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Franklin Pangborn (1889–1958)

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Franklin Pangborn - a name more be-fitting a fictionalized bank president rather than a great comedic actor - was a singular character actor but little is known of his early years. He spent some time in developing acting talent prior to appearing on Broadway by March of 1911 and would do six plays until mid-1913... See full bio »

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in Newark, New Jersey, USA

Died:

(age 69) in Santa Monica, California, USA
Franklin Pangborn, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Stuart Erwin, W.C. Fields, Bela Lugosi, INTERNATIONAL HOUSE, Paramount, 1933, **I.V.
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1958 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Mr. Carter / Stevens
– The Kadiddlehopper Mural or Clem the Artist (1958) … Stevens (as Franklyn Pangborn)
– Appleby's Garage (1958) … Mr. Carter
 
1958 The Unchained Goddess (TV movie)
Voice
 
1957 The Story of Mankind
Marquis de Varennes
 
1956-1957 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– Out of the Frying Pan (1957)
– Marriage Royal (1956)
 
1957 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Announcer
– Episode #1.5 (1957) … Announcer
– Episode #1.4 (1957) … Announcer
– Episode #1.3 (1957) … Announcer
– Episode #1.2 (1957) … Announcer
 
1957 Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
Steamship Clerk (uncredited)
 
1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Sy Devore
– Episode #5.17 (1955) … Sy Devore
 
1955 The Mickey Rooney Show (TV series)
Mr. Bean
– The Wedding Present (1955) … Mr. Bean
 
1953 Summer Theatre (TV series)
– Myrt and Marge
 
1953 Private Secretary (TV series)
– Suspicion (1953)
 
1951 The Alan Young Show (TV series)
Mr. Deucy
– Shy Neighbors/Clearance Sale (1951) … Mr. Deucy (uncredited)
 
1949 Down Memory Lane
Mr. Sennett's Representative/Gilbert Sinclair (also archive footage)
 
1949 Addio Mimí!
The Cat Lover
 
1949 My Dream Is Yours
Sourpuss Manager
 
1948 Romance on the High Seas
Rio Hotel Clerk
 
1947 The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Formfit Franklin
 
1947 I'll Be Yours
Barber
 
1947 Calendar Girl
'Dilly' Dillingsworth
 
1946 Two Guys from Milwaukee
Theatre Manager
 
1946 Lover Come Back
Hotel Clerk
 
1945 The Sailor Takes a Wife
Salesman (uncredited)
 
1945 Hollywood Victory Caravan (short)
Railroad Agent
 
1945 Tell It to a Star
Horace Lovelace
 
1945 You Came Along
Hotel Clerk
 
1945 Hollywood and Vine
Reggie
 
1945 The Horn Blows at Midnight
Radio Engineer/Sloan - House Detective
 
1945 See My Lawyer
B.J. Wagonhorn
 
1944 The Great Moment
Dr. Heywood
 
1944 Reckless Age
Mr. Thurtle
 
1944 Hail the Conquering Hero
Reception Committee Chairman
 
1944 Allergic to Love
Stewart Ives III
 
1944 My Best Gal
Mr. Porter
 
1943 Never a Dull Moment
Sylvester
 
1943 Crazy House
Hotel Clerk
 
1943 Holy Matrimony
Duncan Farll
 
1943 Honeymoon Lodge
Cathcart
 
1943 Two Weeks to Live
Mr. Pinkney
 
1943 Reveille with Beverly
Vernon Lewis
 
1942 Strictly in the Groove
Cathcart
 
1942 The Palm Beach Story
Manager
 
1942 George Washington Slept Here
Mr. Gibney
 
1942 Now, Voyager
Mr. Thompson
 
1942 Moonlight Masquerade
Fairchild
 
1942 What's Cookin'?
Professor Bistell
 
1942 Obliging Young Lady
Professor Gibney
 
1942 Call Out the Marines
Wilbur
 
1941 Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case
Charley Towne
 
1941 Sullivan's Travels
Mr. Casalsis
 
1941 Weekend for Three
Number Seven, Old Field Inn Waiter
 
1941 Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
The Producer
 
1941 Tillie the Toiler
Perry Tweedale
 
1941 Bachelor Daddy
Williams, Club Manager
 
1941 The Flame of New Orleans
Bellows
 
1941 A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Pet Shop Owner
 
1941 Where Did You Get That Girl?
Digby
 
1940 The Bank Dick
J. Pinkerton Snoopington
 
1940 Christmas in July
Don Hartman
 
1940 Hit Parade of 1941
Carter
 
1940 The Villain Still Pursued Her
Bartender (scenes deleted)
 
1940 Spring Parade
Wiedlemeyer
 
1940 Public Deb No. 1
Bartender
 
1940 Turnabout
Mr. Alan Pingboom
 
1939 5th Ave Girl
Higgins
 
1939 Broadway Serenade
Gene
 
1938 Topper Takes a Trip
Hotel Manager
 
1938 The Girl Downstairs
Adolf Pumpfel
 
1938 Just Around the Corner
Waters
 
1938 Carefree
Roland Hunter
 
1938 Four's a Crowd
Preston
 
1938 Always Goodbye
Bicycle Salesman
 
1938 Three Blind Mice
Clerk
 
1938 Vivacious Lady
Apt. Manager
 
1938 Joy of Living
Orchestra Leader
 
1938 Dr. Rhythm
Mr. Stenchfield (Store Clerk)
 
1938 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Hamilton Montmarcy
 
1938 Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Assistant Hotel Manager
 
