Henry Kolker
170 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 12, 1874
- Died
- Jul 15, 1947 (age 72)
- Place of birth
- Berlin, Germany
- Also known as
- Генри Колкер · Joseph Henry Kolker
Biography
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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.
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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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Henry Kolker: movies and TV shows
Acting (154)
- 1944 Bluebeard
as Deschamps
- 1943 Sarong Girl
as Jefferson Baxter
- 1942 Reunion in France
as General Bartholomew (uncredited)
- 1941 Sing for Your Supper
as Myron T. Hayworth
- 1941 The Parson of Panamint
as Judge Arnold Mason
- 1941 A Woman's Face
as Judge
- 1941 The Great Swindle
as Stewart Cordell
- 1941 Las Vegas Nights
as William Stevens Sr.
- 1941 The Man Who Lost Himself
as T.J. Mulhausen
- 1940 Money and the Woman
as Mr. Rollins
- 1940 Grand Ole Opry
as William C. Scully
- 1939 Main Street Lawyer
as Donnelly, District Attorney
- 1939 Here I Am a Stranger
as R.J. Bennett
- 1939 The Real Glory
as The General
- 1939 Parents on Trial
as James Wesley
- 1939 Hidden Power
as Weston
- 1939 These Glamour Girls
as Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited)
- 1939 Union Pacific
as Asa M. Barrows
- 1939 Let Us Live
as Chief of Police
- 1938 The Cowboy and the Lady
as Horace Smith
- 1938 Too Hot to Handle
as Pearly Todd
- 1938 Marie Antoinette
as Court Aide (uncredited)
- 1938 Safety in Numbers
as Dr. Lawrence Edmonds
- 1938 Holiday
as Edward Seton
- 1938 The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Nicolo Polo
- 1938 Love Is a Headache
as Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited)
- 1938 The Invisible Menace
as Col. Hackett
- 1937 Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
as "Doc" Godfrey
- 1937 The Devil Is Driving
as Charles Stevens
- 1937 Let Them Live
as Judge Lederer
- 1937 Green Light
as Dr. Lane
- 1937 Maid of Salem
as Crown Chief Justice Laughton
- 1937 They Wanted to Marry
as Mr. Hunter
- 1937 Once a Doctor
as Bruce Nordland
- 1937 Under Cover of Night
as District Attorney Pritchard
- 1936 Great Guy
as Abel Canning
- 1936 Theodora Goes Wild
as Jonathan Grant
- 1936 The Man Who Lived Twice
as Judge Treacher
- 1936 Sitting on the Moon
as Worthington
- 1936 Romeo and Juliet
as Friar Laurence
- 1936 Bullets or Ballots
as Mr. Hollister
- 1936 My Marriage
as Maj. Vaile
- 1935 Collegiate
as Mr. MacGregor
- 1935 Frisco Waterfront
as District Attorney
- 1935 3 Kids and a Queen
as Crippet
- 1935 The Last Days of Pompeii
as Warder (uncredited)
- 1935 Shipmates Forever
as Doctor (uncredited)
- 1935 I Live My Life
as Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited)
- 1935 Red Salute
as Dean
- 1935 Diamond Jim
as J.C. Randolf - Bank President
- 1935 Here Comes the Band
as Simmon's Attorney
- 1935 The Black Room
as Baron de Berghman
- 1935 Mad Love
as Prefect Rosset
- 1935 Honeymoon Limited
as Mr. Randall
- 1935 Spring Tonic
as Mr. Enix
- 1935 Go Into Your Dance
as Doctor
- 1935 Reckless
as Mr. Gearhart (uncredited)
- 1935 The Case of the Curious Bride
as District Attorney Stacey
- 1935 The Florentine Dagger
as Auctioneer
- 1935 A Dog of Flanders
as Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited)
- 1935 One New York Night
as Arthur Carlisle
- 1935 Times Square Lady
as Mr. Fielding
- 1935 The Mystery Man
as Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas
- 1935 Red Hot Tires
as Martin Sanford
- 1935 Society Doctor
as Dr. Harvey
- 1935 Charlie Chan in Paris
as Paul Lamartine
- 1934 The Band Plays On
as Professor Hackett
- 1934 Sing Sing Nights
as Kurt Nordon
- 1934 The Ghost Walks
as Dr. Kent
- 1934 Imitation of Life
as Dr. Preston (uncredited)
- 1934 Love Time
as Emperor Francis I
- 1934 Lady by Choice
as Opper
- 1934 A Lost Lady
as John Ormsby
- 1934 One Exciting Adventure
as Customer, Oscar
- 1934 Million Dollar Ransom
as Dr. Davis (Uncredited)
- 1934 She Loves Me Not
as Charles M. Lawton
- 1934 Now and Forever
as Mr. Clark
- 1934 The Girl from Missouri
as Senator Titcombe
- 1934 Name the Woman
as Judge Adams
- 1934 Blind Date
as J.W. Hartwell Sr.
