Franklin Pangborn
| Sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Jan 23, 1889 Newark, NJ |
| Died | Jul 20, 1958 Santa Monica, CA |
| Age | Died at 69 |
| Final Resting PlaceForest Lawn (Glendale) | |
Franklin Pangborn | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1926-1958 |
| Known for | Prissy hotel managers, bankers, dress-shop managers or floorwalkers |
| Top Roles | The Tailor, Guthrie, Hotel Manager, Harcourt, Sourpuss Manager |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Romance, Musical, Drama, Film Adaptation, Short Films |
| Top Topics | Screwball Comedy, Romance (Comic), Book-Based |
| Top Collaborators | Preston Sturges (Director), Gregory La Cava (Director), Michael Curtiz (Director), Arthur Hoyt |
| Shares birthday with | Randolph Scott, Raymond Griffith, David Hand see more.. |
Franklin Pangborn Overview:
Legendary character actor, Franklin Pangborn, was born on Jan 23, 1889 in Newark, NJ. Pangborn died at the age of 69 on Jul 20, 1958 in Santa Monica, CA and was laid to rest in Forest Lawn (Glendale) Cemetery in Glendale, CA.
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Franklin Pangborn was an American character comedian who always looked as though he had detected a bad smell in the room and frequently behaved as if whatever he was doing was way beneath him. He was the height of prissiness as hotel managers, bankers, dress-shop managers or floorwalkers. He had his routine to perfection, and could make audiences laugh even in the midst of a bad film. Unbelievably, in his early theatrical days, he was once typed as a villain.
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).HONORS and AWARDS:
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Pangborn was never nominated for an Academy Award.
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By smumcountry on Jun 8, 2013 From Smum CountyJune 8, 2013 by smumcounty got his start in acting on Broadway in the 1910’s. But it wasn’t until he began working in Hollywood in the late 20’s that he perfected his comic character making shorts for Mack Sennet, Hal Roach, and others. He graduated to feature fi... Read full article
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By smumcountry on Jun 8, 2013 From Smum CountyJune 8, 2013 by smumcounty got his start in acting on Broadway in the 1910’s. But it wasn’t until he began working in Hollywood in the late 20’s that he perfected his comic character making shorts for Mack Sennet, Hal Roach, and others. He graduated to feature fi... Read full article
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Franklin Pangborn Quotes:
Waters: [to the police] Solitary confinement for me! Lock me up and throw away the key! I come, I come happy!
Rio hotel clerk: What if there IS blood shed in 314? We're going to do the whole third floor over anyhow.
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