Clarence Kolb Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Clarence Kolb Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Clarence William Kolb (July 31, 1874 â€" 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, only returning 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 roles as the

grumpy father in the multi-Academy Award-nominated hit comedy film

Merrily We Live (1938), as 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).
Clarence Kolb Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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