Henry Kolker
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Henry Kolker | |
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Born | Joseph Henry Kolker December 13, 1874 |
Died | July 15, 1947 Los Angeles,California, U.S. | (aged 72)
Occupation(s) | Actor Film director |
Years active | 1914–1947 |
Spouse(s) | Margaret Bruenn (1926–1947; her death) Lillian Carroll (?-1926)(suicide 1935)[1] |
Joseph Henry Kolker(November 13, 1874[2]– July 15, 1947) was an American stage andfilm actoranddirector.
Early years
[edit]Kolker was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1874.[3]([Some sources say 1870.[citation needed]) He came to America at age five and was educated by Franciscan Monks[4]at Quincy, Illinois.[5]
Career
[edit]Kolker had a substantial stage career before entering silent films.[6]He began acting professionally in stock theater in 1895.[5]On stage he appeared opposite actresses such asEdith Wynne Matthison,Bertha KalichandRuth Chatterton.
Kolker began acting in films in 1915.[5]He is best remembered for his movie roles, including one in the ground-breakingPre-CodefilmBaby Face(1933) as an elderly CEO. Another well-remembered part is as Mr. Seton, father ofKatharine HepburnandLew Ayresin the 1938 filmHolidaydirected byGeorge Cukor.
Kolker also directed. His best-known effort isDisraeli(1921), starringGeorge Arliss,which is now a lost film with only one reel remaining,[7]and not to be confused with a later sound era portrayal by Arliss of the same name.
Personal life
[edit]Kolker was married to Lillian Carroll; they divorced in 1926. Soon after the divorce, he married Margaret Bruen.[8]
Kolker died on July 15, 1947, aged 72.
Selected filmography
[edit]As actor
[edit]- The Bigger Man(1915) as John Stoddard
- The Warning(1915) as Robert Denman
- How Molly Made Good(1915, cameo as himself)
- Gloria's Romance(1916) as Dr. Stephen Royce
- The Shell Game(1918) as Lawrence Gray
- Social Hypocrites(1918) as Dr. Frank Simpson
- The House of Mirth(1918) as Lawrence Selden
- The Great Victory(1918) as Kaiser Wilhelm II
- The Parisian Tigress(1919) as Henri Dutray
- Blackie's Redemption(1919) as Fred the Count
- The Red Lantern(1919)
- Tangled Threads(1919) as Dr. MacGregor
- The Brat(1919) as A Dandy
- Her Purchase Price(1919) as Duke of Wryden
- A Man of Stone(1921)
- Any Woman(1925) as Egbert Phillips
- Sally, Irene and Mary(1925) as Marcus Morton
- The Palace of Pleasure(1926) as Premier
- Hell's Four Hundred(1926) as John Gilmore
- Winning the Futurity(1926) (scenes deleted)
- Wet Paint(1926) as A Husband
- A Kiss in a Taxi(1927) as Leon Lambert
- Annie Laurie(1927) as King's Representative
- Rough House Rosie(1927) as W.S. Davids
- Soft Living(1928) as Roidney S. Bowen
- Midnight Rose(1928) as Corbin
- The Charge of the Gauchos(1928) as Viceroy Cisneros
- Don't Marry(1928) as Gen. Willoughby
- Coquette(1929) as Jasper Carter
- The Valiant(1929) as Judge
- Pleasure Crazed(1929) as Col. Farquar
- Love, Live and Laugh(1929) as Enrico
- The Bad One(1930) as Prosecutor
- East Is West(1930) as Butler
- Abraham Lincoln(1930) as New Englander
- The Way of All Men(1930) as Sharp
- Du Barry, Woman of Passion(1930) as D'Aiguillon
- East Is West(1930) as Mr. Benson
- One Heavenly Night(1931) as Prefect of Police
- Don't Bet on Women(1931) as Butterfield
- Doctors' Wives(1931) as Hospital Official
- Quick Millions(1931) as District Attorney
- Indiscreet(1931) as Mr. Woodward
- The Spy(1931) as Tchijinski
- I Like Your Nerve(1931) as Areal Pacheco
- The Unholy Garden(1931) as Col. Lautrac
- The Yellow Ticket(1931) as Passport Clerk
- The Washington Masquerade(1932) as Stapleton
- Jewel Robbery(1932) as Baron Franz
- The First Year(1932) as Peter Barstow
