Clarence Wilson
Date of birth: 1876-11-16
Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: C. Wilson Hummel, Wilson Hummel, Wilson Hummell, Clarence Hummel Wilson, Clarence H. Wilson, C.H. Wilson
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.
Movie Credits
Come Back, Miss Pipps
1941-10-24
On Mickey's birthday, Miss Pipps, the school teacher, serves cake and ice cream during school hours.
Young April
1926-10-11
Young orphan Victoria Sax becomes a grand duchess and is summoned to a remote kingdom.
A Shriek in the Night
1933-07-22
Rival newspaper reporters Pat Morgan and Ted Rand find themselves unraveling the mystery behind the
The Phantom of Crestwood
1932-10-14
Five men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered.
Lady Killer
1933-12-09
An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Ho
The Last Hour
1923-01-01
Steve Cline returns to the U.S. after earning his fortune in South America. He reads in the paper th
The First Born
1921-01-30
Loey Tsing, the first love of Chan Wang, is sold into slavery by her father. Although Chan marries a
The Land of Jazz
1920-12-01
Nina, engaged to a French captain, and Nancy, engaged to a doctor who runs an insane asylum on an is
While the Devil Laughs
1921-02-13
Mary Franklin has a drunken father, an invalid mother, and a kid brother and sister to support. To m
One Frightened Night
1935-05-01
Eccentric tycoon Jasper Whyte hosts a dinner at his mansion and announces that he will divide his mo
Love Me Tonight
1932-08-18
A Parisian tailor goes to a château to collect a bill, only to fall for an aloof young princess livi
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938-03-18
Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. Bu
The Dangerous Maid
1923-11-19
Barbara Winslow helps her rebel brother, Rupert, escape from the king's forces by disguising herself
Having Wonderful Time
1938-07-01
Teddy Shaw, a bored New York office girl, goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains for rest and find
On the Wrong Trek
1936-04-18
Charlie tells his co-workers about his event-filled vacation to California, including his run in wit
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923-09-06
In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only
Winner Take All
1932-07-16
Overworked boxer Jim goes to a health ranch in New Mexico to recover where he falls in love with Peg
The Penguin Pool Murder
1932-12-09
New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers assists a detective when a body of unscrupulous stockbroker G
It May Happen to You
1937-06-05
From MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series. Mobsters convince a meat packing company employee to help th
Under Eighteen
1932-01-02
Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during the
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1927-11-04
In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but George'
Bondage
1933-04-22
Judy Peters is about to be sentenced after she has pled guilty to her third offense of prostitution,
Terror Aboard
1933-04-14
An ocean liner is found at sea with everyone on board dead. An investigation is begun to find out wh
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937-07-02
Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.
Tillie and Gus
1933-10-13
Tillie and Augustus Winterbottom are thought to be missionaries when they arrive to find Phineas Pra
When a Man's a Man
1935-02-15
A landslide has diverted water from the Baldwin ranch to Cambert's. With their cattle dying, Cambert
Road Show
1941-02-18
Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by feigning i
Now I'll Tell
1934-06-07
A two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his love
Some Like It Hot
1939-05-19
Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's bo
Pick-up
1933-03-24
The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both caug
Down To Earth
1932-09-01
Husband and father Will Rogers tells his spoiled wife and children that they have to economize.
Sweepstakes
1931-07-10
A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.
Hats Off
1936-12-05
The first musical comedy from the Grand National assembly line, Hats Off stars John Payne and Mae Cl
Woman Trap
1929-09-28
The younger brother of a police captain is a wanted fugitive, so when the captain railroads his brot
Kentucky Moonshine
1938-05-20
The Ritz Brothers pretend to be Kentucky hillbillies in order to get a booking on a radio show.
Little Old New York
1940-02-09
Inventor Robert Fulton receives support from a tavern owner and a shipyard worker to help realize hi
Small Town Boy
1937-09-24
Henry Armstrong was past being a spring chicken, still believes in Santa Claus and the maxim that "h
Little Miss Nobody
1936-06-05
A runaway orphan is befriended by a kind-hearted pet store owner with a criminal past.
You Can't Take It with You
1938-09-01
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony K
Gridiron Flash
1934-10-06
A college football team recruits a tough convict.
Dangerous Paradise
1930-02-13
Heyst, a hermit on his own tropical island, plays unwilling host to red-headed stowaway Alma. Danger
Ladies' Man
1931-04-16
A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with hi
The Sport Parade
1932-11-11
Two Dartmouth football players fall in love with the same girl following college graduation.
