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