Actor
Clarence Wilson
November 16, 1876 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Spencer Charters
5 titles together
Drums Along the Mohawk, The Front Page, In Old Chicago
Lawrence Grant
3 titles together
Son of Frankenstein, The Count of Monte Cristo, Jewel Robbery
Henry Kolker
3 titles together
Mad Love, Imitation of Life, Jewel Robbery
Tyler Brooke
3 titles together
Love Me Tonight, Imitation of Life, In Old Chicago
Janet Gaynor
2 titles together
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, A Star Is Born
Bodil Rosing
2 titles together
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, You Can't Take It with You
Full filmography · 148
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964
Come Back, Miss Pipps
as Alonzo K. Pratt (uncredited)
1941
Road Show
as Sheriff (uncredited)
1941
Little Men
as W.L. Reynolds
1940
Friendly Neighbors
as Silas Barton
1940
Melody Ranch
as Judge Henderson
1940
Haunted House
as Eph, Service Station Owner
1940
We Who Are Young
as R. Glassford
1940
Millionaire Playboy
as Mr. Jamison
1940
Little Old New York
as Willie Stout
1940
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Paymaster (uncredited)
19396.5
Desperate Trails
as Malenkthy Culp
1939