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