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 groundbreaking PreCode film Baby Face 1933 as the elderly CEO of the company whom Stanwycks 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 Kolkers 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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