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