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