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