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.
Known For
Acting
(1944)
Bluebeard
as Deschamps
(1943)
Sarong Girl
as Jefferson Baxter
(1942)
Reunion in France
as General Bartholomew (uncredited)
(1941)
The Man Who Lost Himself
as T.J. Mulhausen
(1941)
Las Vegas Nights
as William Stevens Sr.
(1941)
A Woman's Face
as Judge
(1941)
The Parson of Panamint
as Judge Arnold Mason
(1941)
Sing for Your Supper
as Myron T. Hayworth
(1941)
The Great Swindle
as Stewart Cordell
(1940)
Grand Ole Opry
as William C. Scully
(1940)
Money and the Woman
as Mr. Rollins
(1939)
Union Pacific
as Asa M. Barrows
(1939)
Main Street Lawyer
as Donnelly, District Attorney
(1939)
Hidden Power
as Weston
(1939)
Parents on Trial
as James Wesley
(1939)
Here I Am a Stranger
as R.J. Bennett
(1939)
The Real Glory
as The General
(1939)
Let Us Live
as Chief of Police
(1939)
These Glamour Girls
as Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited)
(1938)
Holiday
as Edward Seton
(1938)
Safety in Numbers
as Dr. Lawrence Edmonds
(1938)
Love Is a Headache
as Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited)
(1938)
Marie Antoinette
as Court Aide (uncredited)
(1938)
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Horace Smith
(1938)
The Invisible Menace
as Col. Hackett
(1938)
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Nicolo Polo
(1938)
Too Hot to Handle
as Pearly Todd
(1937)
The Devil Is Driving
as Charles Stevens
(1937)
Green Light
as Dr. Lane
(1937)
Under Cover of Night
as District Attorney Pritchard
(1937)
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
as "Doc" Godfrey
(1937)
They Wanted to Marry
as Mr. Hunter
(1937)
Once a Doctor
as Bruce Nordland
(1937)
Maid of Salem
as Crown Chief Justice Laughton
(1937)
Let Them Live
as Judge Lederer
(1936)
Romeo and Juliet
as Friar Laurence
(1936)
Sitting on the Moon
as Worthington
(1936)
Great Guy
as Abel Canning
(1936)
The Man Who Lived Twice
as Judge Treacher
(1936)
Bullets or Ballots
as Mr. Hollister
(1936)
Theodora Goes Wild
as Jonathan Grant
(1936)
Collegiate
as Mr. MacGregor
(1936)
My Marriage
as Maj. Vaile
(1935)
The Case of the Curious Bride
as District Attorney Stacey
(1935)
Spring Tonic
as Mr. Enix
(1935)
Here Comes the Band
as Simmon's Attorney
(1935)
Go Into Your Dance
as Doctor
(1935)
Mad Love
as Prefect Rosset
(1935)
Frisco Waterfront
as District Attorney
(1935)
The Florentine Dagger
as Auctioneer
(1935)
The Black Room
as Baron de Berghman
(1935)
Red Salute
as Dean
(1935)
Diamond Jim
as J.C. Randolf - Bank President
(1935)
I Live My Life
as Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited)
(1935)
Honeymoon Limited
as Mr. Randall
(1935)
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Warder (uncredited)
(1935)
One New York Night
as Arthur Carlisle
(1935)
Reckless
as Mr. Gearhart (uncredited)
(1935)
3 Kids and a Queen
as Crippet
(1935)
Times Square Lady
as Mr. Fielding
(1935)
The Mystery Man
as Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas
(1935)
Shipmates Forever
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1935)
A Dog of Flanders
as Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited)
(1935)
Society Doctor
as Dr. Harvey
(1935)
Charlie Chan in Paris
as Paul Lamartine
(1935)
Red Hot Tires
as Martin Sanford
(1934)
Love Time
as Emperor Francis I
(1934)
The Ghost Walks
as Dr. Kent
(1934)
Let's Talk It Over
as Doctor
(1934)
Million Dollar Ransom
as Dr. Davis (Uncredited)
(1934)
I've Got Your Number
as Lawyer Robert Kirkland
(1934)
Bedside
as Maritza's Manager
(1934)
Wonder Bar
as R. H. Renaud
(1934)
Lady by Choice
as Opper
(1934)
Imitation of Life
as Dr. Preston (uncredited)
(1934)
The Band Plays On
as Professor Hackett
(1934)
Blind Date
as J.W. Hartwell Sr.
