Clarence Wilson
Born: 1876-11-16
• 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.
Filmography
It's Showtime
The Big Parade of Comedy
Come Back, Miss Pipps
Road Show
Little Men
Friendly Neighbors
Melody Ranch
Haunted House
We Who Are Young
Millionaire Playboy
Little Old New York
Drums Along the Mohawk
Desperate Trails
Some Like It Hot
Clown Princes
East Side of Heaven
Let Us Live
Son of Frankenstein
The Mad Miss Manton
You Can't Take It with You
Having Wonderful Time
Kentucky Moonshine
In Old Chicago
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
The Westland Case
No Image
Small Town Boy
The Emperor's Candlesticks
The Great Gambini
It May Happen to You
Parnell
Damaged Goods
A Star Is Born
Two Wise Maids
Man Of The People
Hats Off
The Case of the Black Cat
Wedding Present
Love Begins at Twenty
Little Miss Nobody
Educating Father
On the Wrong Trek
Sutter's Gold
Paddy O'Day
Public Ghost # 1
I Dream Too Much
The Rainmakers
Little Sinner
It's in the Air
Waterfront Lady
Nurse to You!
Navy Wife
No Image
Champagne for Breakfast
Mad Love
One Frightened Night
The Tin Man
A Dog of Flanders
Ruggles of Red Gap
The Great Hotel Murder
When a Man's a Man
The Winning Ticket
Forsaking All Others
Shrimps for a Day
Imitation of Life
I'll Fix It
Kentucky Kernels
A Successful Failure
Gridiron Flash
Wake Up and Dream
The Count of Monte Cristo
Beyond the Law
Bachelor Bait
Operator 13
Now I'll Tell
Half a Sinner
Unknown Blonde
I Like it That Way
The Son of Kong
Lady Killer
King for a Night
Day of Reckoning
Tillie and Gus
A Shriek in the Night
Storm at Daybreak
The Girl in 419
Bondage
Terror Aboard
The Keyhole
Pick-up
The Mysterious Rider
Smoke Lightning
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Rasputin and the Empress
Flaming Guns
The Penguin Pool Murder
The Sport Parade
The Phantom of Crestwood
The All-American
Young Ironsides
Down To Earth
Love Me Tonight