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.
Movie | Bluebeard | Deschamps | 1944-11-11 |
Movie | Sarong Girl | Jefferson Baxter | 1943-06-11 |
Movie | Reunion in France | General Bartholomew (uncredited) | 1942-12-25 |
Movie | The Man Who Lost Himself | T.J. Mulhausen | 1941-03-21 |
Movie | A Woman's Face | Judge | 1941-05-09 |
Movie | Las Vegas Nights | William Stevens Sr. | 1941-03-28 |
Movie | The Parson of Panamint | Judge Arnold Mason | 1941-07-25 |
Movie | Sing for Your Supper | Myron T. Hayworth | 1941-12-04 |
Movie | Grand Ole Opry | William C. Scully | 1940-06-25 |
Movie | Money and the Woman | Mr. Rollins | 1940-08-17 |
Movie | Union Pacific | Asa M. Barrows | 1939-05-05 |
Movie | Let Us Live | Chief of Police | 1939-03-29 |
Movie | These Glamour Girls | Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited) | 1939-08-18 |
Movie | Main Street Lawyer | Donnelly, District Attorney | 1939-11-02 |
Movie | Parents on Trial | James Wesley | 1939-09-21 |
Movie | Here I Am a Stranger | R.J. Bennett | 1939-09-29 |
Movie | The Real Glory | The General | 1939-09-29 |
Movie | The Adventures of Marco Polo | Nicolo Polo | 1938-04-07 |
Movie | Love Is a Headache | Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited) | 1938-01-14 |
Movie | Holiday | Edward Seton | 1938-05-26 |
Movie | The Invisible Menace | Col. Hackett | 1938-01-11 |
Movie | The Cowboy and the Lady | Horace Smith | 1938-11-17 |
Movie | Safety in Numbers | Dr. Lawrence Edmonds | 1938-05-30 |
Movie | Too Hot to Handle | Pearly Todd | 1938-09-16 |
Movie | Marie Antoinette | Court Aide (uncredited) | 1938-08-26 |
Movie | They Wanted to Marry | Mr. Hunter | 1937-02-05 |
Movie | Under Cover of Night | District Attorney Pritchard | 1937-01-08 |
Movie | Maid of Salem | Crown Chief Justice Laughton | 1937-02-12 |
Movie | Once a Doctor | Bruce Nordland | 1937-01-23 |
Movie | Green Light | Dr. Lane | 1937-02-20 |
Movie | Let Them Live | Judge Lederer | 1937-04-25 |
Movie | Thoroughbreds Don't Cry | "Doc" Godfrey | 1937-11-25 |
Movie | The Devil Is Driving | Charles Stevens | 1937-06-25 |
Movie | My Marriage | Maj. Vaile | 1936-01-31 |
Movie | Bullets or Ballots | Mr. Hollister | 1936-06-06 |
Movie | Collegiate | Mr. MacGregor | 1936-01-22 |
Movie | Romeo and Juliet | Friar Laurence | 1936-09-03 |
Movie | Theodora Goes Wild | Jonathan Grant | 1936-11-12 |
Movie | The Man Who Lived Twice | Judge Henry Treacher | 1936-09-25 |
Movie | Great Guy | Abel Canning | 1936-12-01 |
Movie | Sitting on the Moon | Worthington | 1936-09-11 |
Movie | A Dog of Flanders | Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited) | 1935-03-22 |
Movie | The Florentine Dagger | Auctioneer | 1935-03-30 |
Movie | Go Into Your Dance | Doctor | 1935-04-20 |
Movie | One New York Night | Arthur Carlisle | 1935-03-08 |
Movie | Reckless | Mr. Gearhart (uncredited) | 1935-04-19 |
Movie | Red Hot Tires | Martin Sanford | 1935-02-02 |
Movie | Charlie Chan in Paris | Paul Lamartine | 1935-01-21 |
Movie | Society Doctor | Dr. Harvey | 1935-01-25 |
Movie | Spring Tonic | Mr. Enix | 1935-06-27 |
Movie | The Mystery Man | Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas | 1935-02-12 |
Movie | Times Square Lady | Mr. Fielding | 1935-03-08 |
Movie | The Case of the Curious Bride | District Attorney Stacey | 1935-04-13 |
Movie | Shipmates Forever | Doctor (uncredited) | 1935-10-12 |
Movie | I Live My Life | Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited) | 1935-10-04 |
Movie | The Last Days of Pompeii | Warder (uncredited) | 1935-10-18 |
Movie | Honeymoon Limited | Mr. Randall | 1935-07-01 |
Movie | Frisco Waterfront | District Attorney | 1935-12-03 |
Movie | Red Salute | Dean | 1935-09-12 |
Movie | 3 Kids and a Queen | Crippet | 1935-10-21 |
Movie | Mad Love | Prefect Rosset | 1935-07-12 |
Movie | Diamond Jim | J.C. Randolf - Bank President | 1935-09-01 |
Movie | The Black Room | Baron de Berghman | 1935-07-15 |
