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.
As actor 150
The Tomboy
1921
Millionaire Playboy
1940
A Star Is Born
1937
In Old Chicago
1938
Son of Frankenstein
1939
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
You Can't Take It with You
1938
The Son of Kong
1933
Pick-up
1933
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923
The Penguin Pool Murder
1932
Bachelor Bait
1934
Jewel Robbery
1932
Parnell
1937
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
The Count of Monte Cristo
1934
Love Me Tonight
1932
Bondage
1933
Sweepstakes
1931
Little Robinson Crusoe
1924
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
The Front Page
1931
Unknown Blonde
1934
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932
Little Miss Nobody
1936
Let Us Live
1939
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
Mad Love
1935
The Wet Parade
1932
The Westland Case
1937
Imitation of Life
1934
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938
Lady Killer
1933
It's Showtime
1976
Rasputin and the Empress
1932
The Beast of the City
1932
Amateur Daddy
1932
The Keyhole
1933
The All-American
1932
Forsaking All Others
1934
Operator 13
1934
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
Sutter's Gold
1936
The First Born
1921
I'll Fix It
1934
Her Majesty, Love
1931
Little Men
1940
Young Ironsides
1932
The Glory of Clementina
1922
A Dog of Flanders
1935
The Penalty
1920
Some Like It Hot
1939
We Who Are Young
1940
It's in the Air
1935
Road Show
1941
Champagne for Breakfast
1935
The Purchase Price
1932
Queenie
1921
The Silent Avenger
1927
Love in the Rough
1930
Having Wonderful Time
1938
Officer O'Brien
1930
Cinderella of the Hills
1921
I Like it That Way
1934
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
Now I'll Tell
1934
Paid
1930
A Successful Failure
1934
Half a Sinner
1934
Wedding Present
1936
It May Happen to You
1937
The Phantom of the Turf
1928
Ladies Must Dress
1927
Down To Earth
1932
Paddy O'Day
1936
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
The Land of Jazz
1920
The Rainmakers
1935
Woman Trap
1929
East Side of Heaven
1939
Ladies' Man
1931
Waterfront Lady
1935
The Girl in 419
1933
Day of Reckoning
1933
Winner Take All
1932
Youth Must Have Love
1922
Oliver Twist, Jr.
1921
I Dream Too Much
1935
Big News
1929
The Great Hotel Murder
1935
Tillie and Gus
1933
Gridiron Flash
1934
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1927
The Little Grey Mouse
1920
The Tin Man
1935
Smoke Lightning
1933
Two Wise Maids
1937
Mountains of Manhattan
1927
Desperate Trails
1939
Damaged Goods
1937
Dangerous Paradise
1930
Under Eighteen
1932
The Case of the Black Cat
1936
The Winning Ticket
1935
The Sea Ghost
1931
Educating Father
1936
Small Town Boy
1937
Haunted House
1940
While the Devil Laughs
1921
Flying High
1931
A Girl in Every Port
1928
Young April
1926
One Frightened Night
1935
Soft Boiled
1923
What Price Glory
1926
Little Old New York
1940
Storm at Daybreak
1933
King for a Night
1933
Terror Aboard
1933
The Mysterious Rider
1933
Friendly Neighbors
1940
Hats Off
1936
The Great Gambini
1937
Melody Ranch
1940
Man Of The People
1937
Honor First
1922
Kentucky Kernels
1934
A Shriek in the Night
1933
Strictly Unconventional
1930
Flaming Guns
1932
The Sport Parade
1932
Wicked
1931
Beyond the Law
1934
When a Man's a Man
1935
Love Begins at Twenty
1936
On the Wrong Trek
1936
Little Sinner
1935
The Phantom of Crestwood
1932
Clown Princes
1939
Wake Up and Dream
1934
Kentucky Moonshine
1938
Night Life in Reno
1931
The Last Hour
1923
Navy Wife
1935
Come Back, Miss Pipps
1941
The Dangerous Maid
1923
Public Ghost # 1
1935
Nurse to You!
1935
Shrimps for a Day
1934
Big Town Ideas
1921