Henry Kolker
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.
152 acting credits · 15 directing credits
Acting · 152
Baby Face
1933
A Woman's Face
1941
Holiday
1938
Marie Antoinette
1938
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
Union Pacific
1939
Imitation of Life
1934
Abraham Lincoln
1930
Reunion in France
1942
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
The Real Glory
1939
Mad Love
1935
Bullets or Ballots
1936
Quick Millions
1931
The Black Room
1935
Too Hot to Handle
1938
Rasputin and the Empress
1932
Golden Harvest
1933
Jewel Robbery
1932
Spring Tonic
1935
Reckless
1935
Black Moon
1934
Let Us Live
1939
Million Dollar Ransom
1934
I Loved a Woman
1933
Wonder Bar
1934
The Florentine Dagger
1935
The Hell Cat
1934
Romeo and Juliet
1936
Theodora Goes Wild
1936
Red Salute
1935
Blind Date
1934
Shipmates Forever
1935
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
Diamond Jim
1935
Bluebeard
1944
Hidden Power
1939
I Live My Life
1935
Maid of Salem
1937
Devil and the Deep
1932
Let Them Live
1937
Under Cover of Night
1937
Faithless
1932
A Dog of Flanders
1935
Good Intentions
1930
The Devil Is Driving
1937
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
Coquette
1929
Now and Forever
1934
Great Guy
1936
The Spy
1931
The Invisible Menace
1938
The Girl from Missouri
1934
A Lost Lady
1934
The Yellow Ticket
1931
The Keyhole
1933
The Valiant
1929
Here Comes the Band
1935
These Glamour Girls
1939
Hell's Four Hundred
1926
Collegiate
1936
The Crash
1932
Meet the Baron
1933
Let's Talk It Over
1934
3 Kids and a Queen
1935
Money and the Woman
1940
The Man Who Lost Himself
1941
The Parson of Panamint
1941
Blood Money
1933
My Marriage
1936
Love Time
1934
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936
Name the Woman
1934
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934
The Great Swindle
1941
The Mystery Man
1935
Bedside
1934
The Unholy Garden
1931
I Like Your Nerve
1931
Indiscreet
1931
Society Doctor
1935
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
1937
Any Woman
1925
Soft Living
1928
One Exciting Adventure
1934
Las Vegas Nights
1941
Here I Am a Stranger
1939
The Narrow Corner
1933
Honeymoon Limited
1935
Green Light
1937
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933
Sarong Girl
1943
Main Street Lawyer
1939
The Power and the Glory
1933
Charlie Chan in Paris
1935
Don't Bet on Women
1931
Love Is a Headache
1938
Hello, Sister!
1933
The Warning
1915
The Band Plays On
1934
Success at Any Price
1934
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
1919
Let's Try Again
1934
East Is West
1930
They Wanted to Marry
1937
Sing Sing Nights
1934
Sally, Irene and Mary
1925
The Palace of Pleasure
1926
Frisco Waterfront
1935
Grand Ole Opry
1940
The Washington Masquerade
1932
Notorious But Nice
1933
One Heavenly Night
1930
Lady by Choice
1934
The Ghost Walks
1934
Go Into Your Dance
1935
Love, Live & Laugh
1929
The Bad One
1930
Blackie's Redemption
1919
A Bedtime Story
1933
Don't Marry
1928
Safety in Numbers
1938
One New York Night
1935
Sitting on the Moon
1936
The Brat
1919
The First Year
1932
Once a Doctor
1937
She Loves Me Not
1934
I've Got Your Number
1934
Gloria's Romance
1916
The Way of All Men
1930
Times Square Lady
1935
Journal of a Crime
1934
Love, Honor and Oh, Baby!
1933
Social Hypocrites
1918
Wet Paint
1926
A Man of Stone
1921
Red Hot Tires
1935
Sisters Under the Skin
1934
Pleasure Crazed
1929
Midnight Rose
1928
The Beautiful Spy
1928
A Kiss in a Taxi
1927
Gigolettes of Paris
1933
Her Purchase Price
1919
How Molly Malone Made Good
1915
Parents on Trial
1939
The Shell Game
1918
The House of Mirth
1918
The Parisian Tigress
1919
Sing for Your Supper
1941
Directing · 15
The Woman Michael Married
1919
The Leopardess
1923
The Third Generation
1920
The Purple Highway
1923
Disraeli
1921
The Snow Bride
1923
Heart of Twenty
1920
I Will Repay
1924
The Great Well
1924
A Man's Country
1919
The Fighter
1921
Bucking the Tiger
1921
Sant'Ilario
1923
The Greatest Love
1920
The Palace of Darkened Windows
1920