Clarence William Kolb,[citation needed] sometimes given as C. William Kolb, (July 31, 1874 – November 25, 1964) was an American vaudeville performer and actor known for his comedy routines that featured a Dutch dialect.

[2] In addition to their stage work, they appeared in a series of short films and a feature-length movie in 1917.

He is best remembered for his roles as the grumpy father in the multi-Academy Award-nominated hit comedy film Merrily We Live (1938), as the corrupt mayor in the comedy His Girl Friday (1940),[citation needed] and as Mr. Honeywell in the television sitcom My Little Margie (1952).

On September 1, 1917, Kolb married dancer May Cloy (whose birth name was Mabel S.

[5] Kolb died at age 90 of a stroke at the Orchard Gables Sanitarium in Hollywood.