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