Officer O'Brien
1930-02-15
Bill O'Brien is promoted to lieutenant in the police department for his arrest of Mike Patello, gang
Wake Up and Dream
1934-10-01
The story of a small-time vaudeville trio and their rise to the big time.
Strictly Unconventional
1930-05-03
An adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's The Circle. A young woman married into an aristocratic Englis
Big News
1929-09-06
A reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he did
Cinderella of the Hills
1921-10-23
Hoping to reconcile her divorced parents, Norris Gradley remains with her father, Giles, after he ma
The Tin Man
1935-03-30
Thelma and Patsy find themselves in a spooky house inhabited by a nut who is a mechanical genius and
Flying High
1931-11-14
An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption.
Man Of The People
1937-01-27
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
Sutter's Gold
1936-03-01
Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
A Dog of Flanders
1935-03-22
Adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition i
The Case of the Black Cat
1936-10-31
Lawyer Perry Mason is summoned to the Laxter mansion in the dead of night to write granddaughter Wil
King for a Night
1933-12-09
A cocky prizefighter on his way to the bigtime in New York comes crashing down when his sister is in
Kentucky Kernels
1934-11-02
The Great Elmer and Company, two out-of-work magicians, help lovelorn Jerry Bronson adopt Spanky Mil
Paddy O'Day
1936-01-17
A wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds and a beautiful Russian singer provide refuge to an
Storm at Daybreak
1933-06-14
Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of
Son of Frankenstein
1939-01-13
One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and re
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932-04-19
A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following e
Let Us Live
1939-03-29
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentence
East Side of Heaven
1939-04-07
A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbul
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939-11-10
Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the M
Flaming Guns
1932-12-22
A ranch manager falls in love with a banker's daughter, but after a quarrel with the girl's parents,
Ladies Must Dress
1927-11-20
Joe and Eve are engaged, but Joe cannot help contrasting the drabness of her attire with the dressy
The Winning Ticket
1935-02-08
A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.
Millionaire Playboy
1940-03-14
A young millionaire gets hiccups whenever he kisses a pretty woman.
The Great Gambini
1937-06-24
A millionaire is found murdered in his apartment. Suspicion falls on a variety of suspects, includin
Smoke Lightning
1933-01-01
After Smoke wins the Blake ranch in a poker game, Blake commits suicide and Smoke deeds the ranch to
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927-11-04
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince hi
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932-12-24
Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, b
Beyond the Law
1934-07-31
Railroad Detective Tim Weston, charmed by Helen Glenn, agrees to clear her ex-convict father, John G
A Girl in Every Port
1928-02-26
Two sailors with a rivalry over chasing women become friends. But when one decides to finally settle
The Rainmakers
1935-10-25
Roscoe the Rainmaker is invited to California (with sidekick "Billy") to relieve a terrible dry spel
Jewel Robbery
1932-07-08
A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a je
Night Life in Reno
1931-11-01
A story of love, humor and drama against the background of America's "Biggest Little City." An (inte
Two Wise Maids
1937-02-15
The two leading ladies are cast as Prudence and Agatha, a pair of old-fashioned schoolteachers in an
The Westland Case
1937-10-30
A detective must solve a case where a girl was murdered in a room--and all the doors and windows wer
The Sea Ghost
1931-11-28
A crooked lawyer trying to cheat a young girl out of her inheritance tries to convince a sea captain
Amateur Daddy
1932-04-10
Jim Gladden, a construction site foreman, is partially responsible for the accidental death of one o
We Who Are Young
1940-07-19
A man violates company policy by getting married.
Desperate Trails
1939-09-30
A young man helps a marshal in his battle against outlaws.
Her Majesty, Love
1931-12-15
The wealthy von Wellingens are shocked when the father of their son Fred's fiancée Lia juggles desse
Love Begins at Twenty
1936-08-22
A henpecked husband tries to help his daughter marry the man she loves and his wife loathes.
Bachelor Bait
1934-07-27
After being fired from his job at the Marriage License Bureau, a clerk turns to matchmaking.
Love in the Rough
1930-09-05
When a shipping clerk is recruited by his employer to help his golf game, his boss insists he concea
Damaged Goods
1937-05-22
A groom-to-be contracts syphilis and wrestles with the consequences of his diagnosis.