(1934)
Black Moon
as The Psychiatrist
(1934)
Journal of a Crime
as Henri Marcher
(1934)
The Girl from Missouri
as Senator Titcombe
(1934)
Whom the Gods Destroy
as Carlo - the Puppeteer
(1934)
Success at Any Price
as Hatfield
(1934)
The Hell Cat
as C.W. Sloane
(1934)
A Lost Lady
as John Ormsby
(1934)
Now and Forever
as Mr. Clark
(1934)
She Loves Me Not
as Charles M. Lawton
(1934)
One Exciting Adventure
as Customer, Oscar
(1934)
Sing Sing Nights
as Kurt Nordon
(1934)
Let's Try Again
as Mr. Blake
(1934)
Name the Woman
as Judge Adams
(1933)
Gigolettes of Paris
as Police Interrogator
(1933)
A Bedtime Story
as Agent de Police
(1933)
Bureau of Missing Persons
as Theodore Arno
(1933)
The Narrow Corner
as Mr. Blake, Fred's Father
(1933)
Golden Harvest
as Henry Flint
(1933)
Baby Face
as J.R. Carter
(1933)
Blood Money
as Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)
(1933)
Notorious But Nice
as Defense Attorney Clark
(1933)
Meet the Baron
as Baron Munchausen
(1933)
The Power and the Glory
as Mr. Borden
(1933)
I Loved a Woman
as Mr. Sanborn
(1933)
Hello, Sister!
as Jameson Brewster - Bank President
(1933)
The Keyhole
as Schuyler Brooks
(1932)
Jewel Robbery
as Baron Franz Hohenfels
(1932)
Faithless
as Mr. Carter
(1932)
Devil and the Deep
as Hutton
(1932)
The Washington Masquerade
as Stapleton
(1932)
The First Year
as Peter Barstow
(1932)
Rasputin and the Empress
as Chief of Secret Police (uncredited)
(1932)
The Crash
as John Fair
(1931)
Quick Millions
as District Attorney (uncredited)
(1931)
Indiscreet
as Mr. Woodward
(1931)
The Yellow Ticket
as Passport Clerk
(1931)
I Like Your Nerve
as Areal Pacheco
(1931)
The Spy
as Tchijinski
(1931)
The Unholy Garden
as Col. Lautrac
(1931)
Don't Bet on Women
as Butterfield (uncredited)
(1930)
One Heavenly Night
as Prefect of Police
(1930)
Abraham Lincoln
as New Englander (uncredited)
(1930)
East Is West
as Mr. Benson
(1930)
Good Intentions
as Butler
(1930)
The Way of All Men
as Sharp
(1930)
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as D'Aiguillon
(1930)
The Bad One
as Prosecutor
(1929)
The Valiant
as Judge
(1929)
Coquette
as Jasper Carter
(1929)
Love, Live & Laugh
as Enrico
(1928)
Midnight Rose
as Corbin
(1928)
Soft Living
as Rodney S. Bowen
(1928)
The Beautiful Spy
as Viceroy Cisneros
(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)
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)
The House of Mirth
as Lawrence Selden
(1918)
Social Hypocrites
as Dr. Frank Simpson
(1918)
The Shell Game
as Lawrence Gray
(1916)
Gloria's Romance
as Dr. Stephen Royce
(1915)
The Warning
as Robert Denman
(1915)
How Molly Malone Made Good
as Himself
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)