
Henry Kolker
Born November 12, 1874 · Berlin, Germany
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph 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 Stanwyck's 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. Kolker's 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.
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The Cowboy and the Lady

Marie Antoinette

The Case of the Curious Bride

Holiday

Too Hot to Handle

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My Marriage

I Live My Life

A Dog of Flanders

The Real Glory

Society Doctor

Devil and the Deep

Here Comes the Band

Charlie Chan in Paris

Sally, Irene and Mary

Wonder Bar

Imitation of Life

She Loves Me Not

The Parson of Panamint

Rasputin and the Empress

The Girl from Missouri

Sisters Under the Skin

Bullets or Ballots

Money and the Woman

One New York Night

Love Is a Headache

Mad Love

Journal of a Crime

Go Into Your Dance

The Man Who Lived Twice

Bureau of Missing Persons

3 Kids and a Queen

Jewel Robbery

Hello, Sister!

Romeo and Juliet

Reunion in France

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

Let Us Live

Whom the Gods Destroy

The Man Who Lost Himself

Abraham Lincoln

Collegiate

Love, Honor and Oh, Baby!

Success at Any Price

Here I Am a Stranger

Let's Talk It Over

Under Cover of Night

Sing for Your Supper

The Power and the Glory

Let's Try Again

Reckless

Du Barry, Woman of Passion

I Like Your Nerve

I Loved a Woman

The Band Plays On

Wet Paint

Pleasure Crazed

I've Got Your Number

Honeymoon Limited

The Palace of Pleasure

Theodora Goes Wild

Great Guy

The Way of All Men

Don't Bet on Women

The Devil Is Driving

The Narrow Corner

They Wanted to Marry

Sitting on the Moon

Meet the Baron

The Mystery Man

A Kiss in a Taxi

Diamond Jim

A Man of Stone

The Unholy Garden

Maid of Salem

The Keyhole

Grand Ole Opry

The Valiant

Now and Forever

The House of Mirth

The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns

Million Dollar Ransom

The Hell Cat

Blind Date

Sarong Girl

Blood Money

Black Moon

The Florentine Dagger

Let Them Live

Quick Millions

Green Light

Notorious But Nice

Name the Woman

Bluebeard

Red Salute

Spring Tonic

Golden Harvest

The Great Swindle

A Lost Lady

A Bedtime Story

Shipmates Forever

Safety in Numbers

The Ghost Walks

Faithless

Bedside

Rough House Rosie

The Invisible Menace

East Is West

Coquette

These Glamour Girls

Main Street Lawyer

The Washington Masquerade

The Beautiful Spy

Times Square Lady

Annie Laurie

Sing Sing Nights

The Parisian Tigress

The Yellow Ticket

The Crash

Once a Doctor

Love, Live & Laugh

Good Intentions

The Bad One

Love Time

Lady by Choice

Red Hot Tires

One Exciting Adventure

How Molly Malone Made Good

Blackie's Redemption

The First Year

Las Vegas Nights

Hidden Power

Indiscreet

One Heavenly Night

Her Purchase Price

Frisco Waterfront

The Brat

Gigolettes of Paris

The Spy

Any Woman

Midnight Rose

Soft Living

The Shell Game

Social Hypocrites

Gloria's Romance




