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Henry Kolker

Henry Kolker

Birthday: 1874-11-13 | Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1944
Bluebeard

as    Deschamps

1943
Sarong Girl

as    Jefferson Baxter

1940
Money and the Woman

as    Mr. Rollins

1940
Grand Ole Opry

as    William C. Scully

1939
Union Pacific

as    Asa M. Barrows

1939
Let Us Live

as    Chief of Police

1939
Main Street Lawyer

as    Donnelly, District Attorney

1938
The Invisible Menace

as    Col. Hackett

1938
Holiday

as    Edward Seton

1938
The Cowboy and the Lady

as    Horace Smith

1938
Too Hot to Handle

as    Pearly Todd

1937
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

as    "Doc" Godfrey

1937
Green Light

as    Dr. Lane

1937
They Wanted to Marry

as    Mr. Hunter

1936
Great Guy

as    Abel Canning

1936
Theodora Goes Wild

as    Jonathan Grant

1935
The Black Room

as    Baron de Berghman

1935
The Mystery Man

as    Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas

1935
Red Hot Tires

as    Martin Sanford

1935
Times Square Lady

as    Mr. Fielding

1935
Honeymoon Limited

as    Mr. Randall

1935
Charlie Chan in Paris

as    Paul Lamartine

1935
Mad Love

as    Prefect Rosset

1935
Here Comes the Band

as    Simmon's Attorney

1934
The Ghost Walks

as    Dr. Kent

1934
Blind Date

as    J.W. Hartwell Sr.

1934
Now and Forever

as    Mr. Clark

1934
Lady by Choice

as    Opper

1934
The Girl from Missouri

as    Senator Titcombe

1933
Baby Face

as    J.P. Carter