Philip Coolidge
Philip Coolidge | |
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 Philip Coolidge in The Lawless Years | |
| Born | August 5, 1908 |
| Died | May 23, 1967 (aged 58) |
| Occupation | Actