Henry Kolker
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.
Known For
Baby Face
1933
Rasputin and the Empress
1932
A Woman's Face
1941
Union Pacific
1939
Marie Antoinette
1938
Holiday
1938
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
Too Hot to Handle
1938
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
Charlie Chan in Paris
1935
The Black Room
1935
The Real Glory
1939
Filmography
Baby Face
as J.R. Carter · 1933
Rasputin and the Empress
as Chief of Secret Police (uncredited) · 1932
A Woman's Face
as Judge · 1941
Union Pacific
as Asa M. Barrows · 1939
Marie Antoinette
as Court Aide (uncredited) · 1938
Holiday
as Edward Seton · 1938
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Horace Smith · 1938
Too Hot to Handle
as Pearly Todd · 1938
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Nicolo Polo · 1938
Charlie Chan in Paris
as Paul Lamartine · 1935
The Black Room
as Baron de Berghman · 1935
The Real Glory
as The General · 1939
Romeo and Juliet
as Friar Laurence · 1936
Mad Love
as Prefect Rosset · 1935
Society Doctor
as Dr. Harvey · 1935
Imitation of Life
as Dr. Preston (uncredited) · 1934
Devil and the Deep
as Hutton · 1932
Sisters Under the Skin
as Jones · 1934
Bullets or Ballots
as Mr. Hollister · 1936
Hello, Sister!
as Jameson Brewster - Bank President · 1933
I Live My Life
as Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited) · 1935
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Warder (uncredited) · 1935
Wonder Bar
as R. H. Renaud · 1934
Bureau of Missing Persons
as Theodore Arno · 1933
Money and the Woman
as Mr. Rollins · 1940
Reunion in France
as General Bartholomew (uncredited) · 1942
Let Us Live
as Chief of Police · 1939
Abraham Lincoln
as New Englander (uncredited) · 1930
Jewel Robbery
as Baron Franz Hohenfels · 1932
The Case of the Curious Bride
as District Attorney Stacey · 1935
She Loves Me Not
as Charles M. Lawton · 1934
Collegiate
as Mr. MacGregor · 1935
One New York Night
as Arthur Carlisle · 1935
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
as "Doc" Godfrey · 1937
A Lost Lady
as John Ormsby · 1934
My Marriage
as Maj. Vaile · 1936
I Loved a Woman
as Mr. Sanborn · 1933
Wet Paint
as A Husband · 1926
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Marcus Morton · 1925
The Band Plays On
as Professor Hackett · 1934
Love Is a Headache
as Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited) · 1938
3 Kids and a Queen
as Crippet · 1935
I've Got Your Number
as Lawyer Robert Kirkland · 1934
Go Into Your Dance
as Doctor · 1935
The Palace of Pleasure
as Don Sebastian, Premier · 1926
Under Cover of Night
as District Attorney Pritchard · 1937
A Dog of Flanders
as Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited) · 1935
Theodora Goes Wild
as Jonathan Grant · 1936
The Hell Cat
as C.W. Sloane · 1934
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as D'Aiguillon · 1930
The Power and the Glory
as Mr. Borden · 1933
Reckless
as Mr. Gearhart (uncredited) · 1935
The Girl from Missouri
as Senator Titcombe · 1934
The Warning
as Robert Denman · 1915
A Man of Stone
as (Uncredited) · 1921
They Wanted to Marry
as Mr. Hunter · 1937
The Mystery Man
as Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas · 1935
The Man Who Lost Himself
as T.J. Mulhausen · 1941
Let's Try Again
as Mr. Blake · 1934
Journal of a Crime
as Henri Marcher · 1934
Don't Bet on Women
as Butterfield (uncredited) · 1931
The Man Who Lived Twice
as Judge Treacher · 1936
Sarong Girl
as Jefferson Baxter · 1943
The Devil Is Driving
as Charles Stevens · 1937
I Like Your Nerve
as Areal Pacheco · 1931
The Way of All Men
as Sharp · 1930
The Parson of Panamint
as Judge Arnold Mason · 1941
Love, Honor and Oh, Baby!
