Cast & creator
Clarence Kolb
Best known for My Little Margie, My Little Margie, His Girl Friday
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.
Also known as: C. William Kolb, William Kolb, Clarence William Kolb
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1916–1957 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (61)
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My Little Margie
1952My Little Margie
Mr. Honeywell
1952
His Girl Friday
Mayor
1940
Our Leading Citizen
Jim Hanna
1939
Adam's Rib
Judge Reiser
1949
Beware Spooks!
Lester Lewis
1939
Fury
Durkin's Friend (uncredited)
1936
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Captain McGovern
1939
Gold Is Where You Find It
Senator Walsh
1938
Blossoms in the Dust
Senator
1941
The Toast of New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
1937
Something for the Boys
Colonel Grubbs (uncredited)
1944
Man of a Thousand Faces
Clarence Kolb
1957Man of a Thousand Faces
Technical Advisor
1957
The Sky's the Limit
Harvey J. Sloan (uncredited)
1943
Good Girls Go to Paris
Ted Dayton Sr.
1939
Nothing but the Truth
Mr. Van Dusen
1941
Caught in the Draft
Col. Peter Fairbanks
1941
Merrily We Live
Henry Kilbourne
1938
Fun on a Weekend
Quigley Quackenbush
1947
Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Leo Betz
1944
The Kid from Brooklyn
Mr. Austin
1946
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Hiram P. Brighton
1940
Hellzapoppin'
Andrew Rand
1941
3 Is a Family
Mr. Steele
1944
No Time for Comedy
Richard Benson
1940
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
J.B. Armstrong
1940
Give Me a Sailor
Captain Tallant
1938
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
J.H. King
1939
You're in the Army Now
General Winthrop
1941
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
Judge McCombs
1956
The Rose Bowl Story
Gramps Burke
1952
True to the Army
Gen. Marlowe
1942
The Night of January 16th
Tilton
1941
Carefree
Judge Travers
1938
The Law West of Tombstone
Samuel 'Sam' Kent
1938
Blondie in the Dough
J.T. Thorp
1947
Five Little Peppers at Home
J.H. King
1940
Impact
Darcy
1949
The Man Who Talked Too Much
E.A. Smith
1940
Wells Fargo
John Butterfield
1937
White Tie and Tails
Mr. Arkwright
1946
True to Life
Mr. Huggins
1943
The Falcon in Danger
Stanley Harris Palmer
1943
It Could Happen to You
Alfred Wiman
1939
Society Lawyer
Mr. Leonard
1939
A Girl's Best Years
Doctor (uncredited)
1936
Bluff
Louie
1916
Maid of Salem
Town Crier (Uncredited)
1937
Road to Alcatraz
Philip Angreet
1945
Standing Room Only
Glen Ritchie
1944
Honolulu
Mr. Horace Grayson
1939
Christmas Eve
Judge Alston
1947I Was a Convict
John B. Harrison
1939
The Pilgrim Lady
Prof. Rankin
1947
Lost Honeymoon
Mr. Evans
1947
What a Blonde
Charles DaFoe
1945
Two Flaming Youths
Kolb - as Kolb and Dill
1927
Bedtime Story
Collins
1941
Portia on Trial
John Condon
1937
The Fabulous Joe
Cornelius Belmont, II
1947