Henry Kolker
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1874-11-12
Day of Death
1947-07-15 (72 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.
Acting
(1944)
Bluebeard
as Deschamps
(1943)
Sarong Girl
as Jefferson Baxter
(1942)
Reunion in France
as General Bartholomew (uncredited)
(1941)
A Woman's Face
as Judge
(1941)
The Man Who Lost Himself
as T.J. Mulhausen
(1941)
The Parson of Panamint
as Judge Arnold Mason
(1941)
The Great Swindle
as Stewart Cordell
(1941)
Sing for Your Supper
as Myron T. Hayworth
(1941)
Las Vegas Nights
as William Stevens Sr.
(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)
The Real Glory
as The General
(1939)
These Glamour Girls
as Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited)
(1939)
Main Street Lawyer
as Donnelly, District Attorney
(1939)
Parents on Trial
as James Wesley
(1939)
Here I Am a Stranger
as R.J. Bennett
(1939)
Hidden Power
as Weston
(1938)
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Horace Smith
(1938)
Holiday
as Edward Seton
(1938)
Marie Antoinette
as Court Aide (uncredited)
(1938)
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Nicolo Polo
(1938)
Love Is a Headache
as Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited)
(1938)
The Invisible Menace
as Col. Hackett
(1938)
Too Hot to Handle
as Pearly Todd
(1938)
Safety in Numbers
as Dr. Lawrence Edmonds
(1937)
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
as "Doc" Godfrey
(1937)
Maid of Salem
as Crown Chief Justice Laughton
(1937)
The Devil Is Driving
as Charles Stevens
(1937)
Green Light
as Dr. Lane
(1937)
Let Them Live
as Judge Lederer
(1937)
Under Cover of Night
as District Attorney Pritchard
(1937)
Once a Doctor
as Bruce Nordland
(1937)
They Wanted to Marry
as Mr. Hunter
(1936)
Romeo and Juliet
as Friar Laurence
(1936)
Great Guy
as Abel Canning
(1936)
Theodora Goes Wild
as Jonathan Grant
(1936)
The Man Who Lived Twice
as Judge Henry Treacher
(1936)
Bullets or Ballots
as Mr. Hollister
(1936)
Collegiate
as Mr. MacGregor
(1936)
Sitting on the Moon
as Worthington
(1936)
My Marriage
as Maj. Vaile
(1935)
Mad Love
as Prefect Rosset
(1935)
Reckless
as Mr. Gearhart (uncredited)
(1935)
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Warder (uncredited)
(1935)
Times Square Lady
as Mr. Fielding
(1935)
The Black Room
as Baron de Berghman
(1935)
A Dog of Flanders
as Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited)
(1935)
I Live My Life
as Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited)
(1935)
Diamond Jim
as J.C. Randolf - Bank President
(1935)
The Florentine Dagger
as Auctioneer
(1935)
The Case of the Curious Bride
as District Attorney Stacey
(1935)
Society Doctor
as Dr. Harvey
(1935)
3 Kids and a Queen
as Crippet
(1935)
One New York Night
as Arthur Carlisle
(1935)
Red Salute
as Dean
(1935)
Go Into Your Dance
as Doctor
(1935)
Red Hot Tires
as Martin Sanford
(1935)
Charlie Chan in Paris
as Paul Lamartine
(1935)
Here Comes the Band
as Simmon's Attorney
(1935)
The Mystery Man
as Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas
(1935)
Shipmates Forever
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1935)
Spring Tonic
as Mr. Enix
(1935)
Frisco Waterfront
as District Attorney
(1935)
Honeymoon Limited
as Mr. Randall
(1934)
Imitation of Life
as Dr. Preston (uncredited)
(1934)
Lady by Choice
as Opper
(1934)
The Girl from Missouri
as Senator Titcombe
(1934)
Journal of a Crime
as Henri Marcher
(1934)
Wonder Bar
as R. H. Renaud
(1934)
Black Moon
as The Psychiatrist
(1934)
One Exciting Adventure
as Customer, Oscar
(1934)
Now and Forever
as Mr. Clark
(1934)
Million Dollar Ransom
as Dr. Davis (Uncredited)
(1934)
The Band Plays On
as Professor Hackett
(1934)
She Loves Me Not
as Charles M. Lawton
(1934)
A Lost Lady
as John Ormsby
(1934)
I've Got Your Number
as Lawyer Robert Kirkland
(1934)
Love Time
as Emperor Francis I
(1934)
Blind Date
as J.W. Hartwell Sr.
