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