Bluebeard's 8th Wife1938
As Assistant Hotel Manager
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Franklin Pangborn
Born
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.
Filmography (192)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town1936
As The Tailor (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
A Star Is Born1937
As Billy Moon (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Flying Down to Rio1933
As Hammerstein (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
My Man Godfrey1936
As Guthrie (uncredited)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Sullivan's Travels1941
As Mr. Casalsis
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Palm Beach Story1942
As Manager
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Vivacious Lady1938
As Apartment Manager
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Now, Voyager1942
As Mr. Thompson
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Stage Door1937
As Harcourt
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Romance on the High Seas1948
As Rio Hotel Clerk
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Lighthouse Love1932
As Pvt. Jerry Stone
My Dream Is Yours1949
As Sourpuss Manager
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Flame of New Orleans1941
As Bellows
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock1947
As Formfit Franklin
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Easy Living1937
As Van Buren
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Story of Mankind1957
As Marquis de Varennes
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Carefree1938
As Roland Hunter
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm1938
As Hamilton Montmarcy
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Bank Dick1940
As J. Pinkerton Snoopington
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Topper Takes a Trip1938
As Louis - Hotel Manager
TMDb 6.6 / 10
She Married Her Boss1935
As Window Dresser (uncredited), Window Dresser
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Hail the Conquering Hero1944
As Reception Committee Chairman
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Design for Living1933
As Mr. Douglas
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Eternal Melody
The Eternal Melody1949
As The Cat Lover
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Professional Sweetheart1933
As Herbert
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Imitation of Life1934
As Mr. Carven (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Fifth Avenue Girl1939
As Higgins
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Bob Hope's World of Comedy1976
As Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s1984
As (archive footage)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Her Man1930
As Sport
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Danger – Love at Work1937
As Train dining car headwaiter
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Christmas in July1940
As Don Hartman - Radio Announcer
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Four's a Crowd1938
As Preston
TMDb 5.5 / 10
She Couldn't Take It1935
As Spot's Secretary
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Hit Parade of 19411940
As Carter
TMDb 6.2 / 10
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob1941
As Pet Shop Owner
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Cockeyed Cavaliers1934
As Town Crier
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Joy of Living1938
As Orchestra Leader
TMDb 5.9 / 10
We Have Our Moments1937
As Joe (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Three Smart Girls1936
As Jeweler
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Stage Door Canteen1943
As Franklin Pangborn
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Two Guys from Milwaukee1946
As Theatre Manager
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Where Did You Get That Girl?1941
As Digby
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Horn Blows at Midnight1945
As Radio Engineer / Sloan
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Swing High, Swing Low1937
As Henri
TMDb 5.3 / 10
I'll Take Romance1937
As Kane's Secretary
TMDb 6.3 / 10
$1,000 a Minute1935
As Reville
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break1941
As The Producer
TMDb 7.0 / 10
She Had to Eat1937
As Mr. Phoecian-Wylie
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Hollywood Victory Caravan1945
As Railroad Agent
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Villain Still Pursued Her1940
As Bartender (uncredited)
TMDb 5.2 / 10
To Mary - with Love1936
As Guest
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Half-Naked Truth1932
As Hotel Clerk
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Bed of Roses1933
As Floorwalker
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Cheer Up and Smile1930
As Professor
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Don't Gamble with Love1936
As Salesman
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Life of the Party1937
As Beggs
TMDb 6.2 / 10
A Woman of Experience1931
As Hans
TMDb 6.2 / 10
When Love Is Young1937
As John Dorman
TMDb 10.0 / 10
International House1933
As Hotel Manager
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Holy Matrimony1943
As Duncan Farll
TMDb 6.8 / 10
It Happened in Hollywood1937
As Mr. Forsythe
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Turn Off the Moon1937
