Franklin Pangborn

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Newark, New Jersey, USA , 1889-01-23

Died: 1958-07-20

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1926	Exit Smiling	Cecil Lovelace	79
2	1927	Finger Prints	The Bandoline Kid	0
3	1927	Getting Gertie's Garter	Algy Brooks	73
4	1927	Cradle Snatchers	Howard Drake	35
5	1927	The Girl in the Pullman	Hector Brooks	0
6	1927	My Friend from India	William / Tommy Valentine	50
7	1928	A Blonde for a Night	Hector	51
8	1928	On Trial	Turnbull	60
9	1929	Lady of the Pavements	M'sieu Dubrey, Dance Master	46
10	1929	The Sap	Ed Mason	0
11	1930	Poor Aubrey	Aubrey Piper	50
12	1930	Not So Dumb	Leach	51
13	1930	Reno or Bust		0
14	1930	Cheer Up and Smile	Professor	0
15	1930	The Chumps	Eddie Gray	10
16	1930	Her Man	Sport	53
17	1930	A Lady Surrenders	Lawton	35
18	1930	Sunny	Party Guest (uncredited)	50
19	1930	Breakfast in Bed	John	0
20	1931	Next Door Neighbors	Landlord	0
21	1931	A Woman of Experience	Hans	52
22	1931	Blue of the Night	Gilbert Sinclair	57
23	1931	Torchy	Office Manager	0
24	1931	Torchy Passes the Buck	Office Manager	0
25	1931	Hollywood Halfbacks		0
26	1932	Torchy Turns the Trick	Office Manager	0
27	1932	A Fool's Advice	Egbert - Hotel Clerk	55
28	1932	Torchy's Night Cap	Office Manager	0
29	1932	Torchy Raises the Auntie	Office Manager	0
30	1932	Lighthouse Love	Pvt. Jerry Stone	0
31	1932	Lighthouse Love	Pvt. Jerry Stone	55
32	1932	Jimmy's New Yacht	Everett	10
33	1932	Torchy's Two Toots	Office Manager	0
34	1932	Doctor's Orders		0
35	1932	The Loud Mouth		60
36	1932	What Price Taxi	Taxi Boy	10
37	1932	The Giddy Age	George	0
38	1932	Torchy's Busy Day	Office Manager	0
39	1932	Tee for Two	Henry	0
40	1932	Over the Counter	Drake's Assistant	47
41	1932	Torchy Rolls His Own	Office Manager	0
42	1932	The Half-Naked Truth	Hotel Clerk	52
43	1933	Torchy's Kitty Coup	Office Manager	0
44	1933	Parachute Jumper	Man in Private Office (uncredited)	61
45	1933	Easy on the Eyes	Franklyn Pierce	0
46	1933	Art in the Raw		10
47	1933	Sing, Bing, Sing	Herbert	56
48	1933	Sweepings	Photographer (Uncredited)	58
49	1933	Torchy Turns Turtle	Office Manager	0
50	1933	Dream Stuff	Gordon	55
51	1933	International House	Hotel Manager	53
52	1933	Professional Sweetheart	Herbert Childress	50
53	1933	Torchy's Loud Spooker	Office Manager	0
54	1933	Bed of Roses	Floorwalker	63
55	1933	The Important Witness	Groom	50
56	1933	Headline Shooter	Adolphus G. Crocker	58
57	1933	Trying Out Torchy	Office manager	0
58	1933	Menu	John Xavier Omsk (uncredited)	52
59	1933	Wild Poses	Otto Phocus	78
60	1933	Only Yesterday	Tom (Uncredited)	68
61	1933	Flying Down to Rio	Hammerstein (uncredited)	62
62	1933	Design for Living	Mr. Douglas	72
63	1934	Unknown Blonde	Male Co-Respondent	10
64	1934	Manhattan Love Song	Garrett Wetherby	52
65	1934	Strictly Dynamite	Mr. Bailey	53
66	1934	Many Happy Returns	Allen's Secretary	53
67	1934	Cockeyed Cavaliers	Town Crier	60
68	1934	King Kelly of the U.S.A.	J. Ashton Brockton	35
