Henry Kolker
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
ActingBirthday
November 12, 1874Deathday
July 15, 1947Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
150Place of birth
Berlin, GermanyAlso known as
Генри Колкер, Joseph Henry Kolker
Cast credits
Charlie Chan in Paris
Paul Lamartine
The Black Room
Baron de Berghman
Baby Face
J.R. Carter
A Woman's Face
Judge
Bullets or Ballots
Mr. Hollister
Mad Love
Prefect Rosset
Black Moon
The Psychiatrist
Bluebeard
Deschamps
The Florentine Dagger
Auctioneer
Holiday
Edward Seton
Great Guy
Abel Canning
Let Us Live
Chief of Police
Indiscreet
Mr. Woodward
The Mystery Man
Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas
Coquette
Jasper Carter
The Unholy Garden
Col. Lautrac
The Power and the Glory
Mr. Borden
The Man Who Lived Twice
Judge Henry Treacher
I Loved a Woman
Mr. Sanborn
The Cowboy and the Lady
Horace Smith
The Valiant
JudgeCrew credits
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