As Mr. Perkins
TMDb 8.0 / 10
George Washington Slept Here1942
As Mr. Gibney
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Public Deb No. 11940
As Bartender
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Obliging Young Lady1942
As Professor Gibney
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Bachelor Daddy1941
As Williams
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Unknown Blonde1934
As Male Co-Respondent
TMDb 3.3 / 10
Exit Smiling1926
As Cecil Lovelace
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Give Us This Night1936
As Forcellini's Secretary
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Always Goodbye1938
As Bicycle Salesman
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Two Weeks to Live1943
As Mr. Pinkney
TMDb 4.5 / 10
The Great Moment1944
As Dr. Heywood
TMDb 5.9 / 10
You Came Along1945
As Hotel Clerk
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Luckiest Girl in the World1936
As Cashier
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Just Around the Corner1938
As Waters
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Getting Gertie's Garter1927
As Algy Brooks
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Tell It to a Star1945
As Horace Lovelace
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Broadway Serenade1939
As Gene, Collier's Composer
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Down Memory Lane1949
As Gilbert Sinclair
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Thrill of a Lifetime1937
As Sam Williams
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Moonlight Masquerade1942
As Fairchild
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Parachute Jumper1933
As Man in Private Office (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 81939
As Franklin Pangborn
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Calendar Girl1947
As Dilly Dillingsworth
TMDb 5.6 / 10
She's Dangerous1937
As Fashion Designer
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case1941
As Charley Towne
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Menu1933
As John Xavier Omsk (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
See My Lawyer1945
As B.J. Wagonhorn
TMDb 7.3 / 10
My Grandfather's Clock
My Grandfather's Clock1934
As Dr. Watkins
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Call Out the Marines1942
As Wilbur
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Reveille with Beverly1943
As Vernon Lewis (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Strictly in the Groove1942
As Cathcart
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Spring Parade1940
As Wiedlemeyer
TMDb 6.9 / 10
She Married an Artist1937
As Paul
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Doctor Rhythm1938
As Mr. Stenchfield (Store Clerk)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
My Friend from India1927
As William / Tommy Valentine
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Finger Prints1927
As The Bandoline Kid
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Poor Aubrey1930
As Aubrey Piper
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Crazy House1943
As Hotel Clerk
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Unchained Goddess
The Unchained Goddess1958
As the Cloud Painter (voice)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Tango
Tango1936
As Oscar, the Photographer
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Lady of the Pavements1929
As M'sieu Dubrey, Dance Master
TMDb 5.2 / 10
King Kelly of the U.S.A.1934
As J. Ashton Brockton
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Reckless Age1944
As Mr. Thurtle
TMDb 9.0 / 10
A Fool's Advice1932
As Egbert - Hotel Clerk
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Living on Love1937
As Ogilvie O. Oglethorpe
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Only Yesterday1933
As Tom (Uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Turnabout1940
As Mr. Pingboom
TMDb 6.0 / 10
It's All Yours1937
As Schultz
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Mandarin Mystery1936
As Mellish
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Strictly Dynamite1934
As Mr. Bailey
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Not So Dumb1930
As Leach
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Sweepings1933
As Photographer (Uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Candid Camera
The Candid Camera1932
As Jack Townes
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Eight Bells1935
As Finch
TMDb 6.5 / 10
I'll Be Yours1947
As Barber
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary1927
As Melville
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Lover Come Back1946
As Hotel desk clerk
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Loud Mouth1932
TMDb 6.8 / 10
What's Cookin'?1942
As Professor Bistell
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Lady Surrenders1930
As Lawton
TMDb 4.5 / 10
The Girl Downstairs1938
As Adolf Pumpfel
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Weekend for Three1941
As Number Seven, Old Field Inn Waiter
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Lady Escapes1937
As Pierre
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Never a Dull Moment1943
As Sylvester
TMDb 7.0 / 10
All Over Town1937
As The Costumer
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Young and Beautiful1934
