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Gender

Male

Birthday

1874-11-12 (150 years old)

Place of Birth

Berlin, Germany

Henry Kolker

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.

Known For

Acting

1944

Bluebeard as Deschamps

1943

Sarong Girl as Jefferson Baxter

1942

Reunion in France as General Bartholomew (uncredited)

1941

Sing for Your Supper as Myron T. Hayworth
The Great Swindle as Stewart Cordell
Las Vegas Nights as William Stevens Sr.
The Parson of Panamint as Judge Arnold Mason
The Man Who Lost Himself as T.J. Mulhausen

1940

Money and the Woman as Mr. Rollins
Grand Ole Opry as William C. Scully

1939

Hidden Power as Weston
Let Us Live as Chief of Police
Here I Am a Stranger as R.J. Bennett
Union Pacific as Asa M. Barrows
The Real Glory as The General
These Glamour Girls as Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited)
Main Street Lawyer as Donnelly, District Attorney
Parents on Trial as James Wesley

1938

Holiday as Edward Seton
The Cowboy and the Lady as Horace Smith
Too Hot to Handle as Pearly Todd
The Invisible Menace as Col. Hackett
Love Is a Headache as Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited)
Safety in Numbers as Dr. Lawrence Edmonds
Marie Antoinette as Court Aide (uncredited)

1937

They Wanted to Marry as Mr. Hunter
The Devil Is Driving as Charles Stevens
Maid of Salem as Crown Chief Justice Laughton
Once a Doctor as Bruce Nordland
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry as "Doc" Godfrey
Under Cover of Night as District Attorney Pritchard
Green Light as Dr. Lane
Let Them Live as Judge Lederer

1936

Bullets or Ballots as Mr. Hollister
Great Guy as Abel Canning
The Man Who Lived Twice as Judge Henry Treacher
Sitting on the Moon as Worthington
My Marriage as Maj. Vaile
Theodora Goes Wild as Jonathan Grant
Romeo and Juliet as Friar Laurence
Collegiate as Mr. MacGregor

1935

The Black Room as Baron de Berghman
Charlie Chan in Paris as Paul Lamartine
Mad Love as Prefect Rosset
The Florentine Dagger as Auctioneer
The Mystery Man as Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas
Honeymoon Limited as Mr. Randall
Reckless as Mr. Gearhart (uncredited)
Society Doctor as Dr. Harvey
Red Hot Tires as Martin Sanford
One New York Night as Arthur Carlisle
Times Square Lady as Mr. Fielding
A Dog of Flanders as Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited)
Here Comes the Band as Simmon's Attorney
Red Salute as Dean
The Case of the Curious Bride as District Attorney Stacey
I Live My Life as Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited)
Diamond Jim as J.C. Randolf - Bank President
Frisco Waterfront as District Attorney
Shipmates Forever as Doctor (uncredited)
The Last Days of Pompeii as Warder (uncredited)
Spring Tonic as Mr. Enix

1934

Name the Woman as Judge Adams
Black Moon as The Psychiatrist
Love Time as Emperor Francis I
Bedside as Maritza's Manager
Wonder Bar as R. H. Renaud
Sing Sing Nights as Kurt Nordon
A Lost Lady as John Ormsby
The Ghost Walks as Dr. Kent
I've Got Your Number as Lawyer Robert Kirkland
Whom the Gods Destroy as Carlo - the Puppeteer
The Hell Cat as C.W. Sloane
Blind Date as J.W. Hartwell Sr.
The Girl from Missouri as Senator Titcombe
The Band Plays On as Professor Hackett
Let's Try Again as Mr. Blake
Journal of a Crime as Henri Marcher
She Loves Me Not as Charles M. Lawton
One Exciting Adventure as Customer, Oscar
Now and Forever as Mr. Clark
Million Dollar Ransom as Dr. Davis (Uncredited)
Imitation of Life as Dr. Preston (uncredited)

1933

Baby Face as J.R. Carter
I Loved a Woman as Mr. Sanborn
Gigolettes of Paris as Police Interrogator
The Keyhole as Schuyler Brooks
The Narrow Corner as Mr. Blake, Fred's Father
Hello, Sister! as Jameson Brewster - Bank President
Blood Money as Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)
A Bedtime Story as Agent de Police
Notorious But Nice as Defense Attorney Clark
Meet the Baron as Baron Munchausen
Golden Harvest as Henry Flint
Bureau of Missing Persons as Theodore Arno

1932

Faithless as Mr. Carter
The Crash as John Fair
Jewel Robbery as Baron Franz Hohenfels
The First Year as Peter Barstow
Rasputin and the Empress as Chief of Secret Police (uncredited)

1931

Indiscreet as Mr. Woodward
The Unholy Garden as Col. Lautrac
I Like Your Nerve as Areal Pacheco
The Yellow Ticket as Passport Clerk
Don't Bet on Women as Butterfield (uncredited)
Quick Millions as District Attorney (uncredited)
The Spy as Tchijinski

1930

The Bad One as Prosecutor
Good Intentions as Butler
East Is West as Mr. Benson
One Heavenly Night as Prefect of Police
Abraham Lincoln as New Englander (uncredited)

1929

Coquette as Jasper Carter
The Valiant as Judge

1928

Don't Marry as General Willoughby
Soft Living as Rodney S. Bowen
Midnight Rose as Corbin
The Beautiful Spy as Viceroy Cisneros

1927

A Kiss in a Taxi as Leon Lambert

1926

The Palace of Pleasure as Don Sebastian, Premier
Hell's Four Hundred as John Gilmore

1925

Sally, Irene and Mary as Marcus Morton
Any Woman as Egbert Phillips

1921

A Man of Stone as (Uncredited)

1919

The Brat as A Dandy
Blackie's Redemption as Fred the Count

1918

The House of Mirth as Lawrence Selden
Social Hypocrites as Dr. Frank Simpson
The Shell Game as Lawrence Gray

1916

Gloria's Romance as Dr. Stephen Royce

1915

Directing

1924

The Great Well as Director
I Will Repay as Director

1923

Sant'Ilario as Director
The Purple Highway as Director

1921

Disraeli as Director

1920

Heart of Twenty as Director
The Greatest Love as Director

1919

A Man's Country as Director

Writing