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 William C. Scully -
As Mr. Rollins -
As Chief of Police -
As Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited) -
As Asa M. Barrows -
As James Wesley -
As R.J. Bennett -
As Donnelly, District Attorney -
As Weston -
As The General -
As Nicolo Polo -
As Dr. Lawrence Edmonds -
As Edward Seton -
As Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited) -
As Pearly Todd -
As Col. Hackett -
As Court Aide (uncredited) -
As Horace Smith -
As Crown Chief Justice Laughton -
As Bruce Nordland -
As Charles Stevens -
As "Doc" Godfrey -
As Dr. Lane -
As Judge Lederer -
As District Attorney Pritchard -
As Mr. Hunter -
As Jonathan Grant -
As Maj. Vaile -
As Mr. Hollister -
As Friar Laurence -
As Abel Canning -
As Worthington -
As Judge Treacher -
As Doctor (uncredited) -
As Mr. Enix -
As Dr. Harvey -
As Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited) -
As Martin Sanford -
As Mr. MacGregor -
As Arthur Carlisle -
As Crippet -
As J.C. Randolf - Bank President -
As Simmon's Attorney -
As Dean -
As Doctor -
As Baron de Berghman -
As Warder (uncredited) -
As Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited) -
As District Attorney -
As District Attorney Stacey -
As Mr. Fielding -
As Prefect Rosset -
As Auctioneer -
As Mr. Randall -
As Paul Lamartine -
As Mr. Gearhart (uncredited) -
As Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas -
As Mr. Clark -
As Emperor Francis I -
As Doctor -
As R. H. Renaud -
As Charles M. Lawton -
As The Psychiatrist -
As Henri Marcher -
As Kurt Nordon -
As John Ormsby -
As Hatfield -
As Customer, Oscar -
As Carlo - the Puppeteer -
As Mr. Blake -
As Jones -
As C.W. Sloane -
As J.W. Hartwell Sr. -
As Lawyer Robert Kirkland -
As Professor Hackett -
As Senator Titcombe -
As Judge Adams -
As Dr. Preston (uncredited) -
As Opper -
As Dr. Davis (Uncredited) -
As Dr. Kent -
As Maritza's Manager -
As J.R. Carter -
As The Judge -
As Theodore Arno -
As Henry Flint -
As Mr. Borden -
As Defense Attorney Clark -
As Mr. Sanborn -
As Schuyler Brooks -
As Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited) -
As Mr. Blake, Fred's Father -
As Baron Munchausen -
As Jameson Brewster - Bank President -
As Agent de Police -
As Police Interrogator -
As John Fair -
As Hutton -
As Peter Barstow -
As Stapleton -
As Chief of Secret Police (uncredited) -
As Baron Franz Hohenfels -
As Mr. Carter -
As Col. Lautrac -
As Butterfield (uncredited) -
As District Attorney (uncredited) -
As Passport Clerk -
As Mr. Woodward -
As Areal Pacheco -
As Tchijinski -
As Prosecutor -
As New Englander (uncredited) -
As Prefect of Police -
As Mr. Benson -
As Butler -
As Sharp -
As D'Aiguillon -
As Col. Farquar -
As Judge -
As Jasper Carter -
As Enrico -
As Rodney S. Bowen -
As Corbin -
As General Willoughby
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As Viceroy Cisneros -
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As Leon Lambert -
As John Gilmore
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As Don Sebastian, Premier -
As A Husband -
As Marcus Morton -
As Egbert Phillips -
As (Uncredited) -
As Kaiser Wilhelm II -
As Henri Dutray -
As Fred the Count -
As A Dandy -
As Duke of Wryden -
As Dr. Frank Simpson -
As Lawrence Selden -
As Lawrence Gray -
As Dr. Stephen Royce -
As Robert Denman
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As Himself