Franklin Pangborn
Biography
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Franklin Pangborn (January 23, 1889 – July 20, 1958) was an American comedic character actor famous for playing small but memorable roles with comic flair. He appeared in scores of feature films playing essentially the same character: prissy, polite, elegant, highly energetic, often officious, fastidious, somewhat nervous, prone to becoming flustered but essentially upbeat, and with immediately recognizable high-speed, patter-type speech. He typically played an officious desk clerk in a hotel, a self-important musician, a fastidious headwaiter, an enthusiastic birdwatcher, and the like, and was usually put in a situation of frustration or flustered by the antics of others. Pangborn was an effective foil for many major comedians.
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Full filmography
- The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) as Self
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) as Self - Announcer
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952) as Mr. Canfield (uncredited)
- This Is Your Life (1952) as Self
- Hey Mulligan (1954) as Mr. Bean
- Now, Voyager (1942) as Mr. Thompson
- Revlon Mirror Theatre (1953)
- A Star Is Born (1937) as Billy Moon (uncredited)
- My Man Godfrey (1936) as Guthrie (uncredited)
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) as The Tailor (uncredited)
- Design for Living (1933) as Mr. Douglas
- Sullivan's Travels (1941) as Mr. Casalsis
- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) as Hamilton Montmarcy
- Stage Door (1937) as Harcourt
- Imitation of Life (1934) as Mr. Carven (uncredited)
- Vivacious Lady (1938) as Apartment Manager
- Flying Down to Rio (1933) as Hammerstein (uncredited)
- The Palm Beach Story (1942) as Manager
- The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) as Formfit Franklin
- The Story of Mankind (1957) as Marquis de Varennes
- Finger Prints (1927) as The Bandoline Kid
- Christmas in July (1940) as Don Hartman - Radio Announcer
- The Bank Dick (1940) as J. Pinkerton Snoopington
- Romance on the High Seas (1948) as Rio Hotel Clerk