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Franklin Pangborn

Highest Rated: 100% Vivacious Lady (1938)

Lowest Rated: 29% The Flame of New Orleans (1941)

Birthday: Jan 23, 1889

Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, USA

Franklin Pangborn was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Pangborn's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as the comedy "Exit Smiling" (1926) with Beatrice Lillie, "The Girl in the Pullman" (1927) and "Finger Prints" (1927). He also appeared in "Lady of the Pavements" (1929), "Her Man" (1930) with Helen Twelvetrees and "A Woman of Experience" (1931). His passion for acting continued to his roles in projects like "Swing High, Swing Low" (1937), "It Happened in Hollywood" (1937) and "She's Dangerous" (1937). He also appeared in the comedy "Easy Living" (1937) with Jean Arthur. In the latter half of his career, he continued to act in "The Bank Dick" (1940) with W C Fields, "Call Out the Marines" (1941) and the Marlene Dietrich romance "The Flame of New Orleans" (1941). He also appeared in the comedy "Week-End For Three" (1941) with Dennis O'Keefe and the W C Fields comedy "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" (1941). Pangborn was most recently credited in "Careful" (1993) with Kyle McCullough. Pangborn passed away in July 1958 at the age of 69.

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Highest rated movies

100% 83% Easy Living
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100% 80% Vivacious Lady
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100% 89% Sullivan's Travels
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100% 80% Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
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100% 78% A Star Is Born
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97% 81% The Palm Beach Story
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97% 90% My Man Godfrey
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96% 74% The Bank Dick
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96% 87% Stage Door
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95% 77% Christmas in July
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Unchained Goddess The Cloud Painter (Voice) - 1958
No Score Yet 10% The Story of Mankind Marquis de Varennes (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 41% My Dream Is Yours Sourpuss Manager (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Down Memory Lane Gilbert Sinclair (Character) - 1949
88% 64% Romance on the High Seas Rio Hotel Clerk (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 50% I'll Be Yours Barber (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet When Lovers Meet Hotel Clerk (Character) - 1946
64% 64% The Horn Blows at Midnight Radio Engineer / Sloan (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hollywood and Vine Reggie (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tell It to a Star Horace Lovelace (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hollywood Victory Caravan Railroad Agent (Character) - 1945
95% 84% Hail the Conquering Hero Committee Chairman (Character) - 1944
67% 30% The Great Moment Dr. Heywood (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Best Gal Mr. Porter (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 73% Holy Matrimony Duncan Farll (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Two Weeks to Live Mr. Pinkney (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 21% Reveille With Beverly Vernon Lewis (Character) - 1943
97% 81% The Palm Beach Story Apartment Manager (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Moonlight Masquerade Fairchild (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Weekend for Three Number Seven (Character) - 1941
100% 80% Never Give a Sucker an Even Break The Producer/Mr. Pangborn (Character) - 1941
100% 89% Sullivan's Travels Mr. Casalsis (Character) - 1941
29% 55% The Flame of New Orleans Bellows (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case Charley Towne (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 43% A Girl, a Guy and a Gob Pet Shop Owner (Character) - 1941
95% 77% Christmas in July Don Hartman, Radio Announcer (Character) - 1940
96% 74% The Bank Dick J. Pinkerton Snoopington, Bank Examiner (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 61% Fifth Avenue Girl Higgins (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 17% Broadway Serenade Gene (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 63% Topper Takes a Trip Louis (Character) - 1939
100% 80% Vivacious Lady Apartment Manager (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Three Blind Mice Clerk (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Always Goodbye Bicycle Salesman (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 57% Four's a Crowd Preston (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 53% Joy of Living Orchestra Leader (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 62% Just Around the Corner Waters (Character) - 1938
57% 76% Carefree Roland Hunter (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Girl Downstairs Adolf Pumpfel (Character) - 1938
100% 78% A Star Is Born Billy Moon (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 20% It Happened in Hollywood Mr. Forsythe (Character) - 1937
100% 83% Easy Living Van Buren (Character) - 1937
96% 87% Stage Door Harcourt (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet All Over Town The Costumer (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 53% Swing High, Swing Low Henri (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet She's Dangerous Renaud (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lady Escapes Pierre (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet High Hat Mr. Breton (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Life of the Party Beggs (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 33% Living on Love Oglethorpe (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Doughnuts and Society Benson (Character) - 1936
97% 90% My Man Godfrey Guthrie (uncredited) (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Swing Banditry Unknown (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tomorrow's Youth Tutor (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Strictly Dynamite Mr. Bailey (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet King Kelly of the U.S.A. J. Ashton Brockton (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Grandfather's Clock Dr. Watkins (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Young and Beautiful Radio Announcer (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sweepings Photographer (Character) - 1933
76% 80% Design for Living Mr. Douglas (Character) - 1933
83% 50% Flying Down to Rio Hammerstein, the Hotel Manager (uncredited) (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blue of the Night Gilbert Sinclair (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Menu John Xavier Omsk (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 38% Bed of Roses Floorwalker (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 30% Professional Sweetheart Herbert Childress (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Art in the Raw Unknown (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Headline Shooter Adolphus G. Crocker (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Half-Naked Truth Mr. Wellburton - Hotel Clerk (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Loud Mouth Freddie Quimby (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet What Price Taxi Taxi Boy (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Over the Counter Drake's Assistant (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Woman of Experience Hans (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet 40% Not So Dumb Vincent Leach (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet Her Man Sport (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lady of the Pavements M'sieu Dubrey (Character) - 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sap Ed Mason (Character) - 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Blonde for a Night Hector (Character) - 1928
83% No Score Yet The Cradle Snatchers Howard Drake (Character) - 1927
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Girl in the Pullman Hector Brooks (Character) - 1927
No Score Yet No Score Yet Exit Smiling Cecil Lovelace (Character) - 1926

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Colgate Comedy Hour Guest