as The Judge · 1933
Here Comes the Band
as Simmon's Attorney · 1935
Success at Any Price
as Hatfield · 1934
The Great Swindle
as Stewart Cordell · 1941
Pleasure Crazed
as Col. Farquar · 1929
Whom the Gods Destroy
as Carlo - the Puppeteer · 1934
Faithless
as Mr. Carter · 1932
Bluebeard
as Deschamps · 1944
The Florentine Dagger
as Auctioneer · 1935
Rough House Rosie
as W.S. Davids · 1927
Let's Talk It Over
as Doctor · 1934
Don't Marry
as General Willoughby · 1928
Love, Live & Laugh
as Enrico · 1929
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
as Kaiser Wilhelm II · 1919
Hell's Four Hundred
as John Gilmore · 1926
A Kiss in a Taxi
as Leon Lambert · 1927
The Beautiful Spy
as Viceroy Cisneros · 1928
Maid of Salem
as Crown Chief Justice Laughton · 1937
Great Guy
as Abel Canning · 1936
The Narrow Corner
as Mr. Blake, Fred's Father · 1933
Red Salute
as Dean · 1935
A Bedtime Story
as Agent de Police · 1933
Times Square Lady
as Mr. Fielding · 1935
The Washington Masquerade
as Stapleton · 1932
Sitting on the Moon
as Worthington · 1936
Sing Sing Nights
as Kurt Nordon · 1934
Now and Forever
as Mr. Clark · 1934
Main Street Lawyer
as Donnelly, District Attorney · 1939
Meet the Baron
as Baron Munchausen · 1933
One Exciting Adventure
as Customer, Oscar · 1934
Let Them Live
as Judge Lederer · 1937
Black Moon
as The Psychiatrist · 1934
How Molly Malone Made Good
as Himself · 1915
Here I Am a Stranger
as R.J. Bennett · 1939
The Yellow Ticket
as Passport Clerk · 1931
The Keyhole
as Schuyler Brooks · 1933
The Unholy Garden
as Col. Lautrac · 1931
These Glamour Girls
as Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited) · 1939
Diamond Jim
as J.C. Randolf - Bank President · 1935
Shipmates Forever
as Doctor (uncredited) · 1935
Bedside
as Maritza's Manager · 1934
The Invisible Menace
as Col. Hackett · 1938
East Is West
as Mr. Benson · 1930
Blind Date
as J.W. Hartwell Sr. · 1934
Honeymoon Limited
as Mr. Randall · 1935
The Valiant
as Judge · 1929
Blood Money
as Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited) · 1933
Las Vegas Nights
as William Stevens Sr. · 1941
Golden Harvest
as Henry Flint · 1933
Million Dollar Ransom
as Dr. Davis (Uncredited) · 1934
Green Light
as Dr. Lane · 1937
Safety in Numbers
as Dr. Lawrence Edmonds · 1938
Name the Woman
as Judge Adams · 1934
The House of Mirth
as Lawrence Selden · 1918
The Bad One
as Prosecutor · 1930
The First Year
as Peter Barstow · 1932
Indiscreet
as Mr. Woodward · 1931
Coquette
as Jasper Carter · 1929
Blackie's Redemption
as Fred the Count · 1919
Any Woman
as Egbert Phillips · 1925
Lady by Choice
as Opper · 1934
The Parisian Tigress
as Henri Dutray · 1919
Grand Ole Opry
as William C. Scully · 1940
Sing for Your Supper
as Myron T. Hayworth · 1941
The Ghost Walks
as Dr. Kent · 1934
Quick Millions
as District Attorney (uncredited) · 1931
The Crash
as John Fair · 1932
Love Time
as Emperor Francis I · 1934
One Heavenly Night
as Prefect of Police · 1930
Red Hot Tires
as Martin Sanford · 1935
Annie Laurie
· 1927
Once a Doctor
as Bruce Nordland · 1937
Good Intentions
as Butler · 1930
Spring Tonic
as Mr. Enix · 1935
Soft Living
as Rodney S. Bowen · 1928
Her Purchase Price
as Duke of Wryden · 1919
Notorious But Nice
as Defense Attorney Clark · 1933
Parents on Trial
as James Wesley · 1939
Gigolettes of Paris
as Police Interrogator · 1933
Midnight Rose
as Corbin · 1928
Hidden Power
as Weston · 1939
The Spy
as Tchijinski · 1931
Frisco Waterfront
as District Attorney · 1935
The Brat
as A Dandy · 1919
Gloria's Romance
as Dr. Stephen Royce · 1916
Social Hypocrites
as Dr. Frank Simpson · 1918
The Shell Game
as Lawrence Gray · 1918