Franklin Pangborn

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1889-01-23 (69 years old)

Deathday

1958-07-20

Place of Birth

Newark, New Jersey, USA

Franklin Pangborn

Biography

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 p...

Acting

1940

The Bank Dick

as J. Pinkerton Snoopington

1947

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

as Formfit Franklin

1934

King Kelly of the U.S.A.

as J. Ashton Brockton

1949

My Dream Is Yours

as Sourpuss Manager

1937

A Star Is Born

as Billy Moon (uncredited)

1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as The Tailor (uncredited)

1938

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

as Assistant Hotel Manager

1942

1942

Now, Voyager

as Mr. Thompson

1940

Christmas in July

as Don Hartman - Radio Announcer

1944

Hail the Conquering Hero

as Reception Committee Chairman

1944

The Great Moment

as Dr. Heywood

1938

Carefree

as Roland Hunter

1941

Tillie the Toiler

as Perry Tweedale

1957

The Story of Mankind

as Marquis de Varennes

1948

Romance on the High Seas

as Rio Hotel Clerk

1937

Stage Door

as Harcourt

1939

1941

Sullivan's Travels

as Mr. Casalsis

1938

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

as Hamilton Montmarcy

1936

1945

The Horn Blows at Midnight

as Radio Engineer / Sloan

1938

Four's a Crowd

as Preston

1937

Easy Living

as Van Buren

1938

Topper Takes a Trip

as Louis - Hotel Manager

1933

Trying Out Torchy

as Office manager

1945

1933

Design for Living

as Mr. Douglas

1932

The Half-Naked Truth

as Hotel Clerk

1943

Reveille with Beverly

as Vernon Lewis (uncredited)

1934

Cockeyed Cavaliers

as Town Crier

1947

I'll Be Yours

as Barber

1931

Blue of the Night

as Gilbert Sinclair

1939

Broadway Serenade

as Gene, Collier's Composer

1932

A Fool's Advice

as Egbert - Hotel Clerk

1930

Her Man

as Sport

1937

Danger – Love at Work

as Train dining car headwaiter

1947

Calendar Girl

as Dilly Dillingsworth

1937

1942

Obliging Young Lady

as Professor Gibney

1943

Holy Matrimony

as Duncan Farll

1934

Manhattan Love Song

as Garrett Wetherby

1933

Menu

as John Xavier Omsk (uncredited)

1934

Tomorrow's Youth

as Thornton

1945

Tell It to a Star

as Horace Lovelace

1937

All Over Town

as The Costumer

1933

Sweepings

as Photographer (Uncredited)

1933

Dream Stuff

as Gordon

1927

My Friend from India

as William / Tommy Valentine

1941

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

as Pet Shop Owner

1927

Cradle Snatchers

as Howard Drake

1938

The Girl Downstairs

as Adolf Pumpfel

1936

Hats Off

as Mr. Churchill

1930

Not So Dumb

as Leach

1936

Tango

as Oscar, the Photographer

1930

The Chumps

as Eddie Gray

1932

1931

Torchy Passes the Buck

as Office Manager

1932

Torchy Turns the Trick

as Office Manager

1931

Torchy

as Office Manager

1932

Torchy's Night Cap

as Office Manager

1932

Torchy's Two Toots

as Office Manager

1932

Torchy Raises the Auntie

as Office Manager

1932

Torchy Rolls His Own

as Office Manager

1932

Torchy's Busy Day

as Office Manager

1933

Torchy's Kitty Coup

as Office Manager

1933

Torchy's Loud Spooker

as Office Manager

1933

Torchy Turns Turtle

as Office Manager

1937

High Hat

as Renaldo Breton

1946

Lover Come Back

as Hotel desk clerk

1934

Flirtation

as Veterinarian

1941

Weekend for Three

as Number Seven, Old Field Inn Waiter

1932

Tee for Two

as Henry

1937

1937

She's Dangerous

as Fashion Designer

1937

Rich Relations

as Mr. Dwight

1938

Doctor Rhythm

as Mr. Stenchfield (Store Clerk)

