8.5
8.5
The Band Plays On
1934
as Professor Hackett
Henry Kolker
Also known as: Joseph Henry Kolker
Acting
Born:November 12, 1874
Died:July 15, 1947(aged 72)
Birthplace:Berlin, Germany
Nationality:United States
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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.
Filmography (149 movies)
7.3
7.3
Holiday
1938
as Edward Seton
7.2
7.2
Baby Face
1933
as J.R. Carter
7.1
7.1
Quick Millions
1931
as District Attorney (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
Mad Love
1935
as Prefect Rosset
7.0
7.0
Imitation of Life
1934
as Dr. Preston (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
A Dog of Flanders
1935
as Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
Grand Ole Opry
1940
as William C. Scully
7.0
7.0
Blood Money
1933
as Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
Here I Am a Stranger
1939
as R.J. Bennett
7.0
7.0
Blind Date
1934
as J.W. Hartwell Sr.
6.9
6.9
The Girl from Missouri
1934
as Senator Titcombe
6.8
6.8
A Woman's Face
1941
as Judge
6.8
6.8
Go Into Your Dance
1935
as Doctor
6.8
6.8
Let Us Live
1939
as Chief of Police
6.7
6.7
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936
as Judge Treacher
6.6
6.6
Now and Forever
1934
as Mr. Clark
6.6
6.6
Bullets or Ballots
1936
as Mr. Hollister
6.6
6.6
Union Pacific
1939
as Asa M. Barrows
6.5
6.5
Charlie Chan in Paris
1935
as Paul Lamartine
6.5
6.5
The Washington Masquerade
1932
as Stapleton
6.5
6.5
Shipmates Forever
1935
as Doctor (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
Faithless
1932
as Mr. Carter
6.5
6.5
Theodora Goes Wild
1936
as Jonathan Grant
6.4
6.4
Green Light
1937
as Dr. Lane
6.4
6.4
The Black Room
1935
as Baron de Berghman
6.4
6.4
Jewel Robbery
1932
as Baron Franz Hohenfels
6.3
6.3
The Bad One
1930
as Prosecutor
6.3
6.3
Society Doctor
1935
as Dr. Harvey
6.3
6.3
Once a Doctor
1937
as Bruce Nordland
6.3
6.3
The Real Glory
1939
as The General
6.3
6.3
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Horace Smith
6.3
6.3
The Unholy Garden
1931
as Col. Lautrac
6.3
6.3
Lady by Choice
1934
as Opper
6.2
6.2
Great Guy
1936
as Abel Canning
6.2
6.2
Romeo and Juliet
1936
as Friar Laurence
6.0
6.0
The Valiant
1929
as Judge
6.0
6.0
Gloria's Romance
1916
as Dr. Stephen Royce
6.0
6.0
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
as Nicolo Polo
6.0
6.0
3 Kids and a Queen
1935
as Crippet
6.0
6.0
Indiscreet
1931
as Mr. Woodward
6.0
6.0
I've Got Your Number
1934
as Lawyer Robert Kirkland
6.0
6.0
Times Square Lady
1935
as Mr. Fielding
6.0
6.0
The Hell Cat
1934
as C.W. Sloane
6.0
6.0
Sing for Your Supper
1941
as Myron T. Hayworth
6.0
6.0
Diamond Jim
1935
as J.C. Randolf - Bank President
5.9
5.9
Maid of Salem
1937
as Crown Chief Justice Laughton
5.9
5.9
Wonder Bar
1934
as R. H. Renaud
5.9
5.9
I Like Your Nerve
1931
as Areal Pacheco
5.8
5.8
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
as District Attorney Stacey
5.8
5.8
Red Hot Tires
1935
as Martin Sanford
5.8
5.8
Hello, Sister!
1933
as Jameson Brewster - Bank President
5.8
5.8
Too Hot to Handle
1938
as Pearly Todd
5.7
5.7
Coquette
1929
as Jasper Carter
5.7
5.7
The Florentine Dagger
1935
as Auctioneer
5.7
5.7
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
1937
as "Doc" Godfrey
5.7
5.7
Under Cover of Night
1937
as District Attorney Pritchard
5.7
5.7
Journal of a Crime
1934
as Henri Marcher
5.7
5.7
The Power and the Glory
1933
as Mr. Borden
5.6
5.6
A Lost Lady
1934
as John Ormsby
5.6
5.6
She Loves Me Not
1934
as Charles M. Lawton
5.6
5.6
Red Salute
1935
as Dean
5.6
5.6
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
as Warder (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933
as Theodore Arno
5.5
5.5
Las Vegas Nights
1941
as William Stevens Sr.
