Clarence Wilson
149 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 16, 1876
- Died
- Oct 5, 1941 (age 64)
- Place of birth
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- C. Wilson Hummel · Wilson Hummel · Wilson Hummell · Clarence Hummel Wilson
Biography
Clarence Hummel Wilson (November 17, 1876 – October 5, 1941) was an American character actor. He appeared in nearly 200 movies between 1920 and 1941, mostly in supporting roles as an old miser or grouch. He had notable supporting roles in films like The Front Page (1931), Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), and You Can't Take It With You (1938). Wilson also played in several Our Gang comedies, most notably as Mr. Crutch in Shrimps for a Day and school board chairman Alonzo Pratt in Come Back, Miss Pipps, his final film.
Wilson died on October 5, 1941, approximately three weeks before the release of Come Back, Miss Pipps.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.8 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · Film
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★ 7.5 You Can't Take It with You
1938 · Film
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★ 6.7 Son of Frankenstein
1939 · Film
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★ 7.2 A Star Is Born
1937 · Film
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★ 6.5 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923 · Film
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★ 5.4 The Son of Kong
1933 · Film
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★ 6.5 Drums Along the Mohawk
1939 · Film
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★ 7.0 Mad Love
1935 · Film
Clarence Wilson: movies and TV shows
Acting (149)
- 1964 The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1941 Come Back, Miss Pipps
as Alonzo K. Pratt (uncredited)
- 1941 Road Show
as Sheriff (uncredited)
- 1940 Little Men
as W.L. Reynolds
- 1940 Friendly Neighbors
as Silas Barton
- 1940 Melody Ranch
as Judge Henderson
- 1940 Haunted House
as Eph, Service Station Owner
- 1940 We Who Are Young
as R. Glassford
- 1940 Millionaire Playboy
as Mr. Jamison
- 1940 Little Old New York
as Willie Stout
- 1939 Drums Along the Mohawk
as Paymaster (uncredited)
- 1939 Desperate Trails
as Malenkthy Culp
- 1939 Some Like It Hot
as Mr. Ives
- 1939 Clown Princes
as Landlord
- 1939 East Side of Heaven
as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
- 1939 Let Us Live
as Lunchroom Proprietor (uncredited)
- 1939 Son of Frankenstein
as Dr. Berger (uncredited)
- 1938 The Mad Miss Manton
as Norris' Attorney (uncredited)
- 1938 You Can't Take It with You
as John Blakely
- 1938 Having Wonderful Time
as Mr. G.
- 1938 Kentucky Moonshine
as Attorney
- 1938 In Old Chicago
as Lawyer
- 1938 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Jake Singer
- 1937 The Westland Case
as Charles Frazee
- 1937 Small Town Boy
as Curtis French
- 1937 The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Stationmaster (uncredited)
- 1937 The Great Gambini
as Doctor
- 1937 It May Happen to You
as Van Buren Sheafor aka Pop (uncredited)
- 1937 Parnell
as Assistant Process Server
- 1937 Damaged Goods
as Dr. N.R. Shryer
- 1937 A Star Is Born
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
- 1937 Two Wise Maids
as Twitchell
- 1937 Man Of The People
as Skinny Wilson - Sulker
- 1936 Hats Off
as C.D. Pottingham
- 1936 The Case of the Black Cat
as Mr. Shuster
- 1936 Wedding Present
as Simmons
- 1936 Love Begins at Twenty
as Jonathan Ramp
- 1936 Little Miss Nobody
as Herman Slade
- 1936 Educating Father
as Jess Boynton
- 1936 On the Wrong Trek
as Mr. Wilson (car owner)
- 1936 Sutter's Gold
as Streetcar Owner
- 1936 Paddy O'Day
as Lawyer Brewster
- 1935 Public Ghost # 1
as E. H. Compton
- 1935 I Dream Too Much
as The Lawyer (uncredited)
- 1935 The Rainmakers
as Dennis P. Hogan
- 1935 Little Sinner
as Property Owner
- 1935 It's in the Air
as Amos Whipple
- 1935 Waterfront Lady
as Truant Officer
- 1935 Nurse to You!
