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)
Las Vegas Nights
as William Stevens Sr.
(1941)
Sing for Your Supper
as Myron T. Hayworth
(1941)
The Great Swindle
as Stewart Cordell
(1941)
The Parson of Panamint
as Judge Arnold Mason
(1940)
Money and the Woman
as Mr. Rollins
(1940)
Grand Ole Opry
as William C. Scully
(1939)
Union Pacific
as Asa M. Barrows
(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)
(1939)
Main Street Lawyer
as Donnelly, District Attorney
(1939)
Hidden Power
as Weston
(1939)
Here I Am a Stranger
as R.J. Bennett
(1939)
Parents on Trial
as James Wesley
(1938)
Holiday
as Edward Seton
(1938)
Marie Antoinette
as Court Aide (uncredited)
(1938)
Too Hot to Handle
as Pearly Todd
(1938)
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Horace Smith
(1938)
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Nicolo Polo
(1938)
Safety in Numbers
as Dr. Lawrence Edmonds
(1938)
Love Is a Headache
as Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited)
(1938)
The Invisible Menace
as Col. Hackett
(1937)
Maid of Salem
as Crown Chief Justice Laughton
(1937)
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
as "Doc" Godfrey
(1937)
Green Light
as Dr. Lane
(1937)
Let Them Live
as Judge Lederer
(1937)
They Wanted to Marry
as Mr. Hunter
(1937)
Under Cover of Night
as District Attorney Pritchard
(1937)
Once a Doctor
as Bruce Nordland
(1937)
The Devil Is Driving
as Charles Stevens
(1936)
Romeo and Juliet
as Friar Laurence
(1936)
Sitting on the Moon
as Worthington
(1936)
Bullets or Ballots
as Mr. Hollister
(1936)
Great Guy
as Abel Canning
(1936)
The Man Who Lived Twice
as Judge Henry Treacher
(1936)
Theodora Goes Wild
as Jonathan Grant
(1936)
My Marriage
as Maj. Vaile
(1936)
Collegiate
as Mr. MacGregor
(1935)
The Black Room
as Baron de Berghman
(1935)
Mad Love
as Prefect Rosset
(1935)
Reckless
as Mr. Gearhart (uncredited)
(1935)
Charlie Chan in Paris
as Paul Lamartine
(1935)
I Live My Life
as Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited)
(1935)
Diamond Jim
as J.C. Randolf - Bank President
(1935)
Honeymoon Limited
as Mr. Randall
(1935)
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Warder (uncredited)
(1935)
The Florentine Dagger
as Auctioneer
(1935)
Red Hot Tires
as Martin Sanford
(1935)
Here Comes the Band
as Simmon's Attorney
(1935)
Go Into Your Dance
as Doctor
(1935)
3 Kids and a Queen
as Crippet
(1935)
Spring Tonic
as Mr. Enix
(1935)
Society Doctor
as Dr. Harvey
(1935)
The Case of the Curious Bride
as District Attorney Stacey
(1935)
One New York Night
as Arthur Carlisle
(1935)
Shipmates Forever
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1935)
Red Salute
as Dean
(1935)
A Dog of Flanders
as Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited)
(1935)
The Mystery Man
as Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas
(1935)
Times Square Lady
as Mr. Fielding
(1935)
Frisco Waterfront
as District Attorney
(1934)
Imitation of Life
as Dr. Preston (uncredited)
(1934)
Lady by Choice
as Opper
(1934)
The Band Plays On
as Professor Hackett
(1934)
Blind Date
as J.W. Hartwell Sr.
(1934)
One Exciting Adventure
as Customer, Oscar
(1934)
A Lost Lady
as John Ormsby
(1934)
The Girl from Missouri
as Senator Titcombe
(1934)
Black Moon
as The Psychiatrist
(1934)
Now and Forever
as Mr. Clark
(1934)
The Ghost Walks
as Dr. Kent
(1934)
Wonder Bar
as R. H. Renaud
(1934)
She Loves Me Not
as Charles M. Lawton
(1934)
I've Got Your Number
as Lawyer Robert Kirkland
(1934)
Let's Try Again
as Mr. Blake
(1934)
The Hell Cat
as C.W. Sloane
(1934)
Bedside
as Maritza's Manager
(1934)
Whom the Gods Destroy
as Carlo - the Puppeteer
(1934)
Journal of a Crime
as Henri Marcher
(1934)
Million Dollar Ransom
as Dr. Davis (Uncredited)
(1934)
Success at Any Price
as Hatfield
(1934)
Name the Woman
as Judge Adams
(1934)
Let's Talk It Over
as Doctor
(1934)
Love Time
as Emperor Francis I
(1934)
Sing Sing Nights
as Kurt Nordon
(1933)
Baby Face
as J.R. Carter
(1933)
I Loved a Woman
as Mr. Sanborn
(1933)
Hello, Sister!
as Jameson Brewster - Bank President
(1933)
Meet the Baron
as Baron Munchausen
(1933)
Blood Money
as Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)
(1933)
Golden Harvest
as Henry Flint
(1933)
Bureau of Missing Persons
as Theodore Arno
(1933)
A Bedtime Story
as Agent de Police
(1933)
The Power and the Glory
as Mr. Borden
(1933)
The Keyhole
as Schuyler Brooks
(1933)
The Narrow Corner
as Mr. Blake, Fred's Father
(1933)
Gigolettes of Paris
as Police Interrogator
(1933)
Notorious But Nice
as Defense Attorney Clark
(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 Washington Masquerade
as Stapleton
(1932)
The Crash
as John Fair
(1932)
The First Year
as Peter Barstow
(1931)
Indiscreet
as Mr. Woodward
(1931)
Quick Millions
as District Attorney (uncredited)
(1931)
I Like Your Nerve
as Areal Pacheco
(1931)
The Unholy Garden
as Col. Lautrac
(1931)
The Yellow Ticket
as Passport Clerk
(1931)
The Spy
as Tchijinski
(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)
East Is West
as Mr. Benson
(1930)
One Heavenly Night
as Prefect of Police
(1929)
The Valiant
as Judge
(1929)
Coquette
as Jasper Carter
(1929)
Love, Live & Laugh
as Enrico
(1928)
Soft Living
as Rodney S. Bowen
(1928)
Don't Marry
as General Willoughby
(1928)
The Beautiful Spy
as Viceroy Cisneros
(1928)
Midnight Rose
as Corbin
(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)
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Marcus Morton
(1925)
Any Woman
as Egbert Phillips
(1921)
A Man of Stone
as (Uncredited)
(1919)
Blackie's Redemption
as Fred the Count
(1919)
The Brat
as A Dandy
(1919)
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
(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
(1920)
Heart of Twenty
Director
(1920)
The Greatest Love
Director
(1919)
The Woman Michael Married
Director
(1919)
A Man's Country
Director
(1915)