Personal Info
Known Credits
189
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1889-01-23 (136 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Also Known For
Joseph Franklin PangbornFranklyn PangbornFrank Pangborn
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 playe ...
Known For
Acting
1984 --
Going Hollywood: The '30s
| (archive footage)
1958 --
The Unchained Goddess
| the Cloud Painter (voice)
1957 --
The Story of Mankind
| Marquis de Varennes
1949 --
The Eternal Melody
| The Cat Lover
1949 --
Down Memory Lane
| (archive footage)
1949 --
My Dream Is Yours
| Sourpuss Manager
1948 --
Romance on the High Seas
| Rio Hotel Clerk
1947 --
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
| Formfit Franklin
1947 --
I'll Be Yours
| Barber
1947 --
Calendar Girl
| Dilly Dillingsworth
1946 --
Two Guys from Milwaukee
| Theatre Manager
1946 --
Lover Come Back
| Hotel desk clerk
1945 --
Hollywood Victory Caravan
| Railroad Agent
1945 --
Tell It to a Star
| Horace Lovelace
1945 --
You Came Along
| Hotel Clerk
1945 --
The Horn Blows at Midnight
| Radio Engineer / Sloan
1945 --
Hollywood and Vine
| Reggie
1945 --
See My Lawyer
| B.J. Wagonhorn
1944 --
Hail the Conquering Hero
| Reception Committee Chairman
1944 --
Reckless Age
| Mr. Thurtle
1944 --
Allergic to Love
| Stewart Ives III
1944 --
The Great Moment
| Dr. Heywood
1944 --
My Best Gal
| Mr. Porter
1943 --
Never a Dull Moment
| Sylvester
1943 --
Crazy House
| Hotel Clerk
1943 --
Holy Matrimony
| Duncan Farll
1943 --
Honeymoon Lodge
| Cathcart
1943 --
Stage Door Canteen
| Franklin Pangborn
1943 --
Two Weeks to Live
| Mr. Pinkney
1943 --
Reveille with Beverly
| Vernon Lewis (uncredited)
1942 --
Strictly in the Groove
| Cathcart
1942 --
George Washington Slept Here
| Mr. Gibney
1942 --
Now, Voyager
| Mr. Thompson
1942 --
The Palm Beach Story
| Manager
1942 --
Moonlight Masquerade
| Fairchild
1942 --
Obliging Young Lady
| Professor Gibney
1942 --
What's Cookin'?
| Professor Bistell
1942 --
Call Out the Marines
| Wilbur
1941 --
Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case
| Charley Towne
1941 --
Weekend for Three
| Number Seven, Old Field Inn Waiter
1941 --
Sullivan's Travels
| Mr. Casalsis
1941 --
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
| The Producer
1941 --
Tillie the Toiler
| Perry Tweedale
1941 --
The Flame of New Orleans
| Bellows
1941 --
Bachelor Daddy
| Williams, Club Manager
1941 --
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
| Pet Shop Owner
1941 --
Where Did You Get That Girl?
| Digby
1940 --
The Bank Dick
| J. Pinkerton Snoopington
1940 --
Christmas in July
| Don Hartman - Radio Announcer
1940 --
Hit Parade of 1941
| Carter
1940 --
The Villain Still Pursued Her
| Bartender (uncredited)
1940 --
Spring Parade
| Wiedlemeyer
1940 --
Public Deb No. 1
| Bartender
1940 --
Turnabout
| Mr. Pingboom
1939 --
Fifth Avenue Girl
| Higgins
1939 --
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
| Franklin Pangborn
1939 --
Broadway Serenade
| Gene, Collier's Composer
1938 --
Topper Takes a Trip
| Louis - Hotel Manager
1938 --
The Girl Downstairs
| Adolf Pumpfel
1938 --
Just Around the Corner
| Waters
1938 --
Carefree
| Roland Hunter
1938 --
Four's a Crowd
| Preston
1938 --
Always Goodbye
| Bicycle Salesman
1938 --
Three Blind Mice
| Clerk
1938 --
Vivacious Lady
| Apartment Manager
1938 --
Joy of Living
| Orchestra Leader
1938 --
Doctor Rhythm
| Mr. Stenchfield (Store Clerk)
1938 --
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
| Assistant Hotel Manager
1938 --
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
| Hamilton Montmarcy
1937 --
Thrill of a Lifetime
| Sam Williams
1937 --
Love on Toast
| Finley
1937 --
She Married an Artist
| Paul
1937 --
I'll Take Romance
| Kane's Secretary
1937 --
Living on Love
| Ogilvie O. Oglethorpe
1937 --
Stage Door
| Harcourt
1937 --
Danger – Love at Work
| Train dining car headwaiter
1937 --
It Happened in Hollywood
| Mr. Forsythe
1937 --
The Life of the Party
| Beggs
1937 --
It's All Yours
| Schultz
1937 --
All Over Town
| The Costumer
1937 --
The Lady Escapes
| Pierre
1937 --
Easy Living
| Van Buren
1937 --
She Had to Eat
| Mr. Phoecian-Wylie
1937 --
Step Lively, Jeeves!