- Devil and the Deep(1932) as Hutton
- Down to Earth(1932) as Randolph
- The Crash(1932) as John Fair
- Faithless(1932) as Mr. Carter
- Rasputin and the Empress(1932) as Chief of Secret Police
- The Keyhole(1933) as Schuyler Brooks
- Gabriel Over the White House(1933) as Sen. Langham - Senate Majority Leader
- Hello, Sister!(1933) as Jameson Brewster, Bank President
- A Bedtime Story(1933) as Agent de Police
- Hell Below(1933) as Adm. Sir Hugh Higby
- The Narrow Corner(1933) as Mr. Blake, Fred's Father
- Baby Face(1933) as Carter
- Notorious But Nice(1933) as Defense Attorney Clark
- The Power and the Glory(1933) as Mr. Borden
- Bureau of Missing Persons(1933) as Theodore Arno
- Golden Harvest(1933) as Henry Flint
- I Loved a Woman(1933) as Mr. Sanborn
- Love, Honor, and Oh Baby!(1933) as The Judge
- Gigolettes of Paris(1933) as Police Interrogator
- Meet the Baron(1933) as Baron Munchausen
- Blood Money(1933) as Newspaper Managing Editor
- Massacre(1934) as Sen. Woolsey
- Bedside(1934) as Maritza's Manager
- I've Got Your Number(1934) as Robert Kirkland
- The Cat and the Fiddle(1934) as Theatre Manager
- Wonder Bar(1934) as Mr. R.H. Renaud
- Journal of a Crime(1934) as Henri Marcher
- Success at Any Price(1934) as Hatfield
- Sisters Under the Skin(1934) as Jones
- Let's Talk It Over(1934) as Doctor
- Black Moon(1934) as The Psychiatrist
- The Hell Cat(1934) as C.W. Sloane
- Let's Try Again(1934) as Mr. Blake
- Stamboul Quest(1934) as 'Excellency' German War Office
- Whom the Gods Destroy(1934) as Carlo, the Puppeteer
- Blind Date(1934) as J.W. Hartwell, Sr.
- Name the Woman(1934) as Judge Adams
- The Girl From Missouri(1934) as Sen. Titcombe
- She Loves Me Not(1934) as Charles M. Lawton
- Now and Forever(1934) as Mr. Clark
- Million Dollar Ransom(1934) Dr. Davis
- One Exciting Adventure(1934) as Customer
- A Lost Lady(1934) as John Ormsby
- Lady by Choice(1934) as Opper
- Imitation of Life(1934) as Dr. Preston
- Love Time(1934) as Emperor Francis I
- Kid Millions(1934) as Attorney
- The Ghost Walks(1934) as Dr. Kent
- Sing Sing Nights(1934) as Kurt Nordon
- The Band Plays On(1934) as Professor Hackett
- Charlie Chan in Paris(1935) as M. Lamartine
- Society Doctor(1935) as Dr. Harvey
- Red Hot Tires(1935) as Martin Sanford
- The Mystery Man(1935) as Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas
- One New York Night(1935) as Arthur Carlisle
- Times Square Lady(1935) as Mr. Fielding
- A Dog of Flanders(1935) as Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic
- The Florentine Dagger(1935) as Auctioneer
- The Case of the Curious Bride(1935) as District Attorney Stacey
- Reckless(1935) as Mr. Gearhart
- Go Into Your Dance(1935) as Doctor
- Spring Tonic(1935) as Mr. Enix
- Honeymoon Limited(1935) as Mr. Randall
- Mad Love(1935) as Prefect Rosset
- The Black Room(1935) as Baron Frederick de Berghman
- Here Comes the Band(1935) as Simmon's Attorney
- Diamond Jim(1935) as J.C. Randolf, Bank President
- Ladies Love Danger(1935) as Jose Lopez
- Red Salute(1935) as Dean
- I Live My Life(1935) as Relative at Mrs. Gage's
- Shipmates Forever(1935) as The Doctor
- The Last Days of Pompeii(1935) as Warder
- Three Kids and a Queen(1935) as Crippets
- Frisco Waterfront(1935) as District Attorney
- The Great Impersonation(1935) as Dr. Schmidt
- Collegiate(1936) as Mr. MacGregor
- My Marriage(1936) as Maj. Vaile
- Bullets or Ballots(1936) as Mr. Hollister
- Romeo and Juliet(1936) as Friar Laurence
- Sitting on the Moon(1936) as Worthington
- In His Steps(1936) as Calvin Carver
- The Man Who Lived Twice(1936) as Judge Henry Treacher
- Theodora Goes Wild(1936) as Jonathan Grant
- Great Guy(1936) as Abel Canning
- Under Cover of Night(1937) as District Attorney Pritchard
