Henry Kolker

Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: November 12, 1874
Day of Death: July 15, 1947 (73 years old)
Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany
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.
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Actor Weston
Hidden Power

Actor Chief of Police
Let Us Live

Actor R.J. Bennett
Here I Am a Stranger

Actor Asa M. Barrows
Union Pacific

Actor The General
The Real Glory

Actor Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited)
These Glamour Girls

Actor Donnelly, District Attorney
Main Street Lawyer

Actor James Wesley
Parents on Trial
1938

Actor Edward Seton
Holiday

Actor Horace Smith
The Cowboy and the Lady

Actor Nicolo Polo
The Adventures of Marco Polo

Actor Pearly Todd
Too Hot to Handle

Actor Col. Hackett
The Invisible Menace

Actor Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache

Actor Dr. Lawrence Edmonds
Safety in Numbers

Actor Court Aide (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
1937

Actor Mr. Hunter
They Wanted to Marry

Actor Charles Stevens
The Devil Is Driving

Actor Crown Chief Justice Laughton
Maid of Salem

Actor Bruce Nordland
Once a Doctor

Actor "Doc" Godfrey
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

Actor District Attorney Pritchard
Under Cover of Night

Actor Dr. Lane
Green Light

Actor Judge Lederer
Let Them Live
1936
1935

Actor Baron de Berghman
The Black Room

Actor Paul Lamartine
Charlie Chan in Paris

Actor Prefect Rosset
Mad Love

Actor Auctioneer
The Florentine Dagger

Actor Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas
The Mystery Man

Actor Mr. Randall
Honeymoon Limited

Actor Mr. Gearhart (uncredited)
Reckless

Actor Dr. Harvey
Society Doctor

Actor Martin Sanford
Red Hot Tires

Actor Arthur Carlisle
One New York Night

Actor Mr. Fielding
Times Square Lady

Actor Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited)
A Dog of Flanders

Actor Simmon's Attorney
Here Comes the Band

Actor Dean
Red Salute

Actor District Attorney Stacey
The Case of the Curious Bride

Actor Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited)
I Live My Life

Actor J.C. Randolf - Bank President
Diamond Jim

Actor District Attorney
Frisco Waterfront

Actor Doctor (uncredited)
Shipmates Forever

Actor Warder (uncredited)
The Last Days of Pompeii

Actor Doctor
Go Into Your Dance

Actor Crippet
3 Kids and a Queen

Actor Mr. Enix
Spring Tonic
1934

Actor Judge Adams
Name the Woman

Actor The Psychiatrist
Black Moon

Actor Emperor Francis I
Love Time

Actor Maritza's Manager
Bedside

Actor R. H. Renaud
Wonder Bar

Actor Kurt Nordon
Sing Sing Nights

Actor John Ormsby
A Lost Lady

Actor Hatfield
Success at Any Price

Actor Dr. Kent
The Ghost Walks

Actor Lawyer Robert Kirkland
I've Got Your Number

Actor Carlo - the Puppeteer
Whom the Gods Destroy

Actor C.W. Sloane
The Hell Cat

Actor J.W. Hartwell Sr.
Blind Date

Actor Senator Titcombe
The Girl from Missouri

Actor Opper
Lady by Choice

Actor Professor Hackett
The Bands Plays On

Actor Mr. Blake
Let's Try Again

Actor Henri Marcher
Journal of a Crime

Actor Charles M. Lawton
She Loves Me Not

Actor Customer, Oscar
One Exciting Adventure

Actor Mr. Clark
Now and Forever

Actor Doctor
Let's Talk It Over

Actor Dr. Davis (Uncredited)
Million Dollar Ransom

Actor Dr. Preston (uncredited)
Imitation of Life
1933

Actor J.R. Carter
Baby Face

Actor Mr. Borden
The Power and the Glory

Actor Mr. Sanborn
I Loved a Woman

Actor Police Interrogator
Gigolettes of Paris

Actor Schuyler Brooks
The Keyhole

Actor Mr. Blake, Fred's Father
The Narrow Corner

Actor Jameson Brewster - Bank President
Hello, Sister!

Actor Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)
Blood Money

Actor Agent de Police
A Bedtime Story

Actor Defense Attorney Clark
Notorious But Nice

Actor Baron Munchausen
Meet the Baron

Actor Henry Flint
Golden Harvest

Actor Theodore Arno
Bureau of Missing Persons