Birth Day: 1874-11-12
Place of birth: Berlin, Germany
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.
Credits
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As Deschamps -
As Jefferson Baxter -
As General Bartholomew (uncredited) -
As Myron T. Hayworth -
As William Stevens Sr. -
As T.J. Mulhausen -
As Judge Arnold Mason -
As Judge -
As Stewart Cordell -
As Mr. Rollins -
As William C. Scully -
As Weston -
As Donnelly, District Attorney -
As James Wesley -
As Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited) -
As The General -
As Chief of Police -
As Asa M. Barrows -
As R.J. Bennett -
As Edward Seton -
As Col. Hackett -
As Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited) -
As Pearly Todd -
As Nicolo Polo -
As Dr. Lawrence Edmonds -
As Court Aide (uncredited) -
As Horace Smith -
As Judge Lederer -
As Crown Chief Justice Laughton -
As Bruce Nordland -
As Charles Stevens -
As Mr. Hunter -
As "Doc" Godfrey -
As Dr. Lane -
As District Attorney Pritchard -
As Friar Laurence -
As Maj. Vaile -
As Mr. Hollister -
As Jonathan Grant -
As Abel Canning -
As Judge Henry Treacher -
As Mr. MacGregor -
As Worthington -
As Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited) -
As Martin Sanford -
As Dr. Harvey -
As Doctor (uncredited) -
As Warder (uncredited) -
As District Attorney -
As Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited) -
As Crippet -
As Simmon's Attorney -
As Arthur Carlisle -
As Baron de Berghman -
As District Attorney Stacey -
As J.C. Randolf - Bank President -
As Mr. Fielding -
As Dean -
As Doctor -
As Mr. Randall -
As Paul Lamartine -
As Prefect Rosset -
As Auctioneer -
As Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas -
As Mr. Enix -
As Mr. Gearhart (uncredited) -
As Carlo - the Puppeteer -
As Lawyer Robert Kirkland -
As Charles M. Lawton -
As Customer, Oscar -
As Mr. Clark -
As Dr. Preston (uncredited) -
As Maritza's Manager -
As R. H. Renaud -
As Dr. Davis (Uncredited) -
As Henri Marcher -
As Emperor Francis I -
As The Psychiatrist -
As Judge Adams -
As Kurt Nordon -
As C.W. Sloane -
As Dr. Kent -
As Senator Titcombe -
As Mr. Blake -
As John Ormsby -
As Doctor -
As Professor Hackett -
As Hatfield -
As J.W. Hartwell Sr. -
As Opper -
As Baron Munchausen -
As Police Interrogator -
As Mr. Borden -
As Mr. Sanborn -
As Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited) -
As Jameson Brewster - Bank President -
As Theodore Arno -
As Agent de Police -
As Mr. Blake, Fred's Father -
As J.R. Carter -
As Defense Attorney Clark -
As Schuyler Brooks -
As Henry Flint -
As Stapleton -
As Chief of Secret Police (uncredited) -
As Mr. Carter -
As Peter Barstow -
As Hutton -
As John Fair -
As Baron Franz Hohenfels -
As Col. Lautrac -
As Tchijinski -
As Mr. Woodward -
As Butterfield (uncredited) -
As Passport Clerk -
As Areal Pacheco -
As District Attorney (uncredited) -
As D'Aiguillon -
As Sharp -
As Butler -
As Prefect of Police -
As Mr. Benson -
As New Englander (uncredited) -
As Prosecutor -
As Enrico -
As Judge -
As Jasper Carter -
As Rodney S. Bowen -
As General Willoughby
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As Corbin -
As Viceroy Cisneros -
As Leon Lambert -
As John Gilmore
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As Don Sebastian, Premier -
As Egbert Phillips -
As Marcus Morton -
As (Uncredited) -
As A Dandy -
As Fred the Count -
As Kaiser Wilhelm II -
As Dr. Frank Simpson -
As Lawrence Selden -
As Lawrence Gray -
As Dr. Stephen Royce -
As Himself -