Clarence Kolb

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Clarence Kolb (July 31, 1874—November 25, 1964) was an American vaudeville performer and actor.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he started out as one half of a vaudeville comedy act with Max Dill, and they styled themselves on the famous Weber and Fields. In addition to their stage work, they appeared in a series of short films and a feature film in 1917. Afterwards he made a return to vaudeville, and only returned to the film scene in the late 1930s.

He became famous for portraying the same type of character in many films, namely a politician or businessman. He is best remembered for the role of the father in the comedy Merrily We Live in 1938, the corrupt mayor in the comedy film His Girl Friday (1940), and as Mr. Honeywell in the television sitcom My Little Margie (1952). He played himself in his last film appearance, Man of a Thousand Faces (1957), alongside Danny Beck who played the late Max Dill.

He died of a stroke in 1964, in Los Angeles and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.