Birthday
1889/01/23
Day of death
1958/07/20 (69 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Also know as
Joseph Franklin Pangborn, Franklyn Pangborn, Frank Pangborn
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 playe...Read more
(1940) The Bank Dick
as J. Pinkerton Snoopington
(1930) Reno or Bust
as ---
(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) The Palm Beach Story
as Manager
(1942) Now, Voyager
as Mr. Thompson
(1940) Christmas in July
as Don Hartman - Radio Announcer
(1941) Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
as The Producer
(1942) George Washington Slept Here
as Mr. Gibney
(1944) The Great Moment
as Dr. Heywood
(1944) Hail the Conquering Hero
as Reception Committee Chairman
(1938) Carefree
as Roland Hunter
(1941) Tillie the Toiler
as Perry Tweedale
(1957) The Story of Mankind
as Marquis de Varennes
(1938) Just Around the Corner
as Waters
(1941) The Flame of New Orleans
as Bellows
(1948) Romance on the High Seas
as Rio Hotel Clerk
(1937) Stage Door
as Harcourt
(1939) Fifth Avenue Girl
as Higgins
(1941) Sullivan's Travels
as Mr. Casalsis
(1936) The Mandarin Mystery
as Mellish
(1938) Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Hamilton Montmarcy
(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) Hollywood and Vine
as Reggie
(1933) Design for Living
as Mr. Douglas
(1932) The Half-Naked Truth
as Hotel Clerk
(1943) Reveille with Beverly
as Vernon Lewis (uncredited)
(1937) Swing High, Swing Low
as Henri
(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) It Happened in Hollywood
as Mr. Forsythe
(1942) Obliging Young Lady
as Professor Gibney
(1943) Holy Matrimony
as Duncan Farll
(1933) Art in the Raw
as ---
(1928) A Blonde for a Night
as Hector
(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
(1932) The Loud Mouth
as ---
(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) Jimmy's New Yacht
as Everett
(1931) Torchy
as Office Manager
(1931) Torchy Passes the Buck
as Office Manager
(1932) Torchy Turns the Trick
as Office Manager
(1932) Torchy's Night Cap
as Office Manager
(1932) Torchy Raises the Auntie
as Office Manager
(1932) Torchy's Two Toots
as Office Manager
(1932) Torchy's Busy Day
as Office Manager
(1932) Torchy Rolls His Own
as Office Manager
(1933) Torchy's Kitty Coup
as Office Manager
(1933) Torchy Turns Turtle
as Office Manager
(1933) Torchy's Loud Spooker
as Office Manager
(1933) Professional Sweetheart
as Herbert Childress
(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) Dangerous Holiday
as Doffle
(1937) She's Dangerous
as Fashion Designer
(1937) Rich Relations
as Mr. Dwight
(1932) Doctor's Orders
as ---
(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) Three Blind Mice
as Clerk
(1930) Breakfast in Bed
as John
(1940) Spring Parade
as Wiedlemeyer
(1930) A Lady Surrenders
as Lawton
(1932) Over the Counter
as Drake's Assistant
(1945) You Came Along
as Hotel Clerk
(1933) The Important Witness
as Groom
(1938) Joy of Living
as Orchestra Leader
(1984) Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
(1927) Getting Gertie's Garter
as Algy Brooks
(1945) Hollywood Victory Caravan
as Railroad Agent
(1932) What Price Taxi
as Taxi Boy
(1942) Call Out the Marines
as Wilbur
(1935) The Captain Hits the Ceiling
as Jimmy Martin
(1938) Vivacious Lady
as Apartment Manager
(1933) Easy on the Eyes
as Franklyn Pierce
(1937) She Married an Artist
as Paul
(1931) A Woman of Experience
as Hans
(1936) Doughnuts and Society
as Benson
(1937) The Life of the Party
as Beggs
(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) We Have Our Moments
as Joe
(1937) I'll Take Romance
as Kane's Secretary
(1940) Turnabout
as Mr. Pingboom
(1935) Eight Bells
as Finch
(1941) Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case
as Charley Towne
(1937) The Lady Escapes
as Pierre
(1936) Three Smart Girls
as Jeweler
(1940) Hit Parade of 1941
as Carter
(1942) Moonlight Masquerade
as Fairchild
(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
(1941) Where Did You Get That Girl?
as Digby
(1944) Allergic to Love
as Stewart Ives III
(1943) Never a Dull Moment
as Sylvester
(1943) Honeymoon Lodge
as Cathcart
(1934) My Grandfather's Clock
as Dr. Watkins
(1949) The Eternal Melody
as The Cat Lover
(1933) International House
as Hotel Manager
(1936) To Mary - with Love
as Guest
(1931) Next Door Neighbors
as Landlord
(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) Don't Gamble with Love
as Salesman
(1930) Poor Aubrey
as Aubrey Piper
(1958) The Unchained Goddess
as the Cloud Painter (voice)
(1935) Hollywood Trouble
as Tailor
(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) Sing, Bing, Sing
as Herbert
(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) Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Franklin Pangborn
(1932) Lighthouse Love
as Pvt. Jerry Stone
(1934) Many Happy Returns
as Allen's Secretary
(1934) Strictly Dynamite
as Mr. Bailey
(1942) Strictly in the Groove
as Cathcart
(1929) Lady of the Pavements
as M'sieu Dubrey, Dance Master
(1940) The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1935) The Headline Woman
as Hamilton
(1949) Down Memory Lane
as (archive footage)
(1931) Hollywood Halfbacks
as ---
(1936) The Luckiest Girl in the World
as Cashier
(1935) She Married Her Boss
as Window Dresser
(1934) That's Gratitude
as Photographer
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1952) This Is Your Life
as Self
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self - Announcer
(1954) Hey Mulligan
as Mr. Bean
(1952) The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Mr. Canfield (uncredited)