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Henry Kolker
Actor, Director
Died July 15, 1947 (72 years)
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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
| 1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · as Dr. Benbow |
| 1944 | |
| 1942 | Reunion in France · as General Bartholomew (uncredited) |
| 1941 | A Woman's Face · as Judge |
| 1939 | Union Pacific · as Asa M. Barrows |
| 1939 | Let Us Live · as Chief of Police |
| 1939 | The Real Glory · as General |
| 1938 | Holiday · as Edward Seton |
| 1938 | Too Hot to Handle · as Pearly Todd |
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette · as Court Aide (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Cowboy and the Lady · as Horace Smith |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Marco Polo · as Nicolo Polo |
| 1937 | Conquest · as Sen. Wybitcki |
| 1936 | Bullets or Ballots · as Mr. Hollister |
| 1936 | Great Guy · as Abel Canning |
| 1936 | Sitting on the Moon · as Worthington |
| 1936 | Romeo and Juliet · as Friar Laurence |
| 1935 | Mad Love · as Prefect Rosset |
| 1935 | Reckless · as Mr. Gearhart (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Mystery Man · as Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas |
| 1935 | The Last Days of Pompeii · as Warder |
| 1935 | I Live My Life · as Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited) |
| 1935 | Honeymoon Limited · as Mr. Randall |
| 1935 | The Black Room · as Baron de Berghman |
| 1934 | Imitation of Life · as Dr. Preston (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Stamboul Quest · as 'Excellency' German War Office |
| 1934 | Lady by Choice · as Opper |
| 1934 | The Cat and the Fiddle · as Theatre Manager |
| 1934 | Kid Millions · as Attorney |
| 1934 | The Girl from Missouri · as Senator Titcombe |
| 1934 | The Ghost Walks · as Dr. Kent |
| 1934 | Sing Sing Nights · as Kurt Nordon |
| 1934 | Blind Date · as J.W. Hartwell Sr. |
| 1933 | Baby Face · as J.P. Carter |
| 1933 | Gabriel Over the White House · as Sen. Langham - Senate Majority Leader |
| 1933 | Hello, Sister! · as Jameson Brewster - Bank President |
| 1933 | Golden Harvest · as Henry Flint |
| 1932 | Rasputin and the Empress · as Chief of Secret Police (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Jewel Robbery · as Baron Franz Hohenfels |
| 1932 | Down to Earth · as Randolph |
| 1932 | The Crash · as John Fair |
| 1932 | The First Year · as Peter Barstow |
| 1931 | Indiscreet · as Mr. Woodward |
| 1931 | Doctors' Wives · as Hospital Official |
| 1931 | The Spy · as Tchijinski |
| 1930 | Abraham Lincoln · as New Englander (uncredited) |
| 1927 | Annie Laurie · as King's Representative |
| 1926 | Wet Paint · as A Husband |
| 1915 | The Warning · as Robert Denman |