Movie | Here Comes the Band | Simmon's Attorney | 1935-08-30 |
Movie | The Hell Cat | C.W. Sloane | 1934-06-16 |
Movie | Black Moon | The Psychiatrist | 1934-06-15 |
Movie | Let's Try Again | Mr. Blake | 1934-07-06 |
Movie | Whom the Gods Destroy | Carlo - the Puppeteer | 1934-07-12 |
Movie | Let's Talk It Over | Doctor | 1934-06-01 |
Movie | Journal of a Crime | Henri Marcher | 1934-03-10 |
Movie | Blind Date | J.W. Hartwell Sr. | 1934-07-20 |
Movie | Bedside | Maritza's Manager | 1934-01-27 |
Movie | I've Got Your Number | Lawyer Robert Kirkland | 1934-02-24 |
Movie | Success at Any Price | Hatfield | 1934-03-16 |
Movie | Wonder Bar | R. H. Renaud | 1934-03-31 |
Movie | Sing Sing Nights | Kurt Nordon | 1934-12-14 |
Movie | Lady by Choice | Opper | 1934-10-15 |
Movie | The Ghost Walks | Dr. Kent | 1934-12-01 |
Movie | The Bands Plays On | Professor Hackett | 1934-12-21 |
Movie | The Girl from Missouri | Senator Titcombe | 1934-08-03 |
Movie | A Lost Lady | John Ormsby | 1934-09-29 |
Movie | Imitation of Life | Dr. Preston (uncredited) | 1934-11-23 |
Movie | Million Dollar Ransom | Dr. Davis (Uncredited) | 1934-09-01 |
Movie | She Loves Me Not | Charles M. Lawton | 1934-08-31 |
Movie | Now and Forever | Mr. Clark | 1934-08-31 |
Movie | One Exciting Adventure | Customer, Oscar | 1934-09-01 |
Movie | The Narrow Corner | Mr. Blake, Fred's Father | 1933-07-08 |
Movie | Baby Face | J.R. Carter | 1933-07-13 |
Movie | A Bedtime Story | Agent de Police | 1933-04-22 |
Movie | Hello, Sister! | Jameson Brewster - Bank President | 1933-04-14 |
Movie | Notorious But Nice | Defense Attorney Clark | 1933-08-04 |
Movie | The Keyhole | Schuyler Brooks | 1933-03-25 |
Movie | The Power and the Glory | Mr. Borden | 1933-10-06 |
Movie | Meet the Baron | Baron Munchausen | 1933-10-20 |
Movie | Blood Money | Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited) | 1933-11-17 |
Movie | Bureau of Missing Persons | Theodore Arno | 1933-09-16 |
Movie | Gigolettes of Paris | Police Interrogator | 1933-10-05 |
Movie | Golden Harvest | Henry Flint | 1933-09-21 |
Movie | I Loved a Woman | Mr. Sanborn | 1933-09-23 |
Movie | The Washington Masquerade | Stapleton | 1932-07-09 |
Movie | The Devil and the Deep | Hutton | 1932-08-12 |
Movie | Jewel Robbery | Baron Franz Hohenfels | 1932-07-08 |
Movie | The First Year | Peter Barstow | 1932-07-30 |
Movie | The Crash | John Fair | 1932-10-09 |
Movie | Rasputin and the Empress | Chief of Secret Police (uncredited) | 1932-12-23 |
Movie | Faithless | Mr. Carter | 1932-10-15 |
Movie | Quick Millions | District Attorney (uncredited) | 1931-04-17 |
Movie | Don't Bet on Women | Butterfield (uncredited) | 1931-02-15 |
Movie | Indiscreet | Mr. Woodward | 1931-04-25 |
Movie | I Like Your Nerve | Areal Pacheco | 1931-09-12 |
Movie | The Yellow Ticket | Passport Clerk | 1931-10-30 |
Movie | The Unholy Garden | Col. Lautrac | 1931-10-06 |
Movie | The Way of All Men | Sharp | 1930-09-03 |
Movie | The Bad One | Prosecutor | 1930-05-03 |
Movie | Du Barry, Woman of Passion | D'Aiguillon | 1930-10-10 |
Movie | Good Intentions | Butler | 1930-06-29 |
Movie | East Is West | Mr. Benson | 1930-10-23 |
Movie | One Heavenly Night | Prefect of Police | 1930-12-25 |
Movie | Abraham Lincoln | New Englander (uncredited) | 1930-11-08 |
Movie | Coquette | Jasper Carter | 1929-03-30 |
Movie | Love, Live & Laugh | Enrico | 1929-11-02 |
Movie | The Valiant | Judge | 1929-05-19 |
Movie | Midnight Rose | Corbin | 1928-02-26 |
Movie | The Beautiful Spy | Viceroy Cisneros | 1928-05-10 |
Movie | A Kiss in a Taxi | Leon Lambert | 1927-02-22 |
Movie | Hell's Four Hundred | 1926-03-14 | |
Movie | Any Woman | Egbert Phillips | 1925-05-04 |
Movie | Sally, Irene and Mary | Marcus Morton | 1925-12-27 |
Movie | The Brat | A Dandy | 1919-09-01 |
Movie | The House of Mirth | Lawrence Selden | 1918-08-05 |
Movie | Gloria's Romance | Dr. Stephen Royce | 1916-05-22 |
Movie | How Molly Malone Made Good | Himself | 1915-10-25 |