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Joseph Henry Kolker (November 13, 1874[2] [some sources 1870] – July 15, 1947) was an American stage and film actor and director.

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Henry Kolker
Kolker, c. 1910
Born	Joseph Henry Kolker (1874-12-13)December 13, 1874 Quincy, Illinois, U.S.
Died	July 15, 1947(1947-07-15) (aged 72) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor Film director
Years active	1914–1947
Spouse(s)	Margaret Bruenn (1926–1947; her death) Lillian Carroll (?-1926)(suicide 1935)[1]

Early years

Kolker was born in Quincy, Illinois.[3]

Career

Kolker, like fellow actors Richard Bennett and Robert Warwick, had a substantial stage career before entering silent films.[4] He began acting professionally in stock theater in 1895.[3] On stage he appeared opposite actresses such as Edith Wynne Matthison, Bertha Kalich and Ruth Chatterton.

Kolker began acting in films in 1915.[3] He is best remembered for his movie roles, including one in the ground-breaking Pre-Code film Baby Face (1933) as an elderly CEO. 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 tried 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.[5] Prints however are said to exist in Europe and Russia.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Kolker was married to Lillian Carroll; they divorced in 1926. Soon after the divorce, he married Margaret Bruen.[6]

Kolker died on July 15, 1947, aged 72.

Selected filmography

As actor

As director

Kolker directed 18 feature films, most of them lost.

As writer

• The Man with the Iron Heart (1915, short)
• The Third Generation (1920)

References

External links

• Henry Kolker at IMDb
• Henry Kolker at the Internet Broadway Database
• Henry Kolker at Find a Grave
• Henry Kolker photo portraits at NYP Library

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[de] Henry Kolker

Henry Kolker (* 13. November 1870 oder 1874 in Berlin, Deutschland oder Quincy, Illinois; † 15. Juli 1947 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Stummfilmregisseur.

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- [en] Henry Kolker

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