1938 Mad About Music
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
 
1937 Love on Toast
Finley
 
1937 Thrill of a Lifetime
Sam Williams
 
1937 She Married an Artist
Paul
 
1937 I'll Take Romance
Kane's Secretary (uncredited)
 
1937 Living on Love
Ogilvie O. Oglethorpe
 
1937 Stage Door
Harcourt
 
1937 All Over Town
The Costumer
 
1937 It Happened in Hollywood
Mr. Forsythe
 
1937 The Life of the Party
Beggs
 
1937 It's All Yours
Schultz
 
1937 The Lady Escapes
Pierre
 
1937 Easy Living
Van Buren
 
1937 She Had to Eat
Mr. Phoecian-Wylie
 
1937 Dangerous Holiday
Doffle
 
1937 Hotel Haywire
Fuller Brush Salesman (uncredited)
 
1937 Turn Off the Moon
Mr. Perkins
 
1937 A Star Is Born
Billy Moon (uncredited)
 
1937 Step Lively, Jeeves!
Gaston
 
1937 We Have Our Moments
Joe the Bartender (uncredited)
 
1937 When Love Is Young
John Dorman
 
1937 Swing High, Swing Low
Henri
 
1937 Bad Housekeeping (short)
Piano Tuner
 
1937 They Wanted to Marry
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
 
1937 Rich Relations
Mr. Dwight
 
1937 She's Dangerous
Renaud
 
1937 Dangerous Number
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
 
1937 High Hat
Renaldo Breton
 
1936 The Mandarin Mystery
Mellish
 
1936 Three Smart Girls
Jeweler (uncredited)
 
1936 Hats Off
Mr. Churchill
 
1936 In His Steps (uncredited)
 
1936 The Luckiest Girl in the World
Cashier
 
1936 Swing Banditry (short)
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
 
1936 My Man Godfrey
Guthrie (uncredited)
 
1936 To Mary - with Love
Guest
 
1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
The Tailor (uncredited)
 
