

Honor First as Tricot (the Apache) (as Wilson Hummel)

1921

The First Born as Kury Lar (as Wilson Hummel)
While the Devil Laughs as Joe Franklin

1920

The Penalty as A Crook (uncredited)