Lee Kohlmar - Turner Classic Movies

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Lee Kohlmar was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Kohlmar's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as "Orphans of the Storm" (1922) with Lillian Gish, "Caught Short" (1930) and "Children of Pleasure" (1930). He also appeared in the William Powell comedy "Jewel Robbery" (1932). His film career continued throughout the thirties in productions like "...

Filmography

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High Heels (1921)

The Big Store (1941)

Four Sons (1940)

The King and the Chorus Girl (1937)

Second violinist

Woodcarver Lang

Wanted! Jane Turner (1936)

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Jewel Robbery (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Kindly Put Up Your Hands

Jewel Robbery (1932) -- (Movie Clip) I Studied In Paris

Biography

Lee Kohlmar was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Kohlmar's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as "Orphans of the Storm" (1922) with Lillian Gish, "Caught Short" (1930) and "Children of Pleasure" (1930). He also appeared in the William Powell comedy "Jewel Robbery" (1932). His film career continued throughout the thirties in productions like "The Strange Case of Clara Deane" (1932), the Joe E Brown comedic adaptation "The Tenderfoot" (1932) and "I Love That Man" (1933). Toward the end of his career, he continued to act in the Mae West dramatic adaptation "She Done Him Wrong" (1933), the adventure sequel "Son of Kong" (1933) with Robert Armstrong and the Katharine Hepburn drama "Break of Hearts" (1935). Kohlmar last acted in the mystery "Death From a Distance" (1935) with Russell Hopton. Kohlmar passed away in May 1946 at the age of 73.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

High Heels (1921)

Cast (Feature Film)

The Big Store (1941)

Four Sons (1940)

The King and the Chorus Girl (1937)

Second violinist

Woodcarver Lang

Wanted! Jane Turner (1936)

A Son Comes Home (1936)

Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)

Four Hours to Kill! (1935)

Death from a Distance (1935)

Dr. Ernst Einfeld

McFadden's Flats (1935)

Love in Bloom (1935)

Here Comes Cookie (1935)

The Girl Friend (1935)

German landlord

Break of Hearts (1935)

The Best Man Wins (1935)

Old German student

One More Spring (1935)

Rendezvous (1935)

Music in the Air (1934)

The House of Rothschild (1934)

Twentieth Century (1934)

Shoot the Works (1934)

Professor Jones

When Strangers Meet (1934)

She Done Him Wrong (1933)

Forgotten (1933)

The Son of Kong (1933)

Roman Scandals (1933)

I Love That Man (1933)

Scarlet Dawn (1932)

The Strange Case of Clara Deane (1932)

Jewel Robbery (1932)

The Tenderfoot (1932)

Silver Dollar (1932)

Sins of the Children (1930)

Dr. Heinrich Schmidt

Caught Short (1930)

Children of Pleasure (1930)

Personality (1930)

Mr. Himmelschlosser

The Melody Man (1930)

The Kibitzer (1930)

Potash and Perlmutter (1923)

Breaking Home Ties (1922)

Orphans of the Storm (1921)

The Secret Gift (1920)

Beautifully Trimmed (1920)

Cast (Short)

Echo Mountain (1936)

Life Events

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Jewel Robbery (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Kindly Put Up Your Hands First appearance of the star William Powell, who never is named throughout the picture, in his suave invasion of a top Vienna jewelry store, Baroness Kay Francis gasping with her perfectly cordial husband and lover (Henry Kolker, Hardie Albright), Lee Kohlmar the jeweler, in Warner Bros. Jewel Robbery, 1932.

Jewel Robbery (1932) -- (Movie Clip) I Studied In Paris From William Powell's first scene as "The Robber," Countess Teri (Kay Francis), her husband (Henry Kolker), the proprietor (Lee Kohlmar) and the commissioner (Hardie Albright), irritated but impressed in a Vienna jewel shop, in Jewel Robbery, 1932.

Orphans Of The Storm -- (Movie Clip) Louis XVI Having already introduced the peasants, director D.W. Griffith goes big with King Louis XVI (Lee Kohlmar), then Jefferson and Lafayette (cameos) and Danton (Monte Blue), in the French Revolution drama Orphans Of The Storm, 1921.

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