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Franklin Pangborn
Born · January 23, 1889
Died · July 20, 1958 (69 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Bio
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
10.0
1984
The Unchained Goddess
the Cloud Painter (voice)
7.0
1958
The Story of Mankind
Marquis de Varennes
4.6
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self - Announcer · (5 episodes)
6.5
1957
Hey Mulligan
Mr. Bean · (1 episode)
6.7
1954
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Mr. Canfield (uncredited) · (1 episode)
6.1
1952
This Is Your Life
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
1952
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · (2 episodes)
7.0
1950
The Eternal Melody
The Cat Lover
0.0
1949
Down Memory Lane
(archive footage)
0.0
1949
My Dream Is Yours
Sourpuss Manager
6.5
1949
Romance on the High Seas
Rio Hotel Clerk
6.7
1948
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Formfit Franklin
6.3
1947
I'll Be Yours
Barber
6.0
1947
Calendar Girl
Dilly Dillingsworth
5.9
1947
Two Guys from Milwaukee
Theatre Manager
4.8
1946
Lover Come Back
Hotel desk clerk
6.2
1946
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Railroad Agent
5.2
1945
Tell It to a Star
Horace Lovelace
0.0
1945
You Came Along
Hotel Clerk
7.0
1945
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Radio Engineer / Sloan
5.8
1945
Hollywood and Vine
Reggie
4.4
1945
See My Lawyer
B.J. Wagonhorn
6.0
1945
Hail the Conquering Hero
Reception Committee Chairman
7.0
1944
Reckless Age
Mr. Thurtle
0.0
1944
Allergic to Love
Stewart Ives III
0.0
1944
The Great Moment
Dr. Heywood
5.8
1944
My Best Gal
Mr. Porter
0.0
1944
Never a Dull Moment
Sylvester
6.0
1943
Crazy House
Hotel Clerk
5.0
1943
Holy Matrimony
Duncan Farll
6.7
1943
Honeymoon Lodge
Cathcart
0.0
1943
Stage Door Canteen
Franklin Pangborn
6.1
1943
Two Weeks to Live
Mr. Pinkney
2.0
1943
Reveille with Beverly
Vernon Lewis (uncredited)
7.0
1943
Strictly in the Groove
Cathcart
0.0
1942
George Washington Slept Here
Mr. Gibney
6.3
1942
Now, Voyager
Mr. Thompson
7.3
1942
The Palm Beach Story
Manager
7.0
1942
Moonlight Masquerade
Fairchild
5.0
1942
Obliging Young Lady
Professor Gibney
5.0
1942
What's Cookin'?
Professor Bistell
5.5
1942
Call Out the Marines
Wilbur
4.0
1942
Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case
Charley Towne
6.0
1941
Weekend for Three
Number Seven, Old Field Inn Waiter
5.7
1941
Sullivan's Travels
Mr. Casalsis
7.4
1941
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
The Producer
6.8
1941
Tillie the Toiler
Perry Tweedale
0.0
1941
The Flame of New Orleans
Bellows
6.0
1941
Bachelor Daddy
Williams, Club Manager
0.0
1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Pet Shop Owner
4.7
1941
Where Did You Get That Girl?
Digby
5.0
1941
The Bank Dick
J. Pinkerton Snoopington
6.5
1940
Christmas in July
Don Hartman - Radio Announcer
6.9
1940
Hit Parade of 1941
Carter
5.3
1940
The Villain Still Pursued Her
Bartender (uncredited)
5.1
1940
Spring Parade
Wiedlemeyer
6.8
1940
Public Deb No. 1
Bartender
4.2
1940
Turnabout
Mr. Pingboom
6.0
1940
Fifth Avenue Girl
Higgins
7.0
1939
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Franklin Pangborn
4.0
1939
Broadway Serenade
Gene, Collier's Composer
6.2
1939
Topper Takes a Trip
Louis - Hotel Manager
6.4
1938
The Girl Downstairs
Adolf Pumpfel
4.5
1938
Just Around the Corner
Waters
5.5
1938
Carefree
Roland Hunter
6.6
1938
Four's a Crowd
Preston
5.1
1938
Always Goodbye
Bicycle Salesman
6.8
1938
Three Blind Mice
Clerk
6.0
1938
Vivacious Lady
Apartment Manager
6.8
1938
Doctor Rhythm
Mr. Stenchfield (Store Clerk)
6.0
1938
Joy of Living
Orchestra Leader
5.7
1938
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Assistant Hotel Manager
7.0
1938
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Hamilton Montmarcy
6.7
1938
Love on Toast
Finley
5.5
1937
Thrill of a Lifetime
Sam Williams
5.0
1937
She Married an Artist
Paul
0.0
1937
I'll Take Romance
Kane's Secretary
5.0
1937
Living on Love
Ogilvie O. Oglethorpe
5.8
1937
Stage Door
Harcourt
7.0
1937
Danger – Love at Work
Train dining car headwaiter
7.3
1937
It Happened in Hollywood
Mr. Forsythe
6.2
1937
The Life of the Party
Beggs
5.2
1937
It's All Yours
Schultz
5.0
1937
All Over Town
The Costumer
7.2
1937
The Lady Escapes
Pierre
0.0
1937
Easy Living
Van Buren
7.0
1937
She Had to Eat
Mr. Phoecian-Wylie
5.0
1937
Step Lively, Jeeves!
