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)
1976
- Bob Hope's World of Comedy as Self - Tribute Montage (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
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as Mr. Canfield (uncredited)
- This Is Your Life as Self
1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1949
- My Dream Is Yours as Sourpuss Manager
- Down Memory Lane as Gilbert Sinclair
- The Eternal Melody as The Cat Lover
1948
- Romance on the High Seas as Rio Hotel Clerk
1947
- The Sin of Harold Diddlebock as Formfit Franklin
- Calendar Girl as Dilly Dillingsworth
- I'll Be Yours as Barber
1946
- Lover Come Back as Hotel desk clerk
- Two Guys from Milwaukee as Theatre Manager
1945
- Hollywood Victory Caravan as Railroad Agent
- You Came Along as Hotel Clerk
- Hollywood and Vine as Reggie
- The Horn Blows at Midnight as Radio Engineer / Sloan
- See My Lawyer as B.J. Wagonhorn
- Tell It to a Star as Horace Lovelace
1944
- Hail the Conquering Hero as Reception Committee Chairman
- The Great Moment as Dr. Heywood
- My Best Gal as Mr. Porter
- Reckless Age as Mr. Thurtle
- Allergic to Love as Stewart Ives III
1943
- Stage Door Canteen as Franklin Pangborn
- Crazy House as Hotel Clerk
- Holy Matrimony as Duncan Farll
- Two Weeks to Live as Mr. Pinkney
- Reveille with Beverly as Vernon Lewis (uncredited)
- Honeymoon Lodge as Cathcart
- Never a Dull Moment as Sylvester
1942
- Now, Voyager as Mr. Thompson
- The Palm Beach Story as Manager
- George Washington Slept Here as Mr. Gibney
- Moonlight Masquerade as Fairchild
- What's Cookin'? as Professor Bistell
- Strictly in the Groove as Cathcart
- Call Out the Marines as Wilbur
- Obliging Young Lady as Professor Gibney
1941
- Sullivan's Travels as Mr. Casalsis
- The Flame of New Orleans as Bellows
- Where Did You Get That Girl? as Digby
- A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Pet Shop Owner
- Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case as Charley Towne
- Never Give a Sucker an Even Break as The Producer
- Bachelor Daddy as Williams, Club Manager
- Tillie the Toiler as Perry Tweedale
- Weekend for Three as Number Seven, Old Field Inn Waiter
1940
- Public Deb No. 1 as Bartender
- Christmas in July as Don Hartman - Radio Announcer
- The Bank Dick as J. Pinkerton Snoopington
- Turnabout as Mr. Pingboom
- Hit Parade of 1941 as Carter
- The Villain Still Pursued Her as Bartender (uncredited)
- Spring Parade as Wiedlemeyer
1939
- Broadway Serenade as Gene, Collier's Composer
- Fifth Avenue Girl as Higgins
- Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 as Franklin Pangborn
1938
- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as Hamilton Montmarcy
- Vivacious Lady as Apartment Manager
- Carefree as Roland Hunter
- Joy of Living as Orchestra Leader
- Bluebeard's 8th Wife as Assistant Hotel Manager
- Always Goodbye as Bicycle Salesman
- Three Blind Mice as Clerk
- The Girl Downstairs as Adolf Pumpfel
- Topper Takes a Trip as Louis - Hotel Manager
- Four's a Crowd as Preston
- Doctor Rhythm as Mr. Stenchfield (Store Clerk)
- Just Around the Corner as Waters
1937
- A Star Is Born as Billy Moon (uncredited)
- Stage Door as Harcourt
- Living on Love as Ogilvie O. Oglethorpe
- Easy Living as Van Buren
- She Married an Artist as Paul
- Danger – Love at Work as Train dining car headwaiter
- Turn Off the Moon as Mr. Perkins
- Step Lively, Jeeves! as Head Waiter
- She Had to Eat as Mr. Phoecian-Wylie
- We Have Our Moments as Joe
- The Lady Escapes as Pierre
- Love on Toast as Finley
- Dangerous Number as Hotel Desk Clerk
- It's All Yours as Schultz
- I'll Take Romance as Kane's Secretary
- The Life of the Party as Beggs
- Swing High, Swing Low as Henri
- It Happened in Hollywood as Mr. Forsythe
