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Henry Kolker

Henry Kolker

Born on November 12th, 1874

Berlin, Germany

Died on July 15th, 1947

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.

Filmography

Bluebeard

1944

Deschamps

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Sarong Girl

1943

Jefferson Baxter

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Reunion in France

1942

General Bartholomew (uncredited)

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Sing for Your Supper

1941

Myron T. Hayworth

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The Parson of Panamint

1941

Judge Arnold Mason

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A Woman's Face

1941

Judge

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The Great Swindle

1941

Stewart Cordell

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Las Vegas Nights

1941

William Stevens Sr.

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The Man Who Lost Himself

1941

T.J. Mulhausen

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Money and the Woman

1940

Mr. Rollins

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Grand Ole Opry

1940

William C. Scully

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Main Street Lawyer

1939

Donnelly, District Attorney

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Here I Am a Stranger

1939

R.J. Bennett

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The Real Glory

1939

The General

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Parents on Trial

1939

James Wesley

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Hidden Power

1939

Weston

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These Glamour Girls

1939

Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited)

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Union Pacific

1939

Asa M. Barrows

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Let Us Live

1939

Chief of Police

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The Cowboy and the Lady

1938

Horace Smith

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Too Hot to Handle

1938

Pearly Todd

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Marie Antoinette

1938

Court Aide (uncredited)

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Safety in Numbers

1938

Dr. Lawrence Edmonds

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Holiday

1938

Edward Seton

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The Adventures of Marco Polo

1938

Nicolo Polo

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Love Is a Headache

1938

Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited)

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The Invisible Menace

1938

Col. Hackett

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Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

1937

"Doc" Godfrey

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The Devil Is Driving

1937

Charles Stevens

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Let Them Live

1937

Judge Lederer

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Green Light

1937

Dr. Lane

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Maid of Salem

1937

Crown Chief Justice Laughton

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They Wanted to Marry

1937

Mr. Hunter

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Once a Doctor

1937

Bruce Nordland

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Under Cover of Night

1937

District Attorney Pritchard

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Great Guy

1936

Abel Canning

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Theodora Goes Wild

1936

Jonathan Grant

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The Man Who Lived Twice

1936

Judge Henry Treacher

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Sitting on the Moon

1936

Worthington

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Romeo and Juliet

1936

Friar Laurence

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Bullets or Ballots

1936

Mr. Hollister

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My Marriage

1936

Maj. Vaile

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Collegiate

1936

Mr. MacGregor

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Frisco Waterfront

1935

District Attorney

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3 Kids and a Queen

1935

Crippet

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The Last Days of Pompeii

1935

Warder (uncredited)

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Shipmates Forever

1935

Doctor (uncredited)

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I Live My Life

1935

Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited)

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Red Salute

1935

Dean

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Diamond Jim

1935

J.C. Randolf - Bank President

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Here Comes the Band

1935

Simmon's Attorney

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The Black Room

1935

Baron de Berghman

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Mad Love

1935

Prefect Rosset

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Honeymoon Limited

1935

Mr. Randall

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Spring Tonic

1935

Mr. Enix

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Go Into Your Dance

1935

Doctor

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Reckless

1935

Mr. Gearhart (uncredited)

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The Case of the Curious Bride

1935

District Attorney Stacey

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The Florentine Dagger

1935

Auctioneer

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A Dog of Flanders

1935

Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited)

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One New York Night

1935

Arthur Carlisle

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Times Square Lady

1935

Mr. Fielding

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The Mystery Man

1935

Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas

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Red Hot Tires

1935

Martin Sanford

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Society Doctor

1935

Dr. Harvey

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Charlie Chan in Paris

1935

Paul Lamartine

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The Bands Plays On

1934

Professor Hackett

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Sing Sing Nights

1934

Kurt Nordon

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The Ghost Walks

1934

Dr. Kent

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Imitation of Life

1934

Dr. Preston (uncredited)

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Love Time

1934

Emperor Francis I

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Lady by Choice

1934

Opper

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A Lost Lady

1934

John Ormsby

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One Exciting Adventure

1934

Customer, Oscar

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Million Dollar Ransom

1934

Dr. Davis (Uncredited)

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She Loves Me Not

1934

Charles M. Lawton

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Now and Forever

1934

Mr. Clark

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The Girl from Missouri

1934

Senator Titcombe

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Name the Woman

1934

Judge Adams

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Blind Date

1934

J.W. Hartwell Sr.