Head Waiter
4.7
1937
Dangerous Holiday
Doffle
0.0
1937
A Star Is Born
Billy Moon (uncredited)
7.1
1937
We Have Our Moments
Joe
5.8
1937
When Love Is Young
John Dorman
0.0
1937
Swing High, Swing Low
Henri
5.1
1937
Bad Housekeeping
Piano Tuner
0.0
1937
Rich Relations
Mr. Dwight
0.0
1937
She's Dangerous
Fashion Designer
5.0
1937
Dangerous Number
Hotel Desk Clerk
5.0
1937
High Hat
Renaldo Breton
5.0
1937
The Mandarin Mystery
Mellish
5.0
1936
Three Smart Girls
Jeweler
6.4
1936
Hats Off
Mr. Churchill
5.0
1936
The Luckiest Girl in the World
Cashier
7.5
1936
Swing Banditry
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
0.0
1936
My Man Godfrey
Guthrie (uncredited)
7.6
1936
To Mary - with Love
Guest
4.5
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
The Tailor (uncredited)
7.5
1936
Doughnuts and Society
Benson
0.0
1936
Give Us This Night
Forcellini's Secretary
7.0
1936
Don't Gamble with Love
Salesman
0.0
1936
Tango
Oscar, the Photographer
5.0
1936
$1,000 a Minute
Reville
5.5
1935
She Couldn't Take It
Spot's Secretary
4.5
1935
She Married Her Boss
Window Dresser (uncredited)
7.0
1935
She Married Her Boss
Window Dresser
7.0
1935
The Captain Hits the Ceiling
Jimmy Martin
0.0
1935
The Headline Woman
Hamilton
5.0
1935
Eight Bells
Finch
6.0
1935
Hollywood Trouble
Tailor
0.0
1935
College Rhythm
Peabody
4.7
1934
Imitation of Life
Mr. Carven (uncredited)
7.0
1934
Flirtation
Veterinarian
4.4
1934
My Grandfather's Clock
Dr. Watkins
7.0
1934
Tomorrow's Youth
Thornton
0.0
1934
That's Gratitude
Photographer
0.0
1934
Young and Beautiful
Radio Announcer
4.5
1934
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
J. Ashton Brockton
3.5
1934
Cockeyed Cavaliers
Town Crier
6.0
1934
Many Happy Returns
Allen's Secretary
5.3
1934
Strictly Dynamite
Mr. Bailey
5.3
1934
Manhattan Love Song
Garrett Wetherby
5.2
1934
Unknown Blonde
Male Co-Respondent
1.0
1934
Design for Living
Mr. Douglas
7.2
1933
Flying Down to Rio
Hammerstein (uncredited)
6.2
1933
Only Yesterday
Tom (Uncredited)
6.8
1933
Wild Poses
Otto Phocus
7.8
1933
Menu
John Xavier Omsk (uncredited)
5.2
1933
Trying Out Torchy
Office manager
0.0
1933
Headline Shooter
Adolphus G. Crocker
5.8
1933
The Important Witness
Groom
5.0
1933
Bed of Roses
Floorwalker
6.3
1933
Torchy's Loud Spooker
Office Manager
0.0
1933
Professional Sweetheart
Herbert Childress
5.0
1933
International House
Hotel Manager
5.3
1933
Dream Stuff
Gordon
5.5
1933
Torchy Turns Turtle
Office Manager
0.0
1933
Sweepings
Photographer (Uncredited)
5.8
1933
Sing, Bing, Sing
Herbert
5.6
1933
Art in the Raw
1.0
1933
Easy on the Eyes
Franklyn Pierce
0.0
1933
Parachute Jumper
Man in Private Office (uncredited)
6.1
1933
Torchy's Kitty Coup
Office Manager
0.0
1933
The Half-Naked Truth
Hotel Clerk
5.2
1932
Torchy Rolls His Own
Office Manager
0.0
1932
Over the Counter
Drake's Assistant
4.7
1932
Tee for Two
Henry
0.0
1932
Torchy's Busy Day
Office Manager
0.0
1932
The Giddy Age
George
0.0
1932
What Price Taxi
Taxi Boy
1.0
1932
The Loud Mouth
6.0
1932
Doctor's Orders
0.0
1932
Torchy's Two Toots
Office Manager
0.0
1932
Jimmy's New Yacht
Everett
1.0
1932
Lighthouse Love
Pvt. Jerry Stone
0.0
1932
Lighthouse Love
Pvt. Jerry Stone
5.5
1932
Torchy Raises the Auntie
Office Manager
0.0
1932
Torchy's Night Cap
Office Manager
0.0
1932
A Fool's Advice
Egbert - Hotel Clerk
5.5
1932
Torchy Turns the Trick
Office Manager
0.0
1932
Hollywood Halfbacks
0.0
1931
Torchy Passes the Buck
Office Manager
0.0
1931
Torchy
Office Manager
0.0
1931
Blue of the Night
Gilbert Sinclair
5.7
1931
A Woman of Experience
Hans
5.2
1931
Next Door Neighbors
Landlord
0.0
1931
Breakfast in Bed
John
0.0
1930
Sunny
Party Guest (uncredited)
5.0
1930
A Lady Surrenders
Lawton
3.5
1930
Her Man
Sport
5.3
1930
The Chumps
Eddie Gray
1.0
1930
Cheer Up and Smile
Professor
0.0
1930
Reno or Bust
0.0
1930
Not So Dumb
Leach
5.1
1930
Poor Aubrey
Aubrey Piper
5.0
1930
The Sap
Ed Mason
0.0
1929
Lady of the Pavements
M'sieu Dubrey, Dance Master
4.6
1929
On Trial
Turnbull
6.0
1928
A Blonde for a Night
Hector
5.1
1928
My Friend from India
William / Tommy Valentine
5.0
1927
The Girl in the Pullman
Hector Brooks
0.0
1927
Cradle Snatchers
Howard Drake
3.5
1927
Getting Gertie's Garter
Algy Brooks
7.3
1927
Finger Prints
The Bandoline Kid
0.0
1927
Exit Smiling
Cecil Lovelace
7.9
1926