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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.[1]

Clarence Kolb
Kolb (left) and Max Dill.
Born	Clarence William Kolb (1874-07-31)July 31, 1874 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Died	November 25, 1964(1964-11-25) (aged 90) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1916–1957
Spouse(s)	May Cloy ​ (m. 1915)​

Biography

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.[2] 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,[2] eventually appearing in 75  feature films.[1] 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),^{[citation needed]} and as Mr. Honeywell in the television sitcom My Little Margie (1952).[3] 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).[4] They were still married when he died.[5]

Kolb died at age 90 of a stroke at the Orchard Gables Sanitarium in Hollywood.[6][7][8] He is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.^{[citation needed]}

Partial filmography

References

External links

• Clarence Kolb at IMDb

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