- Once a Doctor(1937) as Dr. Bruce Nordland
- They Wanted to Marry(1937) as Mr. Hunter
- Green Light(1937) as Dr. Lane
- Maid of Salem(1937) as Crown Chief Justice Laughton
- Let Them Live(1937) as Judge Lederer
- The Devil Is Driving(1937) as Charles Stevens
- Conquest(1937) as Sen. Wybitcki
- Thoroughbreds Don't Cry(1937) as 'Doc' Godfrey
- The Invisible Menace(1938) as Col. Hackett
- Love Is a Headache(1938) as Mr. Sam Ellinger
- The Adventures of Marco Polo(1938) as Nicolo Polo
- Holiday(1938) as Edward Seton
- Safety in Numbers(1938) as Dr. Lawrence Edmonds
- Marie Antoinette(1938) as Court Aide
- Too Hot to Handle(1938) as "Pearly" Todd
- The Cowboy and the Lady(1938) as Horace Smith
- Let Us Live(1939) as Chief of Police
- Union Pacific(1939) as Asa M. Barrows
- Should Husbands Work?(1939) as Taylor
- These Glamour Girls(1939) as Philip S. Griswold II
- Hidden Power(1939) as Weston
- The Real Glory(1939) as The General
- Parents on Trial(1939) as James Wesley
- Here I Am a Stranger(1939) as R.J. Bennett
- Main Street Lawyer(1939) as Donnelly, District Attorney
- Grand Ole Opry(1940) as William C. Scully
- Money and the Woman(1940) as Mr. Rollins, Barbara's Father
- Las Vegas Nights(1941) as John Stevens
- The Man Who Lost Himself(1941) as Mulhausen
- The Great Swindle(1941) as Stewart Cordell
- A Woman's Face(1941) as Judge
- The Parson of Panamint(1941) as Judge Arnold Mason
- Sing for Your Supper(1941) as Myron T. Hayworth
- Reunion in France(1942) as General Bartholomew
- Sarong Girl(1943) as Mr. Jefferson Baxter
- Bluebeard(1944) as Deschamps
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty(1947) as Dr. Benbow
As director
[edit]Kolker directed 18 feature films, most of them lost.
- Santo Icario(1914)
- A Man's Country(1919)
- The Woman Michael Married(1919)
- The Third Generation(1920)
- Bright Skies(1920)
- Heart of Twenty(1920)
- The Palace of Darkened Windows(1920)
- The Greatest Love(1920)
- Bucking the Tiger(1921)
- Who Am I?(1921)
- The Fighter(1921)
- Disraeli(1921)
- The Leopardess(1923)
- Sant'Ilario(1923)
- The Snow Bride(1923)
- The Purple Highway(1923)
- I Will Repay(1923)
- The Great Well(1924)
As writer
[edit]- The Man with the Iron Heart(1915, short)
- The Third Generation(1920)
References
[edit]- ^"EX-WIFE OF FILM ACTOR IS FOUND DEAD ON BEACH (January 16, 1935)".December 6, 2023.
- ^Who's Who in Music and Drama: An Encyclopedia of Biography of Notable Men and Women in Music and the Drama,c.1913, page 186; edited by Harry Prescott Hanaford, Dixie Lines
- ^Who's Who in Music and Dramap.186 c.1914 by Dixie Hines and Harry Prescott Hanaford
- ^...see Who's Who in Music and Drama by Hines and Hanaford
- ^abc"Henry Kolker, star of stage and screen".The New York Times.Associated Press. July 18, 1947. p. 17.ProQuest107883991.RetrievedSeptember 30,2020– viaProQuest.
- ^"Henry Kolker - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie".
- ^"Silent Era: Progressive Silent Film List".
- ^"A Forgotten Flirtation -- And Now the Veteran Actor Must Pay $40,000 Alimony".The Salt Lake Tribune.Utah, Salt Lake City. King Features Syndicate, Inc. October 20, 1935. p. 7.RetrievedDecember 11,2018– viaNewspapers.
External links
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- Henry KolkeratIMDb
- Henry Kolkerat theInternet Broadway Database
- Henry KolkeratFind a Grave
- Henry Kolkerphoto portraits at NYP Library
- 1870s births
- 1947 deaths
- Male actors from Illinois
- American male film actors
- American male silent film actors
- 20th-century American male actors
- Male actors from Los Angeles
- Actors from Quincy, Illinois
- Film directors from California
- Film directors from Illinois
- Male actors from Berlin
- Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)