Henry Kolker
Known for Acting · 152 credits
- Born
- 1874-11-12
- Died
- 1947-07-15
- Place of birth
- Berlin, Germany
- Also known as
- Генри Колкер · Joseph 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
Movies (152)
Baby Face
1933
as J.R. Carter
My Marriage
1936
as Maj. Vaile
Wet Paint
1926
as A Husband
Society Doctor
1935
as Dr. Harvey
Hello, Sister!
1933
as Jameson Brewster - Bank President
Wonder Bar
1934
as R. H. Renaud
A Woman's Face
1941
as Judge
A Lost Lady
1934
as John Ormsby
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Court Aide (uncredited)
Holiday
1938
as Edward Seton
Union Pacific
1939
as Asa M. Barrows
The Warning
1915
as Robert Denman
The Real Glory
1939
as The General
Bullets or Ballots
1936
as Mr. Hollister
Romeo and Juliet
1936
as Friar Laurence
Love Is a Headache
1938
as Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited)
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
as Nicolo Polo
Abraham Lincoln
1930
as New Englander (uncredited)
Reunion in France
1942
as General Bartholomew (uncredited)
She Loves Me Not
1934
as Charles M. Lawton
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Horace Smith
Main Street Lawyer
1939
as Donnelly, District Attorney
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936
as Judge Treacher
Let's Try Again
1934
as Mr. Blake
Sisters Under the Skin
1934
as Jones
Charlie Chan in Paris
1935
as Paul Lamartine
Pleasure Crazed
1929
as Col. Farquar
Diamond Jim
1935
as J.C. Randolf - Bank President
Collegiate
1935
as Mr. MacGregor
The Black Room
1935
as Baron de Berghman
Times Square Lady
1935
as Mr. Fielding
Rasputin and the Empress
1932
as Chief of Secret Police (uncredited)
Blackie's Redemption
1919
as Fred the Count
Her Purchase Price
1919
as Duke of Wryden
Green Light
1937
as Dr. Lane
Let Them Live
1937
as Judge Lederer
Sally, Irene and Mary
1925
as Marcus Morton
Jewel Robbery
1932
as Baron Franz Hohenfels
Imitation of Life
1934
as Dr. Preston (uncredited)
The Valiant
1929
as Judge
The Girl from Missouri
1934
as Senator Titcombe
Theodora Goes Wild
1936
as Jonathan Grant
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
as District Attorney Stacey
The Great Swindle
1941
as Stewart Cordell
Let Us Live
1939
as Chief of Police
The Ghost Walks
1934
as Dr. Kent
The Parisian Tigress
1919
as Henri Dutray
Love, Honor and Oh, Baby!
1933
as The Judge
The Yellow Ticket
1931
as Passport Clerk
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
as Warder (uncredited)
These Glamour Girls
1939
as Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited)
Maid of Salem
1937
as Crown Chief Justice Laughton
I Loved a Woman
1933
as Mr. Sanborn
Under Cover of Night
1937
as District Attorney Pritchard
Now and Forever
1934
as Mr. Clark
The Florentine Dagger
1935
as Auctioneer
Devil and the Deep
1932
as Hutton
The Washington Masquerade
1932
as Stapleton
Success at Any Price
1934
as Hatfield
The Mystery Man
1935
as Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934
as Carlo - the Puppeteer
The Parson of Panamint
1941
as Judge Arnold Mason
Sarong Girl
1943
as Jefferson Baxter
Don't Marry
1928
as General Willoughby
A Man of Stone
1921
as (Uncredited)
Here I Am a Stranger
1939
as R.J. Bennett
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933
as Theodore Arno
Sing Sing Nights
1934
as Kurt Nordon
A Bedtime Story
1933
as Agent de Police
The Unholy Garden
1931
as Col. Lautrac
Money and the Woman
1940
as Mr. Rollins
Lady by Choice
1934
as Opper
Indiscreet
1931
as Mr. Woodward
Go Into Your Dance
1935
as Doctor
The Way of All Men
1930
as Sharp
I Live My Life
1935
as Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited)
Mad Love
1935
as Prefect Rosset
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
1937
as "Doc" Godfrey
Coquette
1929
as Jasper Carter
Reckless
1935
as Mr. Gearhart (uncredited)
The Keyhole
1933
as Schuyler Brooks
I've Got Your Number
1934
as Lawyer Robert Kirkland
Name the Woman
1934
as Judge Adams
The Power and the Glory
1933
as Mr. Borden
Blood Money
1933
as Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)
Black Moon
1934
as The Psychiatrist
Golden Harvest
1933
as Henry Flint
Too Hot to Handle
1938
as Pearly Todd
A Dog of Flanders
1935
as Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited)
One Exciting Adventure
1934
as Customer, Oscar
East Is West
1930
as Mr. Benson
Great Guy
1936
as Abel Canning
I Like Your Nerve
1931
as Areal Pacheco
Million Dollar Ransom
1934
as Dr. Davis (Uncredited)
Meet the Baron
1933
as Baron Munchausen
Shipmates Forever
1935
as Doctor (uncredited)
The Hell Cat
1934
as C.W. Sloane
The Narrow Corner
1933
as Mr. Blake, Fred's Father
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930
as D'Aiguillon
The Bad One
1930
as Prosecutor
Safety in Numbers
1938
as Dr. Lawrence Edmonds
One New York Night
1935
as Arthur Carlisle
3 Kids and a Queen
1935
as Crippet
The Invisible Menace
1938
as Col. Hackett
Spring Tonic
1935
as Mr. Enix
The Crash
1932
as John Fair
Love, Live & Laugh
1929
as Enrico
Grand Ole Opry
1940
as William C. Scully
Bluebeard
1944
as Deschamps
The First Year
1932
as Peter Barstow
Blind Date
1934
as J.W. Hartwell Sr.
The Palace of Pleasure
1926
as Don Sebastian, Premier
Red Salute
1935
as Dean
Quick Millions
1931
as District Attorney (uncredited)
The Man Who Lost Himself
1941
as T.J. Mulhausen
Red Hot Tires
1935
as Martin Sanford
Bedside
1934
as Maritza's Manager
Hell's Four Hundred
1926
as John Gilmore
The Band Plays On
1934
as Professor Hackett
Once a Doctor
1937
as Bruce Nordland
About Henry Kolker
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. K… With 152 credits spanning from 1915 to 1944, Henry Kolker has appeared in 152 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Baby Face (1933) — as J.R. Carter
- My Marriage (1936) — as Maj. Vaile
- Wet Paint (1926) — as A Husband
- Society Doctor (1935) — as Dr. Harvey
- Hello, Sister! (1933) — as Jameson Brewster - Bank President
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