as Mr. Wilson
- 1935 Navy Wife
as Bridge Player
- 1935 Champagne for Breakfast
as Raeburn
- 1935 Mad Love
as Piano Creditor (Uncredited)
- 1935 One Frightened Night
as Mr. Felix
- 1935 The Tin Man
as Mad Scientist
- 1935 A Dog of Flanders
as Antoine - Official with Court Order (uncredited)
- 1935 Ruggles of Red Gap
as Jake Henshaw
- 1935 The Great Hotel Murder
as Girando
- 1935 When a Man's a Man
as Garvey, Gambert's Lawyer
- 1935 The Winning Ticket
as Dolan - Pool Hall Proprietor
- 1934 Forsaking All Others
as Hotel Manager (Uncredited)
- 1934 Shrimps for a Day
as Mr. Crutch
- 1934 Imitation of Life
as Mr. Bristol, Landlord (uncredited)
- 1934 I'll Fix It
as John Stevens
- 1934 Kentucky Kernels
as Mr. Peck, Lawyer (uncredited)
- 1934 A Successful Failure
as H.T. Flintly
- 1934 Gridiron Flash
as Hunsacker
- 1934 Wake Up and Dream
as Hildebrand
- 1934 The Count of Monte Cristo
as Fouquet
- 1934 Beyond the Law
as Talbot
- 1934 Bachelor Bait
as Clement Graftsman
- 1934 Operator 13
as Josiah Claybourne (uncredited)
- 1934 Now I'll Tell
as Joe Davis
- 1934 Half a Sinner
as Collector
- 1934 Unknown Blonde
as Max Keibel
- 1934 I Like it That Way
as The Professor (as Clarence Hummel Wilson)
- 1933 The Son of Kong
as Hilda's Father (uncredited)
- 1933 Lady Killer
as Lawyer (uncredited)
- 1933 King for a Night
as Mr. Whistler
- 1933 Day of Reckoning
as Bail Bondsman
- 1933 Tillie and Gus
as Phineas Pratt
- 1933 A Shriek in the Night
as Perkins
- 1933 Storm at Daybreak
as Capt. Durosch (uncredited)
- 1933 The Girl in 419
as Walter C. Horton
- 1933 Bondage
as Dr. I. M. Harper (uncredited)
- 1933 Terror Aboard
as Ship's Doctor
- 1933 The Keyhole
as J. Weems - Acme Detective Agency Head (uncredited)
- 1933 Pick-up
as Sam Foster
- 1933 The Mysterious Rider
as Gentry, the Barber
- 1933 Smoke Lightning
as Deputy Jake Tully
- 1932 20,000 Years in Sing Sing
as Finn's Lawyer Morris (uncredited)
- 1932 Rasputin and the Empress
as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1932 Flaming Guns
as J.P. Mulford
- 1932 The Penguin Pool Murder
as Bertrand B. Hemingway
- 1932 The Sport Parade
as Toastmaster
- 1932 The Phantom of Crestwood
as Apartment House Manager (uncredited)
- 1932 The All-American
as Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
- 1932 Young Ironsides
as J. Caldwall Evans
- 1932 Down To Earth
as Ed Eggers
- 1932 Love Me Tonight
as Shirtmaker (uncredited)
- 1932 The Purchase Price
as Justice of the Peace Elmer (uncredited)
- 1932 Winner Take All
as Ben Isaacs
- 1932 Jewel Robbery
as Prefect of Police
- 1932 The Famous Ferguson Case
as County Attorney
- 1932 Amateur Daddy
as William J. 'Bill' Hansen
- 1932 The Wet Parade
as Charles Evan Hughes Campaigner (uncredited)
- 1932 The Beast of the City
as Coroner (uncredited)
- 1932 Under Eighteen
as A.J. Dietrich, Attorney (uncredited)
- 1931 Her Majesty, Love
as Uncle Cornelius
- 1931 The Sea Ghost
as Henry Sykes
- 1931 Flying High
as Lunch Counter Manager (uncredited)
- 1931 Night Life in Reno
as Adrian Garrett
- 1931 Wicked
as Juryman
- 1931 Sweepstakes
as Emory
- 1931 Ladies' Man
as Jeweler
- 1931 The Front Page
as Sheriff Hartman
- 1930 Paid
as Max Hardy (uncredited)
- 1930 Love in the Rough
as Brown
- 1930 Strictly Unconventional
as George - Ted's Valet
- 1930 Officer O'Brien
as Patello's Attorney
- 1930 Dangerous Paradise
as Zangiacomo
- 1929 Woman Trap
as Detective Captain (as Wilson Hummell)
- 1929 Big News
as Coroner
- 1928 The Phantom of the Turf
as The Lawyer
- 1928 A Girl in Every Port
as Bartender in Marseille (uncredited)
- 1927 Ladies Must Dress
as Office Manager
- 1927 Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Bidder at Eliza's Auction (uncredited)
- 1927 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as Money Lender (uncredited)
- 1927 Mountains of Manhattan
as Jim Tully
- 1927 The Silent Avenger
as Dave Wade
- 1926
- 1926 Young April
as Flower vendor (uncredited)
- 1924 Little Robinson Crusoe
as 'Singapore' Scroggs
- 1923 The Dangerous Maid
as Jewars (Jeffreys' secretary)
- 1923 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
- 1923 Soft Boiled
as The Reformer
- 1923 The Last Hour
as Quales
- 1922 Youth Must Have Love
as Austin Hibbard
- 1922 Honor First
as Tricot (the Apache) (as Wilson Hummel)
- 1922 The Glory of Clementina
as Vandemeer
- 1921 Cinderella of the Hills
as Peter Poff
- 1921 Queenie
as Simon Pepper / Abner Quigley
- 1921 Big Town Ideas
as Chef
- 1921 The Tomboy
as The Police Force
- 1921 Oliver Twist, Jr.
as Fagin
- 1921 While the Devil Laughs
as Joe Franklin
- 1921 The First Born
as Kury Lar (as Wilson Hummel)
- 1920
- 1920 The Little Grey Mouse
as Henry Lealon
- 1920 The Penalty
as A Crook (uncredited)
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1976