Franklin Pangborn
Biography
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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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-01-23
Place of birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
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Cast
The Bank Dick
1940
6.50
Reno or Bust
1930
0.00
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
6.30
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934
4.00
My Dream Is Yours
1949
6.40
A Star Is Born
1937
7.20
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
7.50
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938
7.00
The Palm Beach Story
1942
7.00
Now, Voyager
1942
7.35
Christmas in July
1940
6.92
George Washington Slept Here
1942
6.30
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
7.02
The Great Moment
1944
5.64
Carefree
1938
6.56
Tillie the Toiler
1941
0.00
The Story of Mankind
1957
4.28
Just Around the Corner
1938
5.50
The Flame of New Orleans
1941
6.41
Romance on the High Seas
1948
6.70
Stage Door
1937
7.00
Fifth Avenue Girl
1939
6.92
Sullivan's Travels
1941
7.40
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938
6.70
The Mandarin Mystery
1936
4.77
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
5.65
Four's a Crowd
1938
4.81
Easy Living
1937
7.07
Topper Takes a Trip
1938
6.54
Trying Out Torchy
1933
0.00
Hollywood and Vine
1945
4.00
Design for Living
1933
7.10
The Half-Naked Truth
1932
4.77
Reveille with Beverly
1943
7.00
Swing High, Swing Low
1937
5.10
Cockeyed Cavaliers
1934
5.25
I'll Be Yours
1947
6.00
Blue of the Night
1931
5.70
Broadway Serenade
1939
6.20
A Fool's Advice
1932
5.50
Her Man
1930
5.11
Danger – Love at Work
1937
7.33
Calendar Girl
1947
5.40
It Happened in Hollywood
1937
6.10
Obliging Young Lady
1942
5.00
Holy Matrimony
1943
6.60
Art in the Raw
1933
1.00
A Blonde for a Night
1928
5.10
Manhattan Love Song
1934
5.30
Menu
1933
5.10
Tomorrow's Youth
1934
0.00
Tell It to a Star
1945
0.00
All Over Town
1937
6.20
Sweepings
1933
5.10
Dream Stuff
1933
5.50
My Friend from India
1927
5.00
The Loud Mouth
1932
6.00
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
4.70
Cradle Snatchers
1927
2.70
The Girl Downstairs
1938
4.10
Hats Off
1936
3.70
Not So Dumb
1930
5.10
Tango
1936
5.00
The Chumps
1930
1.00
Jimmy's New Yacht
1932
1.00
Torchy Passes the Buck
1931
0.00
Torchy Turns the Trick
1932
0.00
Torchy
1931
0.00
Torchy's Night Cap
1932
0.00
Torchy's Two Toots
1932
0.00
Torchy Raises the Auntie
1932
0.00
Torchy Rolls His Own
1932
0.00
Torchy's Busy Day
1932
0.00
Torchy's Kitty Coup
1933
0.00
Torchy's Loud Spooker
1933
0.00
Torchy Turns Turtle
1933
0.00
Professional Sweetheart
1933
5.00
High Hat
1937
5.00
Lover Come Back
1946
6.20
Flirtation
1934
4.90
Weekend for Three
1941
5.70
Tee for Two
1932
0.00
Dangerous Holiday
1937
1.00
She's Dangerous
1937
5.00
Rich Relations
1937
4.00
Doctor's Orders
1932
0.00
Doctor Rhythm
1938
6.00
It's All Yours
1937
4.50
Always Goodbye
1938
6.80
Cheer Up and Smile
1930
0.00
Three Blind Mice
1938
6.00
Breakfast in Bed
1930
0.00
Spring Parade
1940
6.70
A Lady Surrenders
1930
2.70
Over the Counter
1932
3.75
You Came Along
1945
7.00
The Important Witness
1933
5.00
Joy of Living
1938
5.71
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
10.00
Getting Gertie's Garter
1927
7.30
Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945
5.20
What Price Taxi
1932
1.00
Call Out the Marines
1942
4.00
The Captain Hits the Ceiling
1935
0.00
Vivacious Lady
1938
7.00
Easy on the Eyes
1933
0.00
She Married an Artist
1937
0.00
A Woman of Experience
1931
5.20
Doughnuts and Society
1936
0.00
The Life of the Party
1937
5.20
Bed of Roses
1933
6.07
Dangerous Number
1937
4.33
Living on Love
1937
6.00
The Sap
1929
0.00
Young and Beautiful
1934
4.00
We Have Our Moments
1937
5.80
I'll Take Romance
1937
5.00
Turnabout
1940
5.81
Eight Bells
1935
6.00
The Lady Escapes
1937
0.00
Three Smart Girls
1936
6.40
Hit Parade of 1941
1940
5.50
Moonlight Masquerade
1942
5.00
My Best Gal
1944
0.00
She Married Her Boss
1935
7.00
Parachute Jumper
1933
5.89
Give Us This Night
1936
7.00
What's Cookin'?
1942
5.50
Love on Toast
1937
5.50
Stage Door Canteen
1943
6.10
$1,000 a Minute
1935
5.80
When Love Is Young
1937
0.00
Where Did You Get That Girl?
1941
5.00
Allergic to Love
1944
0.00
Never a Dull Moment
1943
6.00
Honeymoon Lodge
1943
0.00
My Grandfather's Clock
1934
7.00
The Eternal Melody
1949
0.00
International House
1933
5.50
To Mary - with Love
1936
4.50
Next Door Neighbors
1931
0.00
Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946
4.44
Flying Down to Rio
1933
6.20
Exit Smiling
1926
7.90
Sunny
1930
6.50
Unknown Blonde
1934
1.00
Don't Gamble with Love
1936
0.00
Poor Aubrey
1930
5.00
The Unchained Goddess
1958
7.00
Hollywood Trouble
1935
0.00
Wild Poses
1933
7.46
Headline Shooter
1933
6.20
On Trial
1928
6.00
Thrill of a Lifetime
1937
5.00
College Rhythm
1934
4.67
Swing Banditry
1936
0.00
The Giddy Age
1932
0.00
Public Deb No. 1
1940
4.40
Two Weeks to Live
1943
2.00
My Man Godfrey
1936
7.55
Sing, Bing, Sing
1933
5.60
Bad Housekeeping
1937
0.00
The Girl in the Pullman
1927
0.00
See My Lawyer
1945
6.00
She Had to Eat
1937
5.00
Bachelor Daddy
1941
0.00
Crazy House
1943
5.00
Reckless Age
1944
0.00
She Couldn't Take It
1935
4.50
Finger Prints
1927
0.00
Only Yesterday
1933
6.80
Lighthouse Love
1932
0.00
Imitation of Life
1934
7.00
Step Lively, Jeeves!
1937
4.70
Lighthouse Love
1932
5.50
Many Happy Returns
1934
5.30
Strictly Dynamite
1934
5.30
Strictly in the Groove
1942
0.00
Lady of the Pavements
1929
4.60
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
4.83
The Headline Woman
1935
4.00
Down Memory Lane
1949
0.00
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
0.00
The Luckiest Girl in the World
1936
7.50
She Married Her Boss
1935
7.00
That's Gratitude
1934
0.00
The Candid Camera
1932
0.00
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
1927
0.00