5.5
5.5
Notorious But Nice
1933
as Defense Attorney Clark
5.5
5.5
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934
as Carlo - the Puppeteer
5.5
5.5
The Narrow Corner
1933
as Mr. Blake, Fred's Father
5.5
5.5
Sally, Irene and Mary
1925
as Marcus Morton
5.4
5.4
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930
as D'Aiguillon
5.4
5.4
Bedside
1934
as Maritza's Manager
5.4
5.4
The Mystery Man
1935
as Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas
5.3
5.3
The Ghost Walks
1934
as Dr. Kent
5.3
5.3
Bluebeard
1944
as Deschamps
5.3
5.3
Honeymoon Limited
1935
as Mr. Randall
5.3
5.3
Spring Tonic
1935
as Mr. Enix
5.2
5.2
One Heavenly Night
1930
as Prefect of Police
5.1
5.1
Black Moon
1934
as The Psychiatrist
5.1
5.1
Rasputin and the Empress
1932
as Chief of Secret Police (uncredited)
5.0
5.0
The Devil Is Driving
1937
as Charles Stevens
5.0
5.0
Gigolettes of Paris
1933
as Police Interrogator
5.0
5.0
They Wanted to Marry
1937
as Mr. Hunter
5.0
5.0
My Marriage
1936
as Maj. Vaile
5.0
5.0
Here Comes the Band
1935
as Simmon's Attorney
5.0
5.0
How Molly Malone Made Good
1915
as Himself
5.0
5.0
Golden Harvest
1933
as Henry Flint
5.0
5.0
The Parson of Panamint
1941
as Judge Arnold Mason
4.8
4.8
Devil and the Deep
1932
as Hutton
4.8
4.8
The Crash
1932
as John Fair
4.7
4.7
The Yellow Ticket
1931
as Passport Clerk
4.7
4.7
The Keyhole
1933
as Schuyler Brooks
4.5
4.5
I Loved a Woman
1933
as Mr. Sanborn
4.5
4.5
A Bedtime Story
1933
as Agent de Police
4.3
4.3
Sitting on the Moon
1936
as Worthington
4.3
4.3
The Man Who Lost Himself
1941
as T.J. Mulhausen
4.2
4.2
Meet the Baron
1933
as Baron Munchausen
4.1
4.1
Don't Bet on Women
1931
as Butterfield (uncredited)
4.0
4.0
East Is West
1930
as Mr. Benson
4.0
4.0
The Way of All Men
1930
as Sharp
3.8
3.8
The Invisible Menace
1938
as Col. Hackett
3.8
3.8
Success at Any Price
1934
as Hatfield
3.5
3.5
Money and the Woman
1940
as Mr. Rollins
2.8
2.8
Sing Sing Nights
1934
as Kurt Nordon
2.0
2.0
Main Street Lawyer
1939
as Donnelly, District Attorney
2.0
2.0
Let's Try Again
1934
as Mr. Blake
Let Them Live
1937
as Judge Lederer
Name the Woman
1934
as Judge Adams
Hidden Power
1939
as Weston
The Great Swindle
1941
as Stewart Cordell
The House of Mirth
1918
as Lawrence Selden
Social Hypocrites
1918
as Dr. Frank Simpson
The Beautiful Spy
1928
as Viceroy Cisneros
A Kiss in a Taxi
1927
as Leon Lambert
The Spy
1931
as Tchijinski
The Brat
1919
as A Dandy
Soft Living
1928
as Rodney S. Bowen
The Palace of Pleasure
1926
as Don Sebastian, Premier
Pleasure Crazed
1929
as Col. Farquar
A Man of Stone
1921
as (Uncredited)
One New York Night
1935
as Arthur Carlisle
The Shell Game
1918
as Lawrence Gray
Hell's Four Hundred
1926
as John Gilmore
Good Intentions
1930
as Butler
Sarong Girl
1943
as Jefferson Baxter
Love, Live & Laugh
1929
as Enrico
Blackie's Redemption
1919
as Fred the Count
Love Time
1934
as Emperor Francis I
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
1919
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
One Exciting Adventure
1934
as Customer, Oscar
Midnight Rose
1928
as Corbin
Parents on Trial
1939
as James Wesley
The First Year
1932
as Peter Barstow
The Warning
1915
as Robert Denman
Safety in Numbers
1938
as Dr. Lawrence Edmonds
Don't Marry
1928
as General Willoughby
Frisco Waterfront
1935
as District Attorney
Collegiate
1936
as Mr. MacGregor
Any Woman
1925
as Egbert Phillips
Sant'Ilario
1923
Director
Heart of Twenty
1920
Director
The Great Well
1924
Director
Disraeli
1921
Director
The Purple Highway
1923
Director
The Greatest Love
1920
Director
The Woman Michael Married
1919
Director
A Man's Country
1919
Director
I Will Repay
1924
Director
The Fighter
1921
Director
Bucking the Tiger
1921
Director
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