- 1934 Whom the Gods Destroy
as Carlo - the Puppeteer
- 1934 Let's Try Again
as Mr. Blake
- 1934 The Hell Cat
as C.W. Sloane
- 1934 Black Moon
as The Psychiatrist
- 1934 Let's Talk It Over
as Doctor
- 1934 Sisters Under the Skin
as Jones
- 1934 Wonder Bar
as R. H. Renaud
- 1934 Success at Any Price
as Hatfield
- 1934 Journal of a Crime
as Henri Marcher
- 1934 I've Got Your Number
as Lawyer Robert Kirkland
- 1934 Bedside
as Maritza's Manager
- 1933 Blood Money
as Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)
- 1933 Meet the Baron
as Baron Munchausen
- 1933 The Power and the Glory
as Mr. Borden
- 1933 Gigolettes of Paris
as Police Interrogator
- 1933 Love, Honor and Oh, Baby!
as The Judge
- 1933 I Loved a Woman
as Mr. Sanborn
- 1933 Golden Harvest
as Henry Flint
- 1933 Bureau of Missing Persons
as Theodore Arno
- 1933 Notorious But Nice
as Defense Attorney Clark
- 1933 Baby Face
as J.R. Carter
- 1933 The Narrow Corner
as Mr. Blake, Fred's Father
- 1933 A Bedtime Story
as Agent de Police
- 1933 Hello, Sister!
as Jameson Brewster - Bank President
- 1933 Gabriel Over the White House
as Senate Majority Leader (uncredited)
- 1933 The Keyhole
as Schuyler Brooks
- 1932 Rasputin and the Empress
as Chief of Secret Police (uncredited)
- 1932 Faithless
as Mr. Carter
- 1932 The Crash
as John Fair
- 1932 Devil and the Deep
as Hutton
- 1932 The First Year
as Peter Barstow
- 1932 The Washington Masquerade
as Stapleton
- 1932 Jewel Robbery
as Baron Franz Hohenfels
- 1931 The Yellow Ticket
as Passport Clerk
- 1931 The Unholy Garden
as Col. Lautrac
- 1931 I Like Your Nerve
as Areal Pacheco
- 1931 The Spy
as Tchijinski
- 1931 Indiscreet
as Mr. Woodward
- 1931 Quick Millions
as District Attorney (uncredited)
- 1931 Don't Bet on Women
as Butterfield (uncredited)
- 1930 One Heavenly Night
as Prefect of Police
- 1930 Abraham Lincoln
as New Englander (uncredited)
- 1930 East Is West
as Mr. Benson
- 1930 Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as D'Aiguillon
- 1930 The Way of All Men
as Sharp
- 1930 Good Intentions
as Butler
- 1930 The Bad One
as Prosecutor
- 1929 Love, Live & Laugh
as Enrico
- 1929 Pleasure Crazed
as Col. Farquar
- 1929 The Valiant
as Judge
- 1929 Coquette
as Jasper Carter
- 1928 Don't Marry
as General Willoughby
- 1928 The Beautiful Spy
as Viceroy Cisneros
- 1928 Midnight Rose
as Corbin
- 1928 Soft Living
as Rodney S. Bowen
- 1927 Rough House Rosie
as W.S. Davids
- 1927
- 1927 A Kiss in a Taxi
as Leon Lambert
- 1926 Wet Paint
as A Husband
- 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 The Brat
as A Dandy
- 1919 Her Purchase Price
as Duke of Wryden
- 1919 Blackie's Redemption
as Fred the Count
- 1919 The Parisian Tigress
as Henri Dutray
- 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
Behind the camera (16)
- 1924 The Great Well
Director
- 1924 I Will Repay
Director
- 1923 The Purple Highway
Director
- 1923 The Snow Bride
Director
- 1923 The Leopardess
Director
- 1923 Sant'Ilario
Director
- 1921 Disraeli
Director
- 1921 The Fighter
Director
- 1921 Bucking the Tiger
Director
- 1920 The Greatest Love
Director
- 1920 The Palace of Darkened Windows
Director
- 1920 Heart of Twenty
Director
- 1920 The Third Generation
Director, Screenplay
- 1919 The Woman Michael Married
Director
- 1919 A Man's Country
Director
- 1915
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1915