Henry Kolker

Henry Kolker

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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. 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.

Acting

1944

1942

Reunion in France
Movie

General Bartholomew (uncredited)

1941

Las Vegas Nights
Movie

William Stevens Sr.

1939

1939

These Glamour Girls
Movie

Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited)

1939

Union Pacific
Movie

Asa M. Barrows

1938

1938

Marie Antoinette
Movie

Court Aide (uncredited)

1938

Holiday
Movie

Edward Seton

1937

1937

Maid of Salem
Movie

Crown Chief Justice Laughton

1937

Once a Doctor
Movie

Bruce Nordland

1937

Under Cover of Night
Movie

District Attorney Pritchard

1936

1936

Romeo and Juliet
Movie

Friar Laurence

1936

1935

1935

Shipmates Forever
Movie

Doctor (uncredited)

1935

I Live My Life
Movie

Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited)

1935

Diamond Jim
Movie

J.C. Randolf - Bank President

1935

The Black Room
Movie

Baron de Berghman

1935

Mad Love
Movie

Prefect Rosset

1935

Reckless
Movie

Mr. Gearhart (uncredited)

1935

The Case of the Curious Bride
Movie

District Attorney Stacey

1935

1935

The Mystery Man
Movie

Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas

1935

Red Hot Tires
Movie

Martin Sanford

1935

1935

1934

The Band Plays On
Movie

Professor Hackett

1934

Imitation of Life
Movie

Dr. Preston (uncredited)

1934

Million Dollar Ransom
Movie

Dr. Davis (Uncredited)

1934

1934

She Loves Me Not
Movie

Charles M. Lawton

1934

1934

Blind Date
Movie

J.W. Hartwell Sr.

1934

Black Moon
Movie

The Psychiatrist

1934

Wonder Bar
Movie

R. H. Renaud

1934

I've Got Your Number
Movie

Lawyer Robert Kirkland

1934

Bedside
Movie

Maritza's Manager

1933

1933

Baby Face
Movie

J.R. Carter

1933

The Narrow Corner
Movie

Mr. Blake, Fred's Father

1933

Hello, Sister!
Movie

Jameson Brewster - Bank President

1933

The Keyhole
Movie

Schuyler Brooks

1932

Rasputin and the Empress
Movie

Chief of Secret Police (uncredited)

1932

Faithless
Movie

Mr. Carter

1932

1932

Jewel Robbery
Movie

Baron Franz Hohenfels

1931

1931

1931

Indiscreet
Movie

Mr. Woodward

1931

Quick Millions
Movie

District Attorney (uncredited)

1930

Abraham Lincoln
Movie

New Englander (uncredited)

1929

Coquette
Movie

Jasper Carter

1921

1919

Directing

Writing

Infos

Full Name
Henry Kolker
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
11/12/1874
Date of Death
7/15/1947
Also Known As

Генри Колкер

Joseph Henry Kolker