| Head Waiter
1937 --
Dangerous Holiday
| Doffle
1937 --
A Star Is Born
| Billy Moon (uncredited)
1937 --
We Have Our Moments
| Joe
1937 --
When Love Is Young
| John Dorman
1937 --
Swing High, Swing Low
| Henri
1937 --
Bad Housekeeping
| Piano Tuner
1937 --
Rich Relations
| Mr. Dwight
1937 --
She's Dangerous
| Fashion Designer
1937 --
Dangerous Number
| Hotel Desk Clerk
1937 --
High Hat
| Renaldo Breton
1936 --
The Mandarin Mystery
| Mellish
1936 --
Three Smart Girls
| Jeweler
1936 --
Hats Off
| Mr. Churchill
1936 --
The Luckiest Girl in the World
| Cashier
1936 --
Swing Banditry
| Radio Announcer (uncredited)
1936 --
My Man Godfrey
| Guthrie (uncredited)
1936 --
To Mary - with Love
| Guest
1936 --
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
| The Tailor (uncredited)
1936 --
Doughnuts and Society
| Benson
1936 --
Give Us This Night
| Forcellini's Secretary
1936 --
Don't Gamble with Love
| Salesman
1936 --
Tango
| Oscar, the Photographer
1935 --
$1,000 a Minute
| Reville
1935 --
She Couldn't Take It
| Spot's Secretary
1935 --
She Married Her Boss
| Window Dresser
1935 --
She Married Her Boss
| Window Dresser (uncredited)
1935 --
The Captain Hits the Ceiling
| Jimmy Martin
1935 --
The Headline Woman
| Hamilton
1935 --
Eight Bells
| Finch
1935 --
Hollywood Trouble
| Tailor
1934 --
Imitation of Life
| Mr. Carven (uncredited)
1934 --
College Rhythm
| Peabody
1934 --
Flirtation
| Veterinarian
1934 --
My Grandfather's Clock
| Dr. Watkins
1934 --
Tomorrow's Youth
| Thornton
1934 --
That's Gratitude
| Photographer
1934 --
Young and Beautiful
| Radio Announcer
1934 --
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
| J. Ashton Brockton
1934 --
Cockeyed Cavaliers
| Town Crier
1934 --
Many Happy Returns
| Allen's Secretary
1934 --
Strictly Dynamite
| Mr. Bailey
1934 --
Manhattan Love Song
| Garrett Wetherby
1934 --
Unknown Blonde
| Male Co-Respondent
1933 --
Design for Living
| Mr. Douglas
1933 --
Flying Down to Rio
| Hammerstein (uncredited)
1933 --
Only Yesterday
| Tom (Uncredited)
1933 --
Wild Poses
| Otto Phocus
1933 --
Menu
| John Xavier Omsk (uncredited)
1933 --
Trying Out Torchy
| Office manager
1933 --
Headline Shooter
| Adolphus G. Crocker
1933 --
The Important Witness
| Groom
1933 --
Bed of Roses
| Floorwalker
1933 --
Torchy's Loud Spooker
| Office Manager
1933 --
Professional Sweetheart
| Herbert Childress
1933 --
International House
| Hotel Manager
1933 --
Dream Stuff
| Gordon
1933 --
Torchy Turns Turtle
| Office Manager
1933 --
Sweepings
| Photographer (Uncredited)
1933 --
Sing, Bing, Sing
| Herbert
1933 --
Art in the Raw
|
1933 --
Easy on the Eyes
| Franklyn Pierce
1933 --
Parachute Jumper
| Man in Private Office (uncredited)
1933 --
Torchy's Kitty Coup
| Office Manager
1932 --
The Half-Naked Truth
| Hotel Clerk
1932 --
Torchy Rolls His Own
| Office Manager
1932 --
Over the Counter
| Drake's Assistant
1932 --
Tee for Two
| Henry
1932 --
Torchy's Busy Day
| Office Manager
1932 --
The Giddy Age
| George
1932 --
What Price Taxi
| Taxi Boy
1932 --
The Loud Mouth
|
1932 --
Doctor's Orders
|
1932 --
Torchy's Two Toots
| Office Manager
1932 --
Jimmy's New Yacht
| Everett
1932 --
Lighthouse Love
| Pvt. Jerry Stone
1932 --
Lighthouse Love
| Pvt. Jerry Stone
1932 --
Torchy Raises the Auntie
| Office Manager
1932 --
Torchy's Night Cap
| Office Manager
1932 --
A Fool's Advice
| Egbert - Hotel Clerk
1932 --
Torchy Turns the Trick
| Office Manager
1931 --
Hollywood Halfbacks
|
1931 --
Torchy Passes the Buck
| Office Manager
1931 --
Torchy
| Office Manager
1931 --
Blue of the Night
| Gilbert Sinclair
1931 --
A Woman of Experience
| Hans
1931 --
Next Door Neighbors
| Landlord
1930 --
Breakfast in Bed
| John
1930 --
Sunny
| Party Guest (uncredited)
1930 --
A Lady Surrenders
| Lawton
1930 --
Her Man
| Sport
1930 --
The Chumps
| Eddie Gray
1930 --
Cheer Up and Smile
| Professor
1930 --
Reno or Bust
|
1930 --
Not So Dumb
| Leach
1930 --
Poor Aubrey
| Aubrey Piper
1929 --
The Sap
| Ed Mason
1929 --
Lady of the Pavements
| M'sieu Dubrey, Dance Master
1928 --
On Trial
| Turnbull
1928 --
A Blonde for a Night
| Hector
1927 --
My Friend from India
| William / Tommy Valentine
1927 --
The Girl in the Pullman
| Hector Brooks
1927 --
Cradle Snatchers
| Howard Drake
1927 --
Getting Gertie's Garter
| Algy Brooks
1927 --
Finger Prints
| The Bandoline Kid
1926 --
Exit Smiling
| Cecil Lovelace