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Whom the Gods Destroy

1934

Carlo - the Puppeteer

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Let's Try Again

1934

Mr. Blake

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The Hell Cat

1934

C.W. Sloane

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Black Moon

1934

The Psychiatrist

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Let's Talk It Over

1934

Doctor

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Wonder Bar

1934

R. H. Renaud

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Success at Any Price

1934

Hatfield

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Journal of a Crime

1934

Henri Marcher

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I've Got Your Number

1934

Lawyer Robert Kirkland

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Bedside

1934

Maritza's Manager

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Blood Money

1933

Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)

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Meet the Baron

1933

Baron Munchausen

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The Power and the Glory

1933

Mr. Borden

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Gigolettes of Paris

1933

Police Interrogator

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I Loved a Woman

1933

Mr. Sanborn

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Golden Harvest

1933

Henry Flint

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Bureau of Missing Persons

1933

Theodore Arno

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Notorious But Nice

1933

Defense Attorney Clark

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Baby Face

1933

J.R. Carter

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The Narrow Corner

1933

Mr. Blake, Fred's Father

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A Bedtime Story

1933

Agent de Police

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Hello, Sister!

1933

Jameson Brewster - Bank President

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The Keyhole

1933

Schuyler Brooks

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Rasputin and the Empress

1932

Chief of Secret Police (uncredited)

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Faithless

1932

Mr. Carter

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The Crash

1932

John Fair

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Devil and the Deep

1932

Hutton

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The First Year

1932

Peter Barstow

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The Washington Masquerade

1932

Stapleton

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Jewel Robbery

1932

Baron Franz Hohenfels

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The Yellow Ticket

1931

Passport Clerk

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The Unholy Garden

1931

Col. Lautrac

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I Like Your Nerve

1931

Areal Pacheco

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The Spy

1931

Tchijinski

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Indiscreet

1931

Mr. Woodward

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Quick Millions

1931

District Attorney (uncredited)

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Don't Bet on Women

1931

Butterfield (uncredited)

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One Heavenly Night

1930

Prefect of Police

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Abraham Lincoln

1930

New Englander (uncredited)

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East Is West

1930

Mr. Benson

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Du Barry, Woman of Passion

1930

D'Aiguillon

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The Way of All Men

1930

Sharp

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Good Intentions

1930

Butler

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The Bad One

1930

Prosecutor

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Love, Live & Laugh

1929

Enrico

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The Valiant

1929

Judge

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Coquette

1929

Jasper Carter

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Don't Marry

1928

General Willoughby

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The Beautiful Spy

1928

Viceroy Cisneros

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Midnight Rose

1928

Corbin

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Soft Living

1928

Rodney S. Bowen

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A Kiss in a Taxi

1927

Leon Lambert

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Hell's Four Hundred

1926

John Gilmore

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The Palace of Pleasure

1926

Don Sebastian, Premier

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Sally, Irene and Mary

1925

Marcus Morton

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Any Woman

1925

Egbert Phillips

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A Man of Stone

1921

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The Brat

1919

A Dandy

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Blackie's Redemption

1919

Fred the Count

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The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns

1919

Kaiser Wilhelm II

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The House of Mirth

1918

Lawrence Selden

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Social Hypocrites

1918

Dr. Frank Simpson

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The Shell Game

1918

Lawrence Gray

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Gloria's Romance

1916

Dr. Stephen Royce

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How Molly Malone Made Good

1915

Himself

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