Waterfront Lady
1935-10-04
When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he be
Honor First
1922-08-27
Twin brothers are serving in the French army during the Great War. Jacques, a private, leads his bro
It's in the Air
1935-10-10
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants
Haunted House
1940-07-21
Teenagers try to clear a friend accused of murder.
The Keyhole
1933-03-25
A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame.
Little Men
1940-11-29
Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tou
Friendly Neighbors
1940-11-17
The Weaver Brothers hit the road and taste the hobo's life in this, the sixth, entry in the eleven-f
Melody Ranch
1940-09-15
His Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Ce
The Penalty
1920-08-15
Blizzard, deranged from a childhood operation in which both his legs were needlessly amputated after
Young Ironsides
1932-09-02
Harry is hired by a rich family to stop their daughter from entering a beauty contest.
Nurse to You!
1935-10-04
Cautious, frugal Charley is told by his insurance doctor that he has six months to live, and goes on
The Beast of the City
1932-02-13
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his own corrupt brother Ed to w
Unknown Blonde
1934-04-23
An unprincipled hustler who makes his living getting--or making up--evidence in divorce cases finds
Wedding Present
1936-10-09
Charlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involve
The Count of Monte Cristo
1934-09-06
After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a le
The Girl in 419
1933-05-26
A hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much about a
Shrimps for a Day
1934-12-07
A magic lamp lets a young couple become kids again and exposes a mean old man who runs his orphanage
I Dream Too Much
1935-11-29
Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evenin
A Star Is Born
1937-04-27
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935-03-08
In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles - a gentl
Rasputin and the Empress
1932-12-23
The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the Russ
Paid
1930-12-30
Mary Turner gets a three year prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she plot
The Purchase Price
1932-07-23
Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a
The All-American
1932-10-01
The story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.
Navy Wife
1935-09-17
A Hawaiian naval nurse weds a widowed officer partly because he has a crippled daughter.
In Old Chicago
1938-04-15
The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually riva
Public Ghost # 1
1935-12-14
Charley is hired to haunt a house.
Day of Reckoning
1933-10-26
In this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught with hi
The Front Page
1931-04-04
Hildy Johnson is an investigative reporter looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer e
Half a Sinner
1934-06-01
A con man poses as a hillbilly preacher.
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Operator 13
1934-06-08
American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen, chief of
It's Showtime
1976-03-31
A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
Educating Father
1936-05-23
Jones family romp with father trying to convince son to follow him as a druggist, rather than becomi
Imitation of Life
1934-11-23
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The t
The Wet Parade
1932-03-26
The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich
The Son of Kong
1933-12-22
Beleaguered adventurer Carl Denham returns to the island where he found King Kong.
I'll Fix It
1934-11-10
A power-broker ward-heeler, Bill Grimes, wields more power than the elected politicians and has no p
The Great Hotel Murder
1935-02-27
Crime novelist Roger Blackwood competes with hotel house detective Andy McCabe in solving a murder b
Soft Boiled
1923-08-26
John Steele, a rich uncle, threatens to disinherit his nephew, Tom Steele, unless the latter learns
Forsaking All Others
1934-12-23
A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.
The Mad Miss Manton
1938-10-21
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police
Mad Love
1935-07-12
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's han
Little Robinson Crusoe
1924-08-25
Left an orphan by the death of his father, Mickey Hogan sails for Australia to live with relatives,
Wicked
1931-10-04
Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband
I Like it That Way
1934-04-01
A telephone operator gives up her job to try to be a nightclub singer.
The Mysterious Rider
1933-01-30
The ranchers have given money through Benton to the crooked lawyer Harkness to save the titles to th
A Successful Failure
1934-10-14
Ellery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares abo
Big Town Ideas
1921-05-20
A woman and her dog defend an innocent man.
Little Sinner
1935-10-25
Rather than go to church, Spanky decides to go fishing - with disastrous results.
Clown Princes
1939-04-14
The Our Gang kids put on a circus in the barn to raise money to help Porky's family pay the rent and
Parnell
1937-06-04
Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but his re
The Little Grey Mouse
1920-10-31
Beverly Arnold is a secretary in the law firm of John Cumberland and Stephen Gray. Both men court he
The Tomboy
1921-04-04
Minnie, the village tomboy, meets a handsome Stranger after playing ball one afternoon. She invites