As Radio Announcer
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Hollywood Halfbacks
Hollywood Halfbacks1931
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Step Lively, Jeeves!1937
As Head Waiter
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Cradle Snatchers1927
As Howard Drake
TMDb 3.8 / 10
The Girl in the Pullman1927
As Hector Brooks
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Easy on the Eyes
Easy on the Eyes1933
As Franklyn Pierce
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Wild Poses1933
As Otto Phocus
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Three Blind Mice1938
As Clerk
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Sing, Bing, Sing1933
As Herbert
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Dream Stuff
Dream Stuff1933
As Gordon
TMDb 6.0 / 10
College Rhythm1934
As Peabody
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Dangerous Number1937
As Hotel Desk Clerk
TMDb 4.9 / 10
A Blonde for a Night1928
As Hector
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Sap1929
As Ed Mason
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Dangerous Holiday1937
As Doffle
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Doughnuts and Society1936
As Benson
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Tomorrow's Youth1934
As Thornton
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Headline Woman1935
As Hamilton
TMDb 4.6 / 10
The Captain Hits the Ceiling
The Captain Hits the Ceiling1935
As Jimmy Martin
TMDb 7.0 / 10
My Best Gal1944
As Mr. Porter
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Jimmy's New Yacht1932
As Everett
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Blue of the Night1931
As Gilbert Sinclair
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Torchy
Torchy1931
As Office Manager
Headline Shooter1933
As Adolphus G. Crocker
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Giddy Age
The Giddy Age1932
As George
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Honeymoon Lodge1943
As Cathcart
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Important Witness1933
As Groom
TMDb 7.5 / 10
What Price Taxi1932
As Taxi Boy
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Reno or Bust
Reno or Bust1930
Hollywood Trouble
Hollywood Trouble1935
As Tailor
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Flirtation1934
As Veterinarian
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Many Happy Returns1934
As Allen's Secretary
TMDb 5.3 / 10
On Trial1928
As Turnbull
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Manhattan Love Song1934
As Garrett Wetherby
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Hollywood and Vine1945
As Reggie
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Rich Relations1937
As Mr. Dwight
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Sunny1930
As Party Guest (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
High Hat1937
As Renaldo Breton
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Torchy's Loud Spooker
Torchy's Loud Spooker1933
As Office Manager
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Torchy Passes the Buck
Torchy Passes the Buck1931
As Office Manager
Torchy Raises the Auntie
Torchy Raises the Auntie1932
As Office Manager
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Art in the Raw
Art in the Raw1933
TMDb 3.3 / 10
Tillie the Toiler1941
As Perry Tweedale
TMDb 8.0 / 10
That's Gratitude
That's Gratitude1934
As Photographer
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Hats Off1936
As Mr. Churchill
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Allergic to Love
Allergic to Love1944
As Stewart Ives III
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Love on Toast1937
As Finley
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Torchy's Kitty Coup
Torchy's Kitty Coup1933
As Office Manager
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Chumps
The Chumps1930
As Eddie Gray
TMDb 3.7 / 10
Next Door Neighbors1931
As Landlord
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Torchy Turns the Trick
Torchy Turns the Trick1932
As Office Manager
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Over the Counter1932
As Drake's Assistant
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Torchy Rolls His Own
Torchy Rolls His Own1932
As Office Manager
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Bad Housekeeping
Bad Housekeeping1937
As Piano Tuner
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Torchy's Two Toots
Torchy's Two Toots1932
As Office Manager
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Tee for Two
Tee for Two1932
As Henry
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Breakfast in Bed
Breakfast in Bed1930
As John
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Torchy's Busy Day
Torchy's Busy Day1932
As Office Manager
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Swing Banditry1936
As Radio Announcer (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Doctor's Orders
Doctor's Orders1932
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Trying Out Torchy
Trying Out Torchy1933
As Office manager
Torchy's Night Cap
Torchy's Night Cap1932
As Office Manager
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Torchy Turns Turtle
Torchy Turns Turtle1933
As Office Manager
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Divorce Sweets
Divorce Sweets1933
As Uncle Jeremiah
Filmography and biography: TMDb