Clarence Kolb

Clarence Kolb
Born	July 31, 1874(1874-07-31) Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died	November 25, 1964(1964-11-25) (aged 90) Hollywood, California, USA
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1916 to 1957
Spouse	May Cloy (1917-?) Mabel Kolb (1915-1964) (his death)

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 Weber and Fields. In addition to their stage work, they appeared in a series of movie shorts 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 movies, 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 from a stroke at the Orchard Gables Sanitarium at 1277 North Wilcox Avenue in Hollywood.^[1][2][3] He is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

Selected filmography

• The Toast of New York (1937)
• Merrily We Live (1938)
• Carefree (1938)
• Give Me a Sailor (1938)
• The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
• Honolulu (1939)
• His Girl Friday (1940)
• No Time for Comedy (1940)
• Nothing But The Truth (1941)
• Caught in the Draft (1941)
• Hellzapoppin' (1941)
• The Falcon in Danger (1943)
• The Sky's the Limit (1943)
• Three Is a Family (1944)
• Where There's Life (1947)
• Impact (1949)
• Adam's Rib (1949)
• The Rose Bowl Story (1952)

References

1. ^ "Clarence Kolb, Veteran Actor, Dies Here at 90." Los Angeles Times. Nov. 26, 1964. p. A 12.
2. ^ California Death Index, Name: Clarence W. Kolb, Birth Date: 07-31-1874, Sex: Male, Birth Place: Ohio, Death Place: Los Angeles (70), Death Date: 11-25-1964, SSN: 565-18-7770, Age: 90 yrs.
3. ^ Social Security Death Index, Name: Clarence Kolb, Birth: July 31, 1875 [sic-?], SSN: 565-18-7770, Issued: California, Death: Nov 1964, Last Residence: (California).

External links

• Clarence Kolb at the Internet Movie Database
• Clarence Kolb at Find a Grave

Persondata
Name	Kolb, Clarence
Alternative names
Short description	Actor
Date of birth	July 31, 1874
Place of birth	Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Date of death	November 25, 1964
Place of death	Hollywood, California, USA