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Henry Kolker

Profession
Acting
Born
November 12, 1874 · Berlin, Germany
Died
July 15, 1947

Biography

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.

Known for

Holiday poster
Holiday
Film · 1938 · ★ 7.3
Baby Face poster
Baby Face
Film · 1933 · ★ 7.3
Mad Love poster
Mad Love
Film · 1935 · ★ 7.0
Imitation of Life poster
Imitation of Life
Film · 1934 · ★ 7.0
Union Pacific poster
Union Pacific
Film · 1939 · ★ 6.7
A Woman's Face poster
A Woman's Face
Film · 1941 · ★ 6.8
The Black Room poster
The Black Room
Film · 1935 · ★ 6.5
Bullets or Ballots poster
Bullets or Ballots
Film · 1936 · ★ 6.6
Bluebeard poster
Bluebeard
Film · 1944 · ★ 5.5
Theodora Goes Wild poster
Theodora Goes Wild
Film · 1936 · ★ 6.6
Jewel Robbery poster
Jewel Robbery
Film · 1932 · ★ 6.5
Abraham Lincoln poster
Abraham Lincoln
Film · 1930 · ★ 5.5

Filmography