1937

It's All Yours

as Schultz

1938

Always Goodbye

as Bicycle Salesman

1930

Cheer Up and Smile

as Professor

1938

1930

1940

Spring Parade

as Wiedlemeyer

1930

1932

Over the Counter

as Drake's Assistant

1945

You Came Along

as Hotel Clerk

1938

Joy of Living

as Orchestra Leader

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1927

1945

Hollywood Victory Caravan

as Railroad Agent

1932

What Price Taxi

as Taxi Boy

1935

1938

Vivacious Lady

as Apartment Manager

1933

Easy on the Eyes

as Franklyn Pierce

1933

Bed of Roses

as Floorwalker

1937

Dangerous Number

as Hotel Desk Clerk

1937

Living on Love

as Ogilvie O. Oglethorpe

1929

The Sap

as Ed Mason

1934

Young and Beautiful

as Radio Announcer

1937

I'll Take Romance

as Kane's Secretary

1940

Turnabout

as Mr. Pingboom

1935

Eight Bells

as Finch

1937

1936

1940

1942

1944

My Best Gal

as Mr. Porter

1935

She Married Her Boss

as Window Dresser (uncredited)

1933

Parachute Jumper

as Man in Private Office (uncredited)

1936

Give Us This Night

as Forcellini's Secretary

1942

What's Cookin'?

as Professor Bistell

1937

Love on Toast

as Finley

1943

Stage Door Canteen

as Franklin Pangborn

1935

$1,000 a Minute

as Reville

1937

When Love Is Young

as John Dorman

1944

Allergic to Love

as Stewart Ives III

1943

1943

Honeymoon Lodge

as Cathcart

1934

1949

The Eternal Melody

as The Cat Lover

1933

International House

as Hotel Manager

1931

1946

Two Guys from Milwaukee

as Theatre Manager

1933

Flying Down to Rio

as Hammerstein (uncredited)

1926

Exit Smiling

as Cecil Lovelace

1930

Sunny

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1934

Unknown Blonde

as Male Co-Respondent

1936

1930

Poor Aubrey

as Aubrey Piper

1958

The Unchained Goddess

as the Cloud Painter (voice)

1935

1933

Wild Poses

as Otto Phocus

1933

Headline Shooter

as Adolphus G. Crocker

1928

On Trial

as Turnbull

1937

Thrill of a Lifetime

as Sam Williams

1934

College Rhythm

as Peabody

1936

Swing Banditry

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

1932

The Giddy Age

as George

1940

Public Deb No. 1

as Bartender

1943

Two Weeks to Live

as Mr. Pinkney

1936

My Man Godfrey

as Guthrie (uncredited)

1933

1937

Bad Housekeeping

as Piano Tuner

1927

The Girl in the Pullman

as Hector Brooks

1945

See My Lawyer

as B.J. Wagonhorn

1937

She Had to Eat

as Mr. Phoecian-Wylie

1941

Bachelor Daddy

as Williams, Club Manager

1943

Crazy House

as Hotel Clerk

1944

Reckless Age

as Mr. Thurtle

1935

She Couldn't Take It

as Spot's Secretary

1927

Finger Prints

as The Bandoline Kid

1933

Only Yesterday

as Tom (Uncredited)

1932

Lighthouse Love

as Pvt. Jerry Stone

1934

Imitation of Life

as Mr. Carven (uncredited)

1937

Step Lively, Jeeves!

as Head Waiter

1939

1932

Lighthouse Love

as Pvt. Jerry Stone

1934

Many Happy Returns

as Allen's Secretary

1934

Strictly Dynamite

as Mr. Bailey

1942

1929

Lady of the Pavements

as M'sieu Dubrey, Dance Master

1940

The Villain Still Pursued Her

as Bartender (uncredited)

1935

1949

Down Memory Lane

as (archive footage)

1935

She Married Her Boss

as Window Dresser

1934

That's Gratitude

as Photographer

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