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Clarence Kolb

Jul 30, 1874 - Nov 25, 1964 (90 years old) in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Clarence William Kolb (July 31, 1874 – November 25, 1964) was an American vaudeville performer and actor.

He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the only child of second generation Austrian parents who owned a local meat company.

Kolb started out as one half of a vaudeville comedy team, Kolb and Dill, with Max Dill. They styled their act on the famous team of Weber and Fields. In addition to their stage work, they appeared in a series of short films and a feature length movie in 1917. Afterwards, Kolb made a return to vaudeville, and he only returned to the movies in the late 1930s.

He became famous for portraying the same type of character in many films, namely a politician or businessman. He is best remembered for his role as the grumpy father in the multi-Academy Awards nominated hit comedy film Merrily We Live (1938), the corrupt mayor in the comedy His Girl Friday (1940), and as Mr. Honeywell in the television sitcom My Little Margie (1952). Kolb played himself in his last movie appearance, Man of a Thousand Faces (1957), opposite Danny Beck (who played the late Max Dill).

Clarence Kolb died at age 90 of a stroke at the Orchard Gables Sanitarium in Hollywood. He is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

Known For

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My Little Margie
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His Girl Friday
Mayor
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Adam's Rib
Judge Reiser
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Man of a Thousand Faces
Clarence Kolb
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Nothing But the Truth
Mr. Van Dusen
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Carefree
Judge Travers
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Christmas Eve
Judge Alston
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No Time for Comedy
Richard Benson
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Blossoms in the Dust
Senator
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Impact
Darcy

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