69	1934	Young and Beautiful	Radio Announcer	45
70	1934	That's Gratitude	Photographer	0
71	1934	Tomorrow's Youth	Thornton	0
72	1934	My Grandfather's Clock	Dr. Watkins	70
73	1934	Flirtation	Veterinarian	44
74	1934	College Rhythm	Peabody	47
75	1934	Imitation of Life	Mr. Carven (uncredited)	70
76	1935	Hollywood Trouble	Tailor	0
77	1935	Eight Bells	Finch	60
78	1935	The Headline Woman	Hamilton	50
79	1935	The Captain Hits the Ceiling	Jimmy Martin	0
80	1935	She Married Her Boss	Window Dresser (uncredited)	70
81	1935	She Married Her Boss	Window Dresser	70
82	1935	She Couldn't Take It	Spot's Secretary	45
83	1935	$1,000 a Minute	Reville	55
84	1936	Tango	Oscar, the Photographer	50
85	1936	Don't Gamble with Love	Salesman	0
86	1936	Give Us This Night	Forcellini's Secretary	70
87	1936	Doughnuts and Society	Benson	0
88	1936	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	The Tailor (uncredited)	75
89	1936	To Mary - with Love	Guest	45
90	1936	My Man Godfrey	Guthrie (uncredited)	76
91	1936	Swing Banditry	Radio Announcer (uncredited)	0
92	1936	The Luckiest Girl in the World	Cashier	75
93	1936	Hats Off	Mr. Churchill	50
94	1936	Three Smart Girls	Jeweler	64
95	1936	The Mandarin Mystery	Mellish	50
96	1937	High Hat	Renaldo Breton	50
97	1937	Dangerous Number	Hotel Desk Clerk	50
98	1937	She's Dangerous	Fashion Designer	50
99	1937	Rich Relations	Mr. Dwight	0
100	1937	Bad Housekeeping	Piano Tuner	0
101	1937	Swing High, Swing Low	Henri	51
102	1937	When Love Is Young	John Dorman	0
103	1937	We Have Our Moments	Joe	58
104	1937	A Star Is Born	Billy Moon (uncredited)	71
105	1937	Dangerous Holiday	Doffle	0
106	1937	Step Lively, Jeeves!	Head Waiter	47
107	1937	She Had to Eat	Mr. Phoecian-Wylie	50
108	1937	Easy Living	Van Buren	70
109	1937	The Lady Escapes	Pierre	0
110	1937	All Over Town	The Costumer	72
111	1937	It's All Yours	Schultz	50
112	1937	The Life of the Party	Beggs	52
113	1937	It Happened in Hollywood	Mr. Forsythe	61
114	1937	Danger – Love at Work	Train dining car headwaiter	73
115	1937	Stage Door	Harcourt	70
116	1937	Living on Love	Ogilvie O. Oglethorpe	58
117	1937	I'll Take Romance	Kane's Secretary	50
118	1937	She Married an Artist	Paul	0
119	1937	Love on Toast	Finley	55
120	1937	Thrill of a Lifetime	Sam Williams	50
121	1938	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm	Hamilton Montmarcy	67
122	1938	Bluebeard's Eighth Wife	Assistant Hotel Manager	70
123	1938	Doctor Rhythm	Mr. Stenchfield (Store Clerk)	60
124	1938	Joy of Living	Orchestra Leader	57
125	1938	Vivacious Lady	Apartment Manager	68
126	1938	Three Blind Mice	Clerk	60
127	1938	Always Goodbye	Bicycle Salesman	68
128	1938	Four's a Crowd	Preston	51
129	1938	Carefree	Roland Hunter	66
130	1938	Just Around the Corner	Waters	55
131	1938	The Girl Downstairs	Adolf Pumpfel	45
132	1938	Topper Takes a Trip	Louis - Hotel Manager	64
133	1939	Broadway Serenade	Gene, Collier's Composer	62
134	1939	Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8	Franklin Pangborn	40
