Clarence Kolb, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Clarence Kolb

actor

Date of Birth: 31-Jul-1874

Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 25-Nov-1964

Profession: actor, television actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Clarence Kolb

  • Clarence William Kolb (July 31, 1874 – November 25, 1964) was an American vaudeville performer and actor known for his comedy routines that featured a Dutch dialect.He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the only child of second generation Austrian parents who owned a local meat company.Kolb started out as one half of a vaudeville comedy team, Kolb and Dill, with Max Dill.
  • They styled their act on the famous team of Weber and Fields.
  • In addition to their stage work, they appeared in a series of short films and a feature length movie in 1917.
  • Afterwards, Kolb made a return to vaudeville, and he only returned to the movies in the late 1930s. In 1935, Kolb left the act to work in films as a character actor, eventually appearing in 75 feature films.
  • He became famous for portraying the same type of character in many films, namely a politician or businessman.
  • He is best remembered for his role as the grumpy father in the multi-Academy Awards nominated hit comedy film Merrily We Live (1938), the corrupt mayor in the comedy His Girl Friday (1940), and as Mr.
  • Honeywell in the television sitcom My Little Margie (1952).
  • Kolb played himself in his last movie appearance, Man of a Thousand Faces (1957), opposite Danny Beck (who played the late Max Dill). On September 1, 1917, Kolb married dancer May Cloy (whose birth name was Mabel S.
  • Larsen).
  • They were still married when he died.Kolb died at age 90 of a stroke at the Orchard Gables Sanitarium in Hollywood.
  • He is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

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