Clarence Wilson
Acting
Biography
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, approximately three weeks before the release of Come Back, Miss Pipps.
Born: November 16, 1876
Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Known For
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
Tillie and Gus
Tillie and Augustus Winterbottom are thought to be missionaries when they arrive to find Phineas Pratt trying cheat the Sheridans out of her father's inheritance, including a ferry franchise and a boat. The only way to keep the franchise is to win a race against Pratt's boat.
Young April
Young orphan Victoria Sax becomes a grand duchess and is summoned to a remote kingdom.
You Can't Take It with You
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
A Star Is Born
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
Some Like It Hot
Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggling musician Gene Krupa, playing on the sidewalk to attract the customers, "The Living Corpse" and other low-rent acts aren't enough to lure the seen-it-all boardwalk strollers, and the landlord closes the show in lieu of never-paid rent. Nicky, always promoting, goes to Stephen Hanratty, head of the pier's Dance Pavilion, to plug Krupa's band as an attraction, but Hanratty won't even listen to them. But, while there, he meets singer Lily Racquel, who knows he is a phoney but might have the ability to to talk a radio-station manager into giving her an audition. She gives him a ring to help finance the project; he promptly loses it in a crap-game.
East Side of Heaven
A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.
Ruggles of Red Gap
In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles - a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl - is lost in a poker game to an uncouth American cattle baron. Ruggles' life is turned upside down as he's taken to the USA, is gradually assimilated into American life, accidentally becomes a local celebrity, and falls in love along the way.
Down To Earth
Husband and father Will Rogers tells his spoiled wife and children that they have to economize.
The Tin Man
Thelma and Patsy find themselves in a spooky house inhabited by a nut who is a mechanical genius and has made a robot who does everything. The inventor manipulates the robot's control board from a hidden room. The girls are soon in a panic. Patsy gets into an argument with the robot and loses the match of wits. Blackie Burke, an escaped convict, is using the house as a hideout, and this adds to the problems the girls already have.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Alonzo K. Pratt (uncredited)
as Sheriff (uncredited)
as W.L. Reynolds
as Silas Barton
as Judge Henderson
as Eph, Service Station Owner
as R. Glassford
as Mr. Jamison
as Willie Stout
as Paymaster (uncredited)
as Malenkthy Culp
as Mr. Ives
as Landlord
as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
as Lunchroom Proprietor (uncredited)
as Dr. Berger (uncredited)
as Norris' Attorney (uncredited)
as John Blakely
as Mr. G.
as Attorney
as Lawyer
as Jake Singer (as Clarence Hummel Wilson)
as Charles Frazee
as Stationmaster (uncredited)
as Doctor
as Van Buren Sheafor aka Pop (uncredited)
as Assistant Process Server
as Dr. N.R. Shryer
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
as Twitchell
as Skinny Wilson - Sulker
as C.D. Pottingham
as Mr. Shuster
as Simmons
as Jonathan Ramp
as Herman Slade
as Jess Boynton
as Mr. Wilson (car owner)
as Streetcar Owner
as Lawyer Brewster
as E. H. Compton
as The Lawyer (uncredited)
as Dennis P. Hogan
as Property Owner
as Amos Whipple
as Truant Officer
as Mr. Wilson
as Bridge Player
as Piano Creditor (Uncredited)
as Mr. Felix
as Mad Scientist
as Antoine - Official with Court Order (uncredited)
as Jake Henshaw
as Girando
as Garvey, Gambert's Lawyer
as Dolan - Pool Hall Proprietor
as Hotel Manager (Uncredited)
as Mr. Crutch
as Mr. Bristol, Landlord (uncredited)
as John Stevens
as Mr. Peck, Lawyer (uncredited)
as H.T. Flintly
as Hunsacker
as Hildebrand
as Fouquet
as Talbot
as Clement Graftsman
as Josiah Claybourne (uncredited)
as Joe Davis
as Collector
as Max Keibel
as The Professor (as Clarence Hummel Wilson)
as Hilda's Father (uncredited)
as Lawyer (uncredited)
as Mr. Whistler
as Bail Bondsman
as Phineas Pratt
as Perkins
as Capt. Durosch (uncredited)
as Walter C. Horton
as Dr. I. M. Harper (uncredited)
as Ship's Doctor
as J. Weems - Acme Detective Agency Head (uncredited)
as Sam Foster
as Gentry, the Barber
as Deputy Jake Tully
as Finn's Lawyer Morris (uncredited)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as J.P. Mulford
as Bertrand B. Hemingway
as Toastmaster
as Apartment House Manager (uncredited)
as Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
as J. Caldwall Evans
as Ed Eggers
as Shirtmaker (uncredited)
as Justice of the Peace Elmer (uncredited)
as Ben Isaacs
as Prefect of Police
as County Attorney
as William J. 'Bill' Hansen
as Charles Evan Hughes Campaigner (uncredited)
as Coroner (uncredited)
as A.J. Dietrich, Attorney (uncredited)
as Uncle Cornelius
as Henry Sykes
as Lunch Counter Manager (uncredited)
as Adrian Garrett
as Juryman
as Emory
as Jeweler
as Sheriff Hartman
as Max Hardy (uncredited)
as Brown
as George - Ted's Valet
as Patello's Attorney
as Zangiacomo
as Detective Captain (as Wilson Hummell)
as Coroner
as The Lawyer
as Bartender in Marseille (uncredited)
as Office Manager
as Money Lender (uncredited)
as Bidder at Eliza's Auction (uncredited)
as Flower vendor (uncredited)
as 'Singapore' Scroggs
as Jewars (Jeffreys' secretary)
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
as The Reformer
as Quales
as Tricot (the Apache) (as Wilson Hummel)
as Vandemeer
as Peter Poff
as Simon Pepper / Abner Quigley
as The Police Force
as Joe Franklin
as Kury Lar (as Wilson Hummel)
as Henry Lealon
as A Crook (uncredited)