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.
Acted in 146
1960s
- 1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1940s
- 1941
Come Back, Miss Pipps
Alonzo K. Pratt (uncredited)
Road Show
Sheriff (uncredited)
- 1940
Little Men
W.L. Reynolds
Friendly Neighbors
Silas Barton
Haunted House
Eph, Service Station Owner
We Who Are Young
R. Glassford
Little Old New York
Willie Stout
1930s
- 1939
Drums Along the Mohawk
Paymaster (uncredited)
Desperate Trails
Malenkthy Culp
Some Like It Hot
Mr. Ives
Clown Princes
Landlord
East Side of Heaven
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Let Us Live
Lunchroom Proprietor (uncredited)
- 1938
The Mad Miss Manton
Norris' Attorney (uncredited)
Having Wonderful Time
Mr. G.
Kentucky Moonshine
Attorney
In Old Chicago
Lawyer
- 1937
The Westland Case
Charles Frazee
Small Town Boy
Curtis French
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Stationmaster (uncredited)
The Great Gambini
Doctor
It May Happen to You
Van Buren Sheafor aka Pop (uncredited)
Parnell
Assistant Process Server
Damaged Goods
Dr. N.R. Shryer
Two Wise Maids
Twitchell
Man Of The People
Skinny Wilson - Sulker
- 1936
Hats Off
C.D. Pottingham
The Case of the Black Cat
Mr. Shuster
Wedding Present
Simmons
Love Begins at Twenty
Jonathan Ramp
Little Miss Nobody
Herman Slade
Educating Father
Jess Boynton
On the Wrong Trek
Mr. Wilson (car owner)
Sutter's Gold
Streetcar Owner
Paddy O'Day
Lawyer Brewster
- 1935
Public Ghost # 1
E. H. Compton
I Dream Too Much
The Lawyer (uncredited)
Little Sinner
Property Owner
It's in the Air
Amos Whipple
Waterfront Lady
Truant Officer
Nurse to You!
Mr. Wilson
Navy Wife
Bridge Player
Mad Love
Piano Creditor (Uncredited)
One Frightened Night
Mr. Felix
The Tin Man
Mad Scientist
A Dog of Flanders
Antoine - Official with Court Order (uncredited)
The Great Hotel Murder
Girando
When a Man's a Man
Garvey, Gambert's Lawyer
The Winning Ticket
Dolan - Pool Hall Proprietor
- 1934
Shrimps for a Day
Mr. Crutch
Imitation of Life
Mr. Bristol, Landlord (uncredited)
I'll Fix It
John Stevens
Kentucky Kernels
Mr. Peck, Lawyer (uncredited)
Gridiron Flash
Hunsacker
Wake Up and Dream
Hildebrand
Beyond the Law
Talbot
Bachelor Bait
Clement Graftsman
Now I'll Tell
Joe Davis
Half a Sinner
Collector
Unknown Blonde
Max Keibel
I Like it That Way
The Professor (as Clarence Hummel Wilson)
- 1933
The Son of Kong
Hilda's Father (uncredited)
King for a Night
Mr. Whistler
Day of Reckoning
Bail Bondsman
Tillie and Gus
Phineas Pratt
Storm at Daybreak
Capt. Durosch (uncredited)
The Girl in 419
Walter C. Horton
Bondage
Dr. I. M. Harper (uncredited)
Terror Aboard
Ship's Doctor
The Keyhole
J. Weems - Acme Detective Agency Head (uncredited)
Pick-up
Sam Foster
The Mysterious Rider
Gentry, the Barber
Smoke Lightning
Deputy Jake Tully
- 1932
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Finn's Lawyer Morris (uncredited)
Rasputin and the Empress
Minor Role (uncredited)
Flaming Guns
J.P. Mulford
The Penguin Pool Murder
Bertrand B. Hemingway
The Sport Parade
Toastmaster
The Phantom of Crestwood
Apartment House Manager (uncredited)
The All-American
Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
Young Ironsides
J. Caldwall Evans
Down To Earth
Ed Eggers
Winner Take All
Ben Isaacs
Jewel Robbery
Prefect of Police
The Famous Ferguson Case
County Attorney
Amateur Daddy
William J. 'Bill' Hansen
The Wet Parade
Charles Evan Hughes Campaigner (uncredited)
Under Eighteen
A.J. Dietrich, Attorney (uncredited)
- 1931
Her Majesty, Love
Uncle Cornelius
The Sea Ghost
Henry Sykes
Flying High
Lunch Counter Manager (uncredited)
Night Life in Reno
Adrian Garrett
Wicked
Juryman
Sweepstakes
Emory
Ladies' Man
Jeweler
- 1930
Paid
Max Hardy (uncredited)
Strictly Unconventional
George - Ted's Valet
Officer O'Brien
Patello's Attorney
Dangerous Paradise
Zangiacomo
1920s
- 1929
Woman Trap
Detective Captain (as Wilson Hummell)
- 1928
The Phantom of the Turf
The Lawyer
A Girl in Every Port
Bartender in Marseille (uncredited)
- 1927
Ladies Must Dress
Office Manager
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Bidder at Eliza's Auction (uncredited)
Mountains of Manhattan
Jim Tully
The Silent Avenger
Dave Wade
- 1926
What Price Glory
Movie
Young April
Flower vendor (uncredited)
- 1924
Little Robinson Crusoe
'Singapore' Scroggs
- 1923
The Dangerous Maid
Jewars (Jeffreys' secretary)
Soft Boiled
The Reformer
The Last Hour
Quales
- 1922
Youth Must Have Love
Austin Hibbard
Honor First
Tricot (the Apache) (as Wilson Hummel)
The Glory of Clementina
Vandemeer
- 1921
Cinderella of the Hills
Peter Poff
Queenie
Simon Pepper / Abner Quigley
The Tomboy
The Police Force
While the Devil Laughs
Joe Franklin
The First Born
Kury Lar (as Wilson Hummel)
- 1920
The Land of Jazz
Movie
The Little Grey Mouse
Henry Lealon
Appearances1
1970s
- 1976
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)