From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJoseph 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 Stanwycks 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. Kolkers 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.
Myron T. Hayworth
Film 1941
Baron de Berghman
Film 1935
Paul Lamartine
Film 1935
Judge Adams
Film 1934
Judge
Film 1941
Stewart Cordell
Film 1941
Weston
Film 1939
J.R. Carter
Film 1933
Prefect Rosset
Film 1935
The Psychiatrist
Film 1934
Deschamps
Film 1944
Auctioneer
Film 1935
Sharp
Film 1930
Edward Seton
Film 1938
Abel Canning
Film 1936
Chief of Police
Film 1939
Emperor Francis I
Film 1934
Ellwyn A. 'Jo-Jo' Jonas
Film 1935
Jasper Carter
Film 1929
Col. Lautrac
Film 1931
General Willoughby
Film 1928
Mr. Borden
Film 1933
Judge Henry Treacher
Film 1936
Mr. Sanborn
Film 1933
Horace Smith
Film 1938
Maritza's Manager
Film 1934
A Dandy
Film 1919
R. H. Renaud
Film 1934
Mr. Benson
Film 1930
Nicolo Polo
Film 1938
Areal Pacheco
Film 1931
Kurt Nordon
Film 1934
Worthington
Film 1936
Mr. Carter
Film 1932
Police Interrogator
Film 1933
Schuyler Brooks
Film 1933
John Ormsby
Film 1934
Hatfield
Film 1934
Mr. Rollins
Film 1940
Mr. Blake, Fred's Father
Film 1933
Mr. Gearhart (uncredited)
Film 1935
R.J. Bennett
Film 1939
Pearly Todd
Film 1938
Asa M. Barrows
Film 1939
Dr. Kent
Film 1934
William C. Scully
Film 1940
Jameson Brewster - Bank President
Film 1933
Jefferson Baxter
Film 1943
Rodney S. Bowen
Film 1928
Maj. Vaile
Film 1936
Newspaper Managing Editor (uncredited)
Film 1933
Agent de Police
Film 1933
Carlo - the Puppeteer
Film 1934
Lawyer Robert Kirkland
Film 1934
Mr. Hunter
Film 1937
Defense Attorney Clark
Film 1933
C.W. Sloane
Film 1934
J.W. Hartwell Sr.
Film 1934
Prefect of Police
Film 1930
Charles Stevens
Film 1937
Senator Titcombe
Film 1934
Stapleton
Film 1932
Dr. Harvey
Film 1935
Jonathan Grant
Film 1936
Arthur Carlisle
Film 1935
Martin Sanford
Film 1935
Opper
Film 1934
Enrico
Film 1929
Col. Hackett
Film 1938
Professor Hackett
Film 1934
Mr. Fielding
Film 1935
Mr. Blake
Film 1934
Mr. Sam Ellinger (uncredited)
Film 1938
Monsieur LaTour, Art Critic (uncredited)
Film 1935
The General
Film 1939
Simmon's Attorney
Film 1935
Henri Marcher
Film 1934
William Stevens Sr.
Film 1941
Philip S. Griswold II (uncredited)
Film 1939
John Fair
Film 1932
Don Sebastian, Premier
Film 1926
Passport Clerk
Film 1931
Baron Munchausen
Film 1933
Crown Chief Justice Laughton
Film 1937
Butterfield (uncredited)
Film 1931
Bruce Nordland
Film 1937
Baron Franz Hohenfels
Film 1932
Corbin
Film 1928
Judge Arnold Mason
Film 1941
Donnelly, District Attorney
Film 1939
James Wesley
Film 1939
Hutton
Film 1932
District Attorney (uncredited)
Film 1931
"Doc" Godfrey
Film 1937
District Attorney Stacey
Film 1935
Peter Barstow
Film 1932
Relative at Mrs. Gage's (Uncredited)
Film 1935
Himself
Film 1915
Henry Flint
Film 1933
T.J. Mulhausen
Film 1941
D'Aiguillon
Film 1930
District Attorney Pritchard
Film 1937
Chief of Secret Police (uncredited)
Film 1932
Marcus Morton
Film 1925
District Attorney
Film 1935
Dr. Lane
Film 1937
Theodore Arno
Film 1933
Doctor (uncredited)
Film 1935
Egbert Phillips
Film 1925
Friar Laurence
Film 1936
Warder (uncredited)
Film 1935
Dr. Lawrence Edmonds
Film 1938
Doctor
Film 1935
Doctor
Film 1934
Judge Lederer
Film 1937
Crippet
Film 1935
Lawrence Selden
Film 1918
Dr. Frank Simpson
Film 1918
New Englander (uncredited)
Film 1930
Dr. Davis (Uncredited)
Film 1934
Dr. Preston (uncredited)
Film 1934
Viceroy Cisneros
Film 1928
Leon Lambert
Film 1927
Dr. Stephen Royce
Film 1916
Court Aide (uncredited)
Film 1938
General Bartholomew (uncredited)
Film 1942
Mr. Enix
Film 1935
Mr. MacGregor
Film 1936
Tchijinski
Film 1931
John Gilmore
Film 1926
Lawrence Gray
Film 1918
(Uncredited)
Film 1921
Fred the Count
Film 1919