Franklin Pangborn

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Born Name: Franklin Pangborn Birthday: 1889-01-23 (Year-Month-Day) Website: Spouse(s): Children: Medium: Actor

Franklin Pangborn, Franklin Pangborn (January 23, 1889 – July 20, 1958) was an American comedic character actor. Pangborn was famous for small, but memorable roles, with a comic flair. He appeared in many Preston Sturges movies as well as the W.C. Fields films International House, The Bank Dick, and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break. For his contributions to motion pictures, Pangborn has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 Vine Street.CareerPangborn was born in New Jersey. In the early 1930s, he worked in short subjects for Mack Sennett, Hal Roach, Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, and PathГ©, almost always in support of the leading players. (He played a befuddled photographer opposite Spanky McFarland in the Our Gang short subject Wild Poses, for example.) He also appeared in dozens upon dozens of feature films in small roles, cameos, and in recurring gags of various types.One of those character actors who always played essentially the same character no matter the situation, Pangborn portrayed a fussy type of person, polite, elegant, and highly energetic, often officious, fastidious, somewhat nervous, prone to becoming flustered but essentially upbeat, and with an immediately recognizable high-speed patter-type speech pattern.[citation needed] 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 was comedically flustered by someone elses topsy-turvy antics.Pangborns screen character, which might be described at times as prissy or flighty, was often considered a gay stereotype, although such a topic was too sensitive in his day to be discussed overtly in the dialogue. A rare exception occurred in International House, which was filmed before the Hays Office fully censored filmmaking, and was notable for several risquГ© references (by 1933 standards). In this scene, Fields has just arrived by autogyro at the titular hotel in the Chinese city of Wuhu, but he does not know for sure where he is. Pangborn is the hotel manager:Fields: Where am I?Pangborn: Wu-hu!Fields (giving him a sharp look and removing a flower from his lapel): Dont let the posy fool you!Pangborn was an effective foil for many major comedians, including Fields, Harold Lloyd, Olsen and Johnson, and The Ritz Brothers. He appeared regularly in comedies and musicals of the 1940s. When movie roles became scarce, he worked in television, including a Red Skelton show (in which he played a murderous bandit!) and a This Is Your Life tribute to his old boss, Mack Sennett. Pangborn was very briefly the announcer on Jack Paars Tonight Show, but was fired after the first few weeks for a lack of spontaneous enthusiasm and replaced by Hugh Downs. The first episode is practically the only one that survives completely intact since the others were wiped by the network to save money (except for select clips), the networks policy through the early 1970s, and the show begins with Pangborn enthusiastically reading the introduction with the coda ...and its all live!According to IMDB, Pangborns final public performance came as a supporting player in The Red Skelton Show episode for April 22, 1958.Pangborn died on July 20, 1958 after undergoing cancer surgery.Partial filmographyExit Smiling (1926) - first filmCheer Up and Smile (1930)Not So Dumb (1930)The Loud Mouth (1932)International House (1933)Bed of Roses (1933)Menu (1933)Wild Poses (1933 Little Rascals short)Flying Down to Rio (1933)My Man Godfrey (1936)Easy Living (1937)Stage Door (1937)Bluebeards Eighth Wife (1938)Vivacious Lady (1938)Fours a Crowd (1938)Carefree (1938)Just Around the Corner (1938)Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938 film)5th Ave Girl (1939)Topper Takes a Trip (1939)Christmas in July (1940)The Bank Dick (1940)The Flame of New Orleans (1941)Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)Sullivans Travels (1941)Now, Voyager (1942)George Washington Slept Here (1942)Reveille with Beverly (1943)Holy Matrimony (1943)Crazy House (1943)Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)Romance on the High Seas (1948)My Dream Is Yours (1949)The Story of Mankind (1957)External linksBiography portalWikimedia Commons has media related to: Franklin PangbornFranklin Pangborn at the Internet Movie DatabaseFranklin Pangborn at the Internet Broadway DatabaseFranklin Pangborn at Find a Gravev В· d В· ePreston SturgesBroadwayThe Guinea Pig (writer & prod,1929) В· Strictly Dishonorable (writer,1929) В· Recapture (writer,1930) В· The Well of Romance (musical:book & lyrics,1930) В· Child of Manhattan (writer,1932)1930sThe Big Pond (dialogue,1930) В· La grande mare (dialogue,1930) В· Fast and Loose (addl dialogue,1930) В· Strictly Dishonorable (prev. play,1931) В· They Just Had to Get Married (uncredited,1932) В· Child of Manhattan (prev. play,1933) В· The Power and the Glory (writer & dialogue dir,1933) В· The Invisible Man (uncredited writer,1933) В· Twentieth Century (uncredited,1934) В· Thirty-Day Princess (writer,1934) В· We Live Again (adapter,1934) В· Imitation of Life (uncredited writer,1934) В· The Good Fairy (writer,1935) В· Diamond Jim (writer,1935) В· Next Time We Love (uncredited,1936) В· Love Before Breakfast (uncredited,1936) В· One Rainy Afternoon (lyrics,1936) В· Hotel Haywire (writer,1937) В· Easy Living (writer,1937) В· College Swing (uncredited writer,1938) В· Port of Seven Seas (writer,1938) В· If I Were King (writer,1938) В· Never Say Die (writer,1939)1940sRemember the Night (writer,1940) В· Broadway Melody of 1940 (uncredited,1940) В· The Great McGinty (writer & dir,1940) В· Christmas in July (writer & dir,1940) В· The Lady Eve (writer & dir,1941) В· New York Town (uncredited,1941) В· Sullivans Travels (writer, dir & prod,1941) В· Safeguarding Military Information (writer,1942) В· I Married a Witch (unc. prod,1942) В· The Palm Beach Story (writer & dir,1942) В· Star Spangled Rhythm (actor,1942) В· The Miracle of Morgans Creek (writer, dir, prod, lyrics,1944) В· Hail the Conquering Hero (writer, dir, prod, music, lyrics,1944) В· The Great Moment (writer, dir & unc. prod,1944) В· Ill Be Yours (writer,1947) В· The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (writer, dir & unc. prod,1947) В· Unfaithfully Yours (writer, dir & prod,1948) В· The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (writer, dir & prod,1949)1950sVendetta (unc. writer & unc. dir,1950) В· Strictly Dishonorable (prev. play,1951) В· The French, They Are a Funny Race (writer & dir,1955) В· The Birds and the Bees (prev. screenplay,1956) В· Paris Holiday (actor,1958) В· Rock-A-Bye Baby (prev. screenplay,1958)Broadway &posthumousMake a Wish (musical:book,1951) В· Carnival in Flanders (musical:book & dir.,1953) В· Unfaithfully Yours (prev. screenplay,1984)ActorsUnofficial stock company:  George Anderson  В· Al Bridge  В· Georgia Caine  В· Chester Conklin  В· Jimmy Conlin  В· William Demarest  В· Robert Dudley  В· Byron Foulger  В· Robert Greig  В· Harry Hayden  В· Esther Howard  В· Arthur Hoyt  В· J. Farrell MacDonald  В· George Melford  В· Torben Meyer  В· Charles R. Moore  В· Frank Moran  В· Jack Norton  В· Franklin Pangborn  В· Emory Parnell  В· Victor Potel  В· Dewey Robinson  В· Harry Rosenthal  В· Julius Tannen  В· Max Wagner  В· Robert Warwick  В· Others associated with Sturges:  Sig Arno  В· Luis Alberni  В· Eric Blore  В· Eddie Bracken  В· Brian Donlevy  В· Porter Hall  В· Margaret Hamilton  В· Edgar Kennedy  В· Joel McCrea  В· Lionel Stander  В· Akim Tamiroff  В· Rudy VallГ©e  В· Raymond WalburnPersondataNamePangborn, FranklinAlternative namesShort descriptionActorDate of birth1889-01-23Place of birthNewark, New Jersey, USADate of death1958-07-20 (after surgery)Place of deathSanta Monica, California, USARetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_PangbornCategories: 1889 births | 1958 deaths | Actors from New Jersey | American film actors | Deaths from surgical complications | People from Newark, New JerseyHidden categories: Infobox person using deprecated parameters | Articles with hCards | All articles with unsourced statements 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