- When Love Is Young as John Dorman
- Thrill of a Lifetime as Sam Williams
- Rich Relations as Mr. Dwight
- All Over Town as The Costumer
- Dangerous Holiday as Doffle
- She's Dangerous as Fashion Designer
- Bad Housekeeping as Piano Tuner
- High Hat as Renaldo Breton
1936
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as The Tailor (uncredited)
- My Man Godfrey as Guthrie (uncredited)
- To Mary - with Love as Guest
- Three Smart Girls as Jeweler
- The Luckiest Girl in the World as Cashier
- Tango as Oscar, the Photographer
- Give Us This Night as Forcellini's Secretary
- Don't Gamble with Love as Salesman
- The Mandarin Mystery as Mellish
- Doughnuts and Society as Benson
- Hats Off as Mr. Churchill
- Swing Banditry as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1935
- She Couldn't Take It as Spot's Secretary
- She Married Her Boss as Window Dresser (uncredited)
- $1,000 a Minute as Reville
- The Headline Woman as Hamilton
- Eight Bells as Finch
- The Captain Hits the Ceiling as Jimmy Martin
- Hollywood Trouble as Tailor
1934
- Imitation of Life as Mr. Carven (uncredited)
- Unknown Blonde as Male Co-Respondent
- College Rhythm as Peabody
- 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
- Strictly Dynamite as Mr. Bailey
- Many Happy Returns as Allen's Secretary
- Cockeyed Cavaliers as Town Crier
- That's Gratitude as Photographer
- Flirtation as Veterinarian
- Tomorrow's Youth as Thornton
1933
- Design for Living as Mr. Douglas
- Flying Down to Rio as Hammerstein (uncredited)
- Only Yesterday as Tom (Uncredited)
- Dream Stuff as Gordon
- Menu as John Xavier Omsk (uncredited)
- Sweepings as Photographer (Uncredited)
- Easy on the Eyes as Franklyn Pierce
- International House as Hotel Manager
- Parachute Jumper as Man in Private Office (uncredited)
- Wild Poses as Otto Phocus
- Art in the Raw
- Sing, Bing, Sing as Herbert
- The Important Witness as Groom
- Professional Sweetheart as Herbert
- Headline Shooter as Adolphus G. Crocker
- Bed of Roses as Floorwalker
- Torchy's Kitty Coup as Office Manager
- Torchy's Loud Spooker as Office Manager
- Divorce Sweets as Uncle Jeremiah
- Torchy Turns Turtle as Office Manager
- Trying Out Torchy as Office manager
1932
- The Candid Camera as Jack Townes
- A Fool's Advice as Egbert - Hotel Clerk
- Lighthouse Love as Pvt. Jerry Stone
- The Half-Naked Truth as Hotel Clerk
- The Giddy Age as George
- Over the Counter as Drake's Assistant
- Lighthouse Love as Pvt. Jerry Stone
- Jimmy's New Yacht as Everett
- What Price Taxi as Taxi Boy
- Torchy's Busy Day as Office Manager
- Tee for Two as Henry
- Doctor's Orders
- Torchy's Two Toots as Office Manager
- The Loud Mouth
- Torchy's Night Cap as Office Manager
- Torchy Turns the Trick as Office Manager
- Torchy Raises the Auntie as Office Manager
- Torchy Rolls His Own as Office Manager
1931
- Hollywood Halfbacks
- A Woman of Experience as Hans
- Blue of the Night as Gilbert Sinclair
- Next Door Neighbors as Landlord
- Torchy Passes the Buck as Office Manager
- Torchy as Office Manager
1930
- A Lady Surrenders as Lawton
- Cheer Up and Smile as Professor
- Her Man as Sport
- Not So Dumb as Leach
- The Chumps as Eddie Gray
- Sunny as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Poor Aubrey as Aubrey Piper
- Reno or Bust
- Breakfast in Bed as John
1929
- The Sap as Ed Mason
- Lady of the Pavements as M'sieu Dubrey, Dance Master
1928
- On Trial as Turnbull
- A Blonde for a Night as Hector
1927
- The Girl in the Pullman as Hector Brooks
- Cradle Snatchers as Howard Drake
- Finger Prints as The Bandoline Kid
- Getting Gertie's Garter as Algy Brooks
- My Friend from India as William / Tommy Valentine
- The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary as Melville
1926
- Exit Smiling as Cecil Lovelace