135	1939	Fifth Avenue Girl	Higgins	70
136	1940	Turnabout	Mr. Pingboom	60
137	1940	Public Deb No. 1	Bartender	42
138	1940	Spring Parade	Wiedlemeyer	68
139	1940	The Villain Still Pursued Her	Bartender (uncredited)	51
140	1940	Hit Parade of 1941	Carter	53
141	1940	Christmas in July	Don Hartman - Radio Announcer	69
142	1940	The Bank Dick	J. Pinkerton Snoopington	65
143	1941	Where Did You Get That Girl?	Digby	50
144	1941	A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob	Pet Shop Owner	47
145	1941	Bachelor Daddy	Williams, Club Manager	0
146	1941	The Flame of New Orleans	Bellows	60
147	1941	Tillie the Toiler	Perry Tweedale	0
148	1941	Never Give a Sucker an Even Break	The Producer	68
149	1941	Sullivan's Travels	Mr. Casalsis	74
150	1941	Weekend for Three	Number Seven, Old Field Inn Waiter	57
151	1941	Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case	Charley Towne	60
152	1942	Call Out the Marines	Wilbur	40
153	1942	What's Cookin'?	Professor Bistell	55
154	1942	Obliging Young Lady	Professor Gibney	50
155	1942	Moonlight Masquerade	Fairchild	50
156	1942	The Palm Beach Story	Manager	70
157	1942	Now, Voyager	Mr. Thompson	73
158	1942	George Washington Slept Here	Mr. Gibney	63
159	1942	Strictly in the Groove	Cathcart	0
160	1943	Reveille with Beverly	Vernon Lewis (uncredited)	70
161	1943	Two Weeks to Live	Mr. Pinkney	20
162	1943	Stage Door Canteen	Franklin Pangborn	61
163	1943	Honeymoon Lodge	Cathcart	0
164	1943	Holy Matrimony	Duncan Farll	67
165	1943	Crazy House	Hotel Clerk	50
166	1943	Never a Dull Moment	Sylvester	60
167	1944	My Best Gal	Mr. Porter	0
168	1944	The Great Moment	Dr. Heywood	58
169	1944	Allergic to Love	Stewart Ives III	0
170	1944	Reckless Age	Mr. Thurtle	0
171	1944	Hail the Conquering Hero	Reception Committee Chairman	70
172	1945	See My Lawyer	B.J. Wagonhorn	60
173	1945	Hollywood and Vine	Reggie	44
174	1945	The Horn Blows at Midnight	Radio Engineer / Sloan	58
175	1945	You Came Along	Hotel Clerk	70
176	1945	Tell It to a Star	Horace Lovelace	0
177	1945	Hollywood Victory Caravan	Railroad Agent	52
178	1946	Lover Come Back	Hotel desk clerk	62
179	1946	Two Guys from Milwaukee	Theatre Manager	48
180	1947	Calendar Girl	Dilly Dillingsworth	59
181	1947	I'll Be Yours	Barber	60
182	1947	The Sin of Harold Diddlebock	Formfit Franklin	63
183	1948	Romance on the High Seas	Rio Hotel Clerk	67
184	1949	My Dream Is Yours	Sourpuss Manager	65
185	1949	Down Memory Lane	(archive footage)	0
186	1949	The Eternal Melody	The Cat Lover	0
187	1957	The Story of Mankind	Marquis de Varennes	46
188	1958	The Unchained Goddess	the Cloud Painter (voice)	70
189	1984	Going Hollywood: The '30s	(archive footage)	100

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	70
2	1952	This Is Your Life	Self	66
3	1952	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet	Mr. Canfield (uncredited)	61
4	1954	Hey Mulligan	Mr. Bean	67
5	1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Self - Announcer	65