Clarence Wilson
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA — Nov 16 1876• Died Oct 05 1941
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Clarence Hummel Wilson (November 17, 1876 – October 5, 1941) was an American character actor. He appeared in nearly 200 movies between 1920 and 1941, mostly in supporting roles as an old miser or grouch. He had notable supporting roles in films like The Front Page (1931), Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), and You Can't Take It With You (1938). Wilson also played in several Our Gang comedies, most notably as Mr. Crutch in Shrimps for a Day and school board chairman Alonzo Pratt in Come Back, Miss Pipps, his final film. Wilson died on October 5, 1941, approximat…
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Clarence Wilson's Credits
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Money Lender (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Drums Along the Mohawk
Paymaster (uncredited)
Operator 13
Josiah Claybourne (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
John Blakely
Imitation of Life
Mr. Bristol, Landlord (uncredited)
The Wet Parade
Charles Evan Hughes Campaigner (uncredited)
Mad Love
Piano Creditor (Uncredited)
Son of Frankenstein
Dr. Berger (uncredited)
Rasputin and the Empress
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Mad Miss Manton
Norris' Attorney (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Big News
Coroner
The Famous Ferguson Case
County Attorney
Let Us Live
Lunchroom Proprietor (uncredited)
In Old Chicago
Lawyer
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Finn's Lawyer Morris (uncredited)
The Son of Kong
Hilda's Father (uncredited)
Lady Killer
Lawyer (uncredited)
Parnell
Assistant Process Server
King for a Night
Mr. Whistler
Storm at Daybreak
Capt. Durosch (uncredited)
Paid
Max Hardy (uncredited)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Stationmaster (uncredited)
Amateur Daddy
William J. 'Bill' Hansen
The Count of Monte Cristo
Fouquet
The Westland Case
Charles Frazee
Educating Father
Jess Boynton
Wedding Present
Simmons
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Jake Singer (as Clarence Hummel Wilson)
Navy Wife
Bridge Player
Kentucky Moonshine
Attorney
Forsaking All Others
Hotel Manager (Uncredited)
Waterfront Lady
Truant Officer
Ruggles of Red Gap
Jake Henshaw
Little Men
W.L. Reynolds
I Dream Too Much
The Lawyer (uncredited)
The Penalty
A Crook (uncredited)
The Front Page
Sheriff Hartman
The Winning Ticket
Dolan - Pool Hall Proprietor
Winner Take All
Ben Isaacs
The Case of the Black Cat
Mr. Shuster
Gridiron Flash
Hunsacker
Little Old New York
Willie Stout
Melody Ranch
Judge Henderson
Jewel Robbery
Prefect of Police
The Rainmakers
Dennis P. Hogan
The Beast of the City
Coroner (uncredited)
The Tin Man
Mad Scientist
The Girl in 419
Walter C. Horton
Under Eighteen
A.J. Dietrich, Attorney (uncredited)
A Shriek in the Night
Perkins
Day of Reckoning
Bail Bondsman
Man Of The People
Skinny Wilson - Sulker
Bachelor Bait
Clement Graftsman
Having Wonderful Time
Mr. G.
I'll Fix It
John Stevens
Flying High
Lunch Counter Manager (uncredited)
We Who Are Young
R. Glassford
The Purchase Price
Justice of the Peace Elmer (uncredited)
Flaming Guns
J.P. Mulford
Now I'll Tell
Joe Davis
Ladies' Man
Jeweler
Down To Earth
Ed Eggers
The Penguin Pool Murder
Bertrand B. Hemingway
Love Me Tonight
Shirtmaker (uncredited)
The Keyhole
J. Weems - Acme Detective Agency Head (uncredited)
Paddy O'Day
Lawyer Brewster
Honor First
Tricot (the Apache) (as Wilson Hummel)
Unknown Blonde
Max Keibel
East Side of Heaven
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
Two Wise Maids
Twitchell
The Sea Ghost
Henry Sykes
Love Begins at Twenty
Jonathan Ramp
Tillie and Gus
Phineas Pratt
Terror Aboard
Ship's Doctor
The Great Gambini
Doctor
Public Ghost # 1
E. H. Compton
Sweepstakes
Emory
Road Show
Sheriff (uncredited)
Hats Off
C.D. Pottingham
Soft Boiled
The Reformer
Woman Trap
Detective Captain (as Wilson Hummell)
A Girl in Every Port
Bartender in Marseille (uncredited)
Small Town Boy
Curtis French
It's in the Air
Amos Whipple
The Great Hotel Murder
Girando
Kentucky Kernels
Mr. Peck, Lawyer (uncredited)
Strictly Unconventional
George - Ted's Valet
Beyond the Law
Talbot
Half a Sinner
Collector
Young April
Flower vendor (uncredited)
A Dog of Flanders
Antoine - Official with Court Order (uncredited)
Love in the Rough
Brown
Wake Up and Dream
Hildebrand
Pick-up
Sam Foster
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Bidder at Eliza's Auction (uncredited)
Sutter's Gold
Streetcar Owner
One Frightened Night
Mr. Felix
Smoke Lightning
Deputy Jake Tully
Some Like It Hot
Mr. Ives
Wicked
Juryman
Damaged Goods
Dr. N.R. Shryer
The Phantom of Crestwood
Apartment House Manager (uncredited)
The All-American
Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
The Last Hour
Quales
Haunted House
Eph, Service Station Owner
Bondage
Dr. I. M. Harper (uncredited)
A Successful Failure
H.T. Flintly
Clown Princes
Landlord
Little Miss Nobody
Herman Slade
Her Majesty, Love
Uncle Cornelius
Officer O'Brien
Patello's Attorney
On the Wrong Trek
Mr. Wilson (car owner)
The Mysterious Rider
Gentry, the Barber
Come Back, Miss Pipps
Alonzo K. Pratt (uncredited)
The First Born
Kury Lar (as Wilson Hummel)
The Dangerous Maid
Jewars (Jeffreys' secretary)
The Sport Parade
Toastmaster
I Like it That Way
The Professor (as Clarence Hummel Wilson)
Dangerous Paradise
Zangiacomo
Queenie
Simon Pepper / Abner Quigley
Desperate Trails
Malenkthy Culp
Nurse to You!
Mr. Wilson
Little Robinson Crusoe
'Singapore' Scroggs
Champagne for Breakfast
Raeburn
It May Happen to You
Van Buren Sheafor aka Pop (uncredited)
Cinderella of the Hills
Peter Poff
The Glory of Clementina
Vandemeer
Friendly Neighbors
Silas Barton
Ladies Must Dress
Office Manager
The Land of Jazz
Shrimps for a Day
Mr. Crutch
Millionaire Playboy
Mr. Jamison
Night Life in Reno
Adrian Garrett
Big Town Ideas
Chef
The Little Grey Mouse
Henry Lealon
Little Sinner
Property Owner
When a Man's a Man
Garvey, Gambert's Lawyer
While the Devil Laughs
Joe Franklin
Young Ironsides
J. Caldwall Evans
The Tomboy
The Police Force
Oliver Twist, Jr.
Fagin
Youth Must Have Love
Austin Hibbard
Mountains of Manhattan
Jim Tully
The Phantom of the Turf
The Lawyer
The Silent Avenger
Dave Wade