(1934)
Whom the Gods Destroy
as Carlo - the Puppeteer
(1934)
Success at Any Price
as Hatfield
(1934)
Let's Try Again
as Mr. Blake
(1934)
Name the Woman
as Judge Adams
(1934)
The Hell Cat
as C.W. Sloane
(1934)
Let's Talk It Over
as Doctor
(1934)
Bedside
as Maritza's Manager
(1934)
Sing Sing Nights
as Kurt Nordon
(1934)
The Ghost Walks
as Dr. Kent
(1933)
Baby Face
as J.R. Carter
(1933)
Meet the Baron
as Baron Munchausen
(1933)
Blood Money
as Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)
(1933)
Bureau of Missing Persons
as Theodore Arno
(1933)
The Keyhole
as Schuyler Brooks
(1933)
Gigolettes of Paris
as Police Interrogator
(1933)
Hello, Sister!
as Jameson Brewster - Bank President
(1933)
The Narrow Corner
as Mr. Blake, Fred's Father
(1933)
I Loved a Woman
as Mr. Sanborn
(1933)
Golden Harvest
as Henry Flint
(1933)
Notorious But Nice
as Defense Attorney Clark
(1933)
A Bedtime Story
as Agent de Police
(1933)
The Power and the Glory
as Mr. Borden
(1932)
Faithless
as Mr. Carter
(1932)
Devil and the Deep
as Hutton
(1932)
Rasputin and the Empress
as Chief of Secret Police (uncredited)
(1932)
Jewel Robbery
as Baron Franz Hohenfels
(1932)
The Washington Masquerade
as Stapleton
(1932)
The Crash
as John Fair
(1932)
The First Year
as Peter Barstow
(1931)
The Yellow Ticket
as Passport Clerk
(1931)
The Unholy Garden
as Col. Lautrac
(1931)
Quick Millions
as District Attorney (uncredited)
(1931)
Indiscreet
as Mr. Woodward
(1931)
The Spy
as Tchijinski
(1931)
I Like Your Nerve
as Areal Pacheco
(1931)
Don't Bet on Women
as Butterfield (uncredited)
(1930)
Abraham Lincoln
as New Englander (uncredited)
(1930)
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as D'Aiguillon
(1930)
The Bad One
as Prosecutor
(1930)
Good Intentions
as Butler
(1930)
The Way of All Men
as Sharp
(1930)
One Heavenly Night
as Prefect of Police
(1930)
East Is West
as Mr. Benson
(1929)
Coquette
as Jasper Carter
(1929)
The Valiant
as Judge
(1929)
Love, Live & Laugh
as Enrico
(1928)
The Beautiful Spy
as Viceroy Cisneros
(1928)
Soft Living
as Rodney S. Bowen
(1928)
Midnight Rose
as Corbin
(1928)
Don't Marry
as General Willoughby
(1927)
A Kiss in a Taxi
as Leon Lambert
(1926)
The Palace of Pleasure
as Don Sebastian, Premier
(1926)
Hell's Four Hundred
as John Gilmore
(1925)
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Marcus Morton
(1925)
Any Woman
as Egbert Phillips
(1921)
A Man of Stone
as (Uncredited)
(1919)
The Brat
as A Dandy
(1919)
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
(1919)
Blackie's Redemption
as Fred the Count
(1918)
The House of Mirth
as Lawrence Selden
(1918)
The Shell Game
as Lawrence Gray
(1918)
Social Hypocrites
as Dr. Frank Simpson
(1916)
Gloria's Romance
as Dr. Stephen Royce
(1915)
How Molly Malone Made Good
as Himself
(1915)
The Warning
as Robert Denman
Crew
(1924)
The Great Well
Director
(1924)
I Will Repay
Director
(1923)
Sant'Ilario
Director
(1923)
The Purple Highway
Director
(1921)
Disraeli
Director
(1921)
The Fighter
Director
(1921)
Bucking the Tiger
Director
(1920)
Heart of Twenty
Director
(1920)
The Greatest Love
Director
(1919)
The Woman Michael Married
Director
(1919)
A Man's Country
Director
(1915)