Franklin Pangborn
Born: 1889-01-23 in Newark, New Jersey, USA
Died: 1958-07-20
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
1984
- Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
1958
- The Unchained Goddess as the Cloud Painter (voice)
1957
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self - Announcer
- The Story of Mankind as Marquis de Varennes
1954
- Hey Mulligan as Mr. Bean
1952
- This Is Your Life as Self
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as Mr. Canfield (uncredited)
1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1949
- My Dream Is Yours as Sourpuss Manager
- The Eternal Melody as The Cat Lover
- Down Memory Lane as (archive footage)
1948
- Romance on the High Seas as Rio Hotel Clerk
1947
- I'll Be Yours as Barber
- The Sin of Harold Diddlebock as Formfit Franklin
- Calendar Girl as Dilly Dillingsworth
1946
- Two Guys from Milwaukee as Theatre Manager
- Lover Come Back as Hotel desk clerk
1945
- See My Lawyer as B.J. Wagonhorn
- Hollywood and Vine as Reggie
- The Horn Blows at Midnight as Radio Engineer / Sloan
- You Came Along as Hotel Clerk
- Hollywood Victory Caravan as Railroad Agent
- Tell It to a Star as Horace Lovelace
1944
- Reckless Age as Mr. Thurtle
- My Best Gal as Mr. Porter
- Hail the Conquering Hero as Reception Committee Chairman
- Allergic to Love as Stewart Ives III
- The Great Moment as Dr. Heywood
1943
- Honeymoon Lodge as Cathcart
- Crazy House as Hotel Clerk
- Stage Door Canteen as Franklin Pangborn
- Holy Matrimony as Duncan Farll
- Reveille with Beverly as Vernon Lewis (uncredited)
- Two Weeks to Live as Mr. Pinkney
- Never a Dull Moment as Sylvester
1942
- Now, Voyager as Mr. Thompson
- Moonlight Masquerade as Fairchild
- Call Out the Marines as Wilbur
- The Palm Beach Story as Manager
- Strictly in the Groove as Cathcart
- George Washington Slept Here as Mr. Gibney
- Obliging Young Lady as Professor Gibney
- What's Cookin'? as Professor Bistell
1941
- Sullivan's Travels as Mr. Casalsis
- Never Give a Sucker an Even Break as The Producer
- A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Pet Shop Owner
- Bachelor Daddy as Williams, Club Manager
- Where Did You Get That Girl? as Digby
- The Flame of New Orleans as Bellows
- Tillie the Toiler as Perry Tweedale
- Weekend for Three as Number Seven, Old Field Inn Waiter
- Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case as Charley Towne
1940
- Christmas in July as Don Hartman - Radio Announcer
- The Villain Still Pursued Her as Bartender (uncredited)
- Public Deb No. 1 as Bartender
- Spring Parade as Wiedlemeyer
- The Bank Dick as J. Pinkerton Snoopington
- Turnabout as Mr. Pingboom
- Hit Parade of 1941 as Carter
1939
- Broadway Serenade as Gene, Collier's Composer
- Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 as Franklin Pangborn
- Fifth Avenue Girl as Higgins
1938
- Carefree as Roland Hunter
- Doctor Rhythm as Mr. Stenchfield (Store Clerk)
- Vivacious Lady as Apartment Manager
- Always Goodbye as Bicycle Salesman
- Joy of Living as Orchestra Leader
- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as Hamilton Montmarcy
- Three Blind Mice as Clerk
- Topper Takes a Trip as Louis - Hotel Manager
- Four's a Crowd as Preston
- Just Around the Corner as Waters
- The Girl Downstairs as Adolf Pumpfel
- Bluebeard's 8th Wife as Assistant Hotel Manager
1937
- High Hat as Renaldo Breton
- Rich Relations as Mr. Dwight
- A Star Is Born as Billy Moon (uncredited)
- Easy Living as Van Buren
- Bad Housekeeping as Piano Tuner
- Stage Door as Harcourt
- The Life of the Party as Beggs
- Swing High, Swing Low as Henri
- Living on Love as Ogilvie O. Oglethorpe
- Danger – Love at Work as Train dining car headwaiter
- It Happened in Hollywood as Mr. Forsythe
- She Married an Artist as Paul
- She Had to Eat as Mr. Phoecian-Wylie
- When Love Is Young as John Dorman
