American actor and film director (c. 1874–1947)
Henry Kolker
Kolker, c. 1910
Born Joseph Henry Kolker
(1874-12-13 ) December 13, 1874Died July 15, 1947(1947-07-15) (aged 72) Occupation(s) Actor Film director Years active 1914–1947 Spouse(s) Margaret Bruenn (1926–1947; her death)[ 1]
Joseph Henry Kolker (November 13, 1874[ 2] film actor anddirector .
Kolker was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1874.[ 3] [citation needed ) He came to America at age five and was educated by Franciscan Monks[ 4] [ 5]
Kolker had a substantial stage career before entering silent films.[ 6] [ 5] Edith Wynne Matthison ,Bertha Kalich andRuth Chatterton .
Kolker began acting in films in 1915.[ 5] Pre-Code filmBaby Face Katharine Hepburn andLew Ayres in the 1938 filmHoliday George Cukor .
Kolker also directed. His best-known effort isDisraeli George Arliss , which is now a mostly lost film with only one reel remaining,[ 7]
Kolker was married to Lillian Carroll; they divorced in 1926. Soon after the divorce, he married Margaret Bruen.[ 8]
Kolker died on July 15, 1947, aged 72.
Selected filmography [ edit ] The Bigger Man The Warning (1915) as Robert DenmanHow Molly Made Good Gloria's Romance The Shell Game Social Hypocrites The House of Mirth The Great Victory The Parisian Tigress Blackie's Redemption The Red Lantern Tangled Threads The Brat Her Purchase Price A Man of Stone Any Woman Sally, Irene and Mary The Palace of Pleasure Hell's Four Hundred Winning the Futurity Wet Paint A Kiss in a Taxi Annie Laurie Rough House Rosie Soft Living Midnight Rose The Charge of the Gauchos Don't Marry Coquette The Valiant Pleasure Crazed Love, Live and Laugh The Bad One East Is West Abraham Lincoln The Way of All Men Du Barry, Woman of Passion East Is West One Heavenly Night Don't Bet on Women Doctors' Wives Quick Millions Indiscreet The Spy I Like Your Nerve The Unholy Garden The Yellow Ticket The Washington Masquerade Jewel Robbery The First Year Devil and the Deep Down to Earth The Crash Faithless Rasputin and the Empress The Keyhole Gabriel Over the White House Hello, Sister! A Bedtime Story Hell Below The Narrow Corner Baby Face Notorious But Nice The Power and the Glory Bureau of Missing Persons Golden Harvest I Loved a Woman Love, Honor, and Oh Baby! Gigolettes of Paris Meet the Baron Blood Money Massacre Bedside I've Got Your Number The Cat and the Fiddle Wonder Bar Journal of a Crime Success at Any Price Sisters Under the Skin Let's Talk It Over Black Moon The Hell Cat Let's Try Again Stamboul Quest Whom the Gods Destroy Blind Date Name the Woman The Girl From Missouri She Loves Me Not Now and Forever Million Dollar Ransom One Exciting Adventure A Lost Lady Lady by Choice Imitation of Life Love Time Kid Millions The Ghost Walks Sing Sing Nights The Band Plays On Charlie Chan in Paris Society Doctor Red Hot Tires The Mystery Man One New York Night Times Square Lady A Dog of Flanders The Florentine Dagger The Case of the Curious Bride Reckless Go Into Your Dance Spring Tonic Honeymoon Limited Mad Love The Black Room Here Comes the Band Diamond Jim Ladies Love Danger Red Salute I Live My Life Shipmates Forever The Last Days of Pompeii Three Kids and a Queen Frisco Waterfront The Great Impersonation Collegiate My Marriage Bullets or Ballots Romeo and Juliet Sitting on the Moon In His Steps The Man Who Lived Twice Theodora Goes Wild Great Guy Under Cover of Night Once a Doctor They Wanted to Marry Green Light Maid of Salem Let Them Live The Devil Is Driving Conquest Thoroughbreds Don't Cry The Invisible Menace Love Is a Headache The Adventures of Marco Polo Holiday Safety in Numbers Marie Antoinette Too Hot to Handle The Cowboy and the Lady Let Us Live Union Pacific Should Husbands Work? These Glamour Girls Hidden Power The Real Glory Parents on Trial Here I Am a Stranger Main Street Lawyer Grand Ole Opry Money and the Woman Las Vegas Nights The Man Who Lost Himself The Great Swindle A Woman's Face The Parson of Panamint Sing for Your Supper Reunion in France Sarong Girl Bluebeard The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Kolker directed 18 feature films, most of them lost.
The Man with the Iron Heart (1915, short)The Third Generation (1920)^ "EX-WIFE OF FILM ACTOR IS FOUND DEAD ON BEACH (January 16, 1935)" . December 6, 2023.^ Who's Who in Music and Drama: An Encyclopedia of Biography of Notable Men and Women in Music and the Drama , c.1913, page 186; edited by Harry Prescott Hanaford, Dixie Lines^ Who's Who in Music and Drama p.186 c.1914 by Dixie Hines and Harry Prescott Hanaford^ ...see Who's Who in Music and Drama by Hines and Hanaford ^a b c "Henry Kolker, star of stage and screen" .The New York Times . Associated Press. July 18, 1947. p. 17.ProQuest 107883991 . RetrievedSeptember 30, 2020 – viaProQuest .^ "Henry Kolker - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie" .^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List" .^ "A Forgotten Flirtation -- And Now the Veteran Actor Must Pay $40,000 Alimony" .The Salt Lake Tribune . Utah, Salt Lake City. King Features Syndicate, Inc. October 20, 1935. p. 7. RetrievedDecember 11, 2018 – viaNewspapers.com .
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