Henry Kolker
Acting1874Berlin, Germany
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.
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
Acting History
1944
Bluebeard
as Deschamps
1943
Sarong Girl
as Jefferson Baxter
1942
Reunion in France
as General Bartholomew (uncredited)
1941
A Woman's Face
as Judge
Las Vegas Nights
as William Stevens Sr.
The Parson of Panamint
as Judge Arnold Mason
The Man Who Lost Himself
as T.J. Mulhausen
Sing for Your Supper
as Myron T. Hayworth
The Great Swindle
as Stewart Cordell
1940
Money and the Woman
as Mr. Rollins
Grand Ole Opry
as William C. Scully
1939
Here I Am a Stranger
as R.J. Bennett
Union Pacific
as Asa M. Barrows
Let Us Live
as Chief of Police
The Real Glory
as The General
Parents on Trial
as James Wesley
These Glamour Girls
as Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited)
Main Street Lawyer
as Donnelly, District Attorney
Hidden Power
as Weston
1938
Safety in Numbers
as Dr. Lawrence Edmonds
Holiday
as Edward Seton
Marie Antoinette
as Court Aide (uncredited)
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Nicolo Polo
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Horace Smith
The Invisible Menace
as Col. Hackett
Love Is a Headache
as Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
as Pearly Todd
1937
Under Cover of Night
as District Attorney Pritchard
Maid of Salem
as Crown Chief Justice Laughton
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
as "Doc" Godfrey
They Wanted to Marry
as Mr. Hunter
The Devil Is Driving
as Charles Stevens
Once a Doctor
as Bruce Nordland
Let Them Live
as Judge Lederer
Green Light
as Dr. Lane
1936
Collegiate
as Mr. MacGregor
Bullets or Ballots
as Mr. Hollister
Theodora Goes Wild
as Jonathan Grant
Great Guy
as Abel Canning
Sitting on the Moon
as Worthington
The Man Who Lived Twice
as Judge Treacher
My Marriage
as Maj. Vaile
Romeo and Juliet
as Friar Laurence
1935
A Dog of Flanders
as Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
as J.C. Randolf - Bank President
Red Salute
as Dean
The Case of the Curious Bride
as District Attorney Stacey
Reckless
as Mr. Gearhart (uncredited)
One New York Night
as Arthur Carlisle
Frisco Waterfront
as District Attorney
Charlie Chan in Paris
as Paul Lamartine
Honeymoon Limited
as Mr. Randall
The Mystery Man
as Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas
3 Kids and a Queen
as Crippet
Mad Love
as Prefect Rosset
Shipmates Forever
as Doctor (uncredited)
I Live My Life
as Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited)
Society Doctor
as Dr. Harvey
Go Into Your Dance
as Doctor
The Black Room
as Baron de Berghman
Spring Tonic
as Mr. Enix
Red Hot Tires
as Martin Sanford
Times Square Lady
as Mr. Fielding
Here Comes the Band
as Simmon's Attorney
The Florentine Dagger
as Auctioneer
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Warder (uncredited)
1934
The Ghost Walks
as Dr. Kent
I've Got Your Number
as Lawyer Robert Kirkland
Imitation of Life
as Dr. Preston (uncredited)
Now and Forever
as Mr. Clark
Bedside
as Maritza's Manager
Black Moon
as The Psychiatrist
Lady by Choice
as Opper
Wonder Bar
as R. H. Renaud
She Loves Me Not
as Charles M. Lawton
The Girl from Missouri
as Senator Titcombe
Sing Sing Nights
as Kurt Nordon
Journal of a Crime
as Henri Marcher
A Lost Lady
as John Ormsby
Success at Any Price
as Hatfield
The Band Plays On
as Professor Hackett
Whom the Gods Destroy
as Carlo - the Puppeteer
The Hell Cat
as C.W. Sloane
Blind Date
as J.W. Hartwell Sr.
Let's Try Again
as Mr. Blake
Million Dollar Ransom
as Dr. Davis (Uncredited)
One Exciting Adventure
as Customer, Oscar
Sisters Under the Skin
as Jones
Name the Woman
as Judge Adams
Let's Talk It Over
as Doctor
Love Time
as Emperor Francis I
1933
A Bedtime Story
as Agent de Police
Gigolettes of Paris
as Police Interrogator
Blood Money
as Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)
Golden Harvest
as Henry Flint
Bureau of Missing Persons
as Theodore Arno
Baby Face
as J.R. Carter
Hello, Sister!
as Jameson Brewster - Bank President
The Power and the Glory
as Mr. Borden
I Loved a Woman
as Mr. Sanborn
Meet the Baron
as Baron Munchausen
Notorious But Nice
as Defense Attorney Clark
The Keyhole
as Schuyler Brooks
The Narrow Corner
as Mr. Blake, Fred's Father
Love, Honor and Oh, Baby!
as The Judge
1932
The Crash
as John Fair
The First Year
as Peter Barstow
Faithless
as Mr. Carter
Jewel Robbery
as Baron Franz Hohenfels
Rasputin and the Empress
as Chief of Secret Police (uncredited)
Devil and the Deep
as Hutton
The Washington Masquerade
as Stapleton
1931
The Yellow Ticket
as Passport Clerk
Quick Millions
as District Attorney (uncredited)
Indiscreet
as Mr. Woodward
The Spy
as Tchijinski
I Like Your Nerve
as Areal Pacheco
The Unholy Garden
as Col. Lautrac
Don't Bet on Women
as Butterfield (uncredited)
1930
One Heavenly Night
as Prefect of Police
Flame of the Flesh
as D'Aiguillon
Abraham Lincoln
as New Englander (uncredited)
East Is West
as Mr. Benson
Good Intentions
as Butler
The Bad One
as Prosecutor
The Way of All Men
as Sharp
1929
The Valiant
as Judge
Coquette
as Jasper Carter
Love, Live & Laugh
as Enrico
Pleasure Crazed
as Col. Farquar
1928
Midnight Rose
as Corbin
The Beautiful Spy
as Viceroy Cisneros
Soft Living
as Rodney S. Bowen
Don't Marry
as General Willoughby
1927
A Kiss in a Taxi
as Leon Lambert
1926
The Palace of Pleasure
as Don Sebastian, Premier
Hell's Four Hundred
as John Gilmore
Wet Paint
as A Husband
1925
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Marcus Morton
Any Woman
as Egbert Phillips
1924
The Great Well
Director
I Will Repay
Director
1923
1921
1920
Heart of Twenty
Director
The Greatest Love
Director
The Palace of Darkened Windows
Director
The Third Generation
Director
The Third Generation
Screenplay
1919
Her Purchase Price
as Duke of Wryden
The Parisian Tigress
as Henri Dutray
The Brat
as A Dandy
Blackie's Redemption
as Fred the Count
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
The Woman Michael Married
Director
A Man's Country
Director
1918
Social Hypocrites
as Dr. Frank Simpson
The House of Mirth
as Lawrence Selden
The Shell Game
as Lawrence Gray
1916
Gloria's Romance
as Dr. Stephen Royce
1915