- All Over Town as The Costumer
- The Lady Escapes as Pierre
- Step Lively, Jeeves! as Head Waiter
- We Have Our Moments as Joe
- She's Dangerous as Fashion Designer
- I'll Take Romance as Kane's Secretary
- Love on Toast as Finley
- Dangerous Holiday as Doffle
- It's All Yours as Schultz
- Thrill of a Lifetime as Sam Williams
- Dangerous Number as Hotel Desk Clerk
1936
- The Mandarin Mystery as Mellish
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as The Tailor (uncredited)
- The Luckiest Girl in the World as Cashier
- Don't Gamble with Love as Salesman
- To Mary - with Love as Guest
- Tango as Oscar, the Photographer
- Three Smart Girls as Jeweler
- Give Us This Night as Forcellini's Secretary
- Doughnuts and Society as Benson
- My Man Godfrey as Guthrie (uncredited)
- Hats Off as Mr. Churchill
- Swing Banditry as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1935
- Hollywood Trouble as Tailor
- $1,000 a Minute as Reville
- She Married Her Boss as Window Dresser (uncredited)
- The Headline Woman as Hamilton
- The Captain Hits the Ceiling as Jimmy Martin
- She Couldn't Take It as Spot's Secretary
- Eight Bells as Finch
1934
- College Rhythm as Peabody
- Strictly Dynamite as Mr. Bailey
- Imitation of Life as Mr. Carven (uncredited)
- Cockeyed Cavaliers as Town Crier
- Manhattan Love Song as Garrett Wetherby
- Young and Beautiful as Radio Announcer
- My Grandfather's Clock as Dr. Watkins
- King Kelly of the U.S.A. as J. Ashton Brockton
- Tomorrow's Youth as Thornton
- Unknown Blonde as Male Co-Respondent
- That's Gratitude as Photographer
- Flirtation as Veterinarian
- Many Happy Returns as Allen's Secretary
1933
- Parachute Jumper as Man in Private Office (uncredited)
- Dream Stuff as Gordon
- Headline Shooter as Adolphus G. Crocker
- Professional Sweetheart as Herbert
- Only Yesterday as Tom (Uncredited)
- Flying Down to Rio as Hammerstein (uncredited)
- Sweepings as Photographer (Uncredited)
- International House as Hotel Manager
- Design for Living as Mr. Douglas
- Bed of Roses as Floorwalker
- Sing, Bing, Sing as Herbert
- Art in the Raw
- Torchy's Kitty Coup as Office Manager
- Menu as John Xavier Omsk (uncredited)
- Easy on the Eyes as Franklyn Pierce
- Torchy Turns Turtle as Office Manager
- Torchy's Loud Spooker as Office Manager
- Trying Out Torchy as Office manager
- Wild Poses as Otto Phocus
- The Important Witness as Groom
1932
- Lighthouse Love as Pvt. Jerry Stone
- A Fool's Advice as Egbert - Hotel Clerk
- Over the Counter as Drake's Assistant
- Jimmy's New Yacht as Everett
- The Half-Naked Truth as Hotel Clerk
- The Loud Mouth
- The Giddy Age as George
- Tee for Two as Henry
- Doctor's Orders
- What Price Taxi as Taxi Boy
- The Candid Camera as Jack Townes
- Torchy's Two Toots as Office Manager
- Torchy Turns the Trick as Office Manager
- Torchy's Busy Day as Office Manager
- Torchy Raises the Auntie as Office Manager
- Torchy Rolls His Own as Office Manager
- Lighthouse Love as Pvt. Jerry Stone
- Torchy's Night Cap as Office Manager
1931
- Hollywood Halfbacks
- Next Door Neighbors as Landlord
- Blue of the Night as Gilbert Sinclair
- A Woman of Experience as Hans
- Torchy as Office Manager
- Torchy Passes the Buck as Office Manager
1930
- Sunny as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Her Man as Sport
- Not So Dumb as Leach
- A Lady Surrenders as Lawton
- Breakfast in Bed as John
- Cheer Up and Smile as Professor
- Poor Aubrey as Aubrey Piper
- Reno or Bust
- The Chumps as Eddie Gray
1929
- The Sap as Ed Mason
- Lady of the Pavements as M'sieu Dubrey, Dance Master
1928
- A Blonde for a Night as Hector
- On Trial as Turnbull
1927
- Cradle Snatchers as Howard Drake
- Getting Gertie's Garter as Algy Brooks
- Finger Prints as The Bandoline Kid
- My Friend from India as William / Tommy Valentine
- The Girl in the Pullman as Hector Brooks
1926
- Exit Smiling as Cecil Lovelace