1936 Doughnuts and Society
Benson
 
1936 Give Us This Night
Forcellini's Secretary
 
1936 Don't Gamble with Love
Salesman
 
1936 Tango
Oscar the Photographer
 
1935 1,000 Dollars a Minute
Reville
 
1935 She Couldn't Take It
Spot's Secretary (uncredited)
 
1935 She Married Her Boss
Window Dresser (uncredited)
 
1935 Ye Olde Saw Mill (short)
Harold Goodfellwo
 
1935 The Captain Hits the Ceiling (short)
Jimmy Martin
 
1935 The Headline Woman
Hamilton, Reporter
 
1935 Eight Bells
Finch
 
1935 Father Knows Best (short)
The Helpful Butler
 
1934 Henry's Social Splash (short)
The Butler
 
1934 Imitation of Life
Mr. Carven (uncredited)
 
1934 College Rhythm
Peabody
 
1934 Flirtation
Doctor
 
1934 My Grandfather's Clock (short)
Dr. Watkins
 
1934 Tomorrow's Youth
Thornton - the Tutor
 
1934 That's Gratitude
Photographer
 
1934 Young and Beautiful
Radio Announcer
 
1934 King Kelly of the U.S.A.
J. Ashton Brockton
 
1934 Financial Jitters (short)
Grady's Uncle
 
1934 Cockeyed Cavaliers
Town Crier (uncredited)
 
1934 Many Happy Returns
Allen's Secretary
 
1934 Strictly Dynamite
Mr. Bailey
 
1934 Manhattan Love Song
Garrett Wetherby
 
1934 Unknown Blonde
Male Co-Respondent
 
1933 Design for Living
Mr. Douglas, Theatrical Producer
 
1933 Flying Down to Rio
Hammerstein - the Hotel Manager (uncredited)
 
1933 Only Yesterday
Tom (uncredited)
 
1933 Wild Poses (short)
Otto Phocus, the portrait photographer
 
1933 Open Sesame (short)
 
1933 Menu (short)
John Xavier Omsk (uncredited)
 
1933 Headline Shooter
Mr. Crocker
 
1933 The Important Witness
Groom
 
1933 Bed of Roses
Floorwalker
 
1933 Torchy's Loud Spooker (short)
 
1933 Professional Sweetheart
Herbert Childress
 
1933 International House
Hotel Manager
 
1933 Dream Stuff (short)
Gordon
 
1933 Torchy Turns Turtle (short)
 
1933 Sweet Cookie (short)
Mr. Clark
 
1933 Sing, Bing, Sing (short)
Herbert - Helen's Fiance
 
1933 Sweepings
Photographer (uncredited)
 
1933 Art in the Raw (short)
Artist
 
1933 Easy on the Eyes (short)
Franklyn Pierce
 
1933 The Singing Boxer (short)
Herbert Brocolli
 
1933 Torchy's Kitty Coup (short)
 
1933 Blue of the Night (short)
Gilbert Sinclair
 
1932 The Human Fish (short)
Albert Hill - Marge's Boyfriend
 
1932 The Half Naked Truth
Hotel Clerk
 
1932 Torchy Rolls His Own (short)
 
1932 Over the Counter (short)
Drake's Assistant
 
1932 Tee for Two (short)
 
1932 Torchy's Busy Day (short)
 
1932 The Giddy Age (short)
George
 
1932 The Singing Plumber (short)
Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1932 What Price Taxi (short)
Taxi Boy
 
1932 Up Popped the Ghost (short)
Charlie
 
1932 The Candid Camera (short)
Jack Townes
 
1932 The Loud Mouth (short)
Freddie Quimby
 
1932 Doctor's Orders (short)
 
1932 Torchy's Two Toots (short)
 
1932 Jimmy's New Yacht (short)
Everett
 
1932 Lighthouse Love (short)
Pvt. Jerry Stone (as Franklyn Pangborn)
 
1932 Torchy Raises the Auntie (short)
 
1932 The Midnight Patrol
 
1932 Torchy's Night Cap (short)
 
1932 A Fool's Advice
Egbert - Hotel Clerk
 
1932 Torchy Turns the Trick (short)
 
1932 Perfect Control (short)
 
1932 Stepping Sisters
Gason
 
1932 Sign Here (short)
 
1931 Hollywood Halfbacks (short)
 
1931 Camping Out (short)
 
1931 Torchy Passes the Buck (short)
 
1931 Torchy (short)
 
1931 A Woman of Experience
Hans - a Sailor
 
1931 Against the Rules (short)
 
1931 Chasing Trouble (short)
 
1931 Rough House Rhythm (short)
 
1931 Hot Wires (short)
 
1931 What a Time (short)
 
1931 It Happened in Hollywood (short)
 
1931 Next Door Neighbors (short)
The Landlord
 
1930 Over the Radio (short)
 
1930 Breakfast in Bed (short)
 
1930 Sunny
Party Guest (uncredited)
 
1930 A Lady Surrenders
Lawton
 
1930 The Doctor's Wife (short)
 
1930 Her Man
Sport
 
1930 Who's the Boss (short)
 
1930 The Chumps (short)
Eddie Gray
 
1930 Cheer Up and Smile
Professor
 
1930 Reno or Bust (short)
The Husband
 
1930 Not So Dumb
Leach
 
1930 Poor Aubrey (short)
Aubrey Piper
 
1929 The Sap
Ed Mason
 
1929 The Crazy Nut (short)
 
1929 Happy Birthday (short)
 
1929 Lady of the Pavements
M'sieu Dubrey, Dance Master
 
1928 The Rush Hour
Troublemaker at Bohemia Cafe (uncredited)
 
1928 On Trial
Turnbull
 
1928 A Blonde for a Night
Hector
 
1927 My Friend from India
William/Tommy Valentine
 
1927 The Girl in the Pullman
Hector Brooks
 
1927 The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
Melville
 
1927 The Cradle Snatchers
Howard Drake
 
1927 Night Bride
John Stockton
 
1927 High Hat
Undetermined Role
 
1927 Getting Gertie's Garter
Algy Brooks
 
1927 Finger Prints
The Bandoline Kid
 
1926 Exit Smiling
Cecil Lovelace
 
1926 The Jelly Fish (short)
The Jelly Fish (as Frank Pangborn)
 
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1939 Broadway Serenade (performer: "High Flyin'" - uncredited, "One Look at You" 1939 - uncredited, "Un Bel Di" 1904 - uncredited)
 
1934 Cockeyed Cavaliers (performer: "News" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1934 My Grandfather's Clock (short) (performer: "How Dry I Am", "The Battle Cry of Freedom", "Goodnight Ladies")
 
1933 International House ("Comin' Thro' the Rye" - uncredited)
 
1930 Poor Aubrey (short) (performer: "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (6 titles)
1954 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Mack Sennett (1954) … Himself
 
1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Comic Actor
– Episode #4.15 (1954) … Himself - Comic Actor
 
1951 Penthouse Party (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.21 (1951) … Himself
 
1943 Stage Door Canteen
Himself
 
1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 1 (documentary short)
Himself
 
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1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary)
 

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Alternate Names:

Franklyn Pangborn | Frank Pangborn

Height:

5' 10½" (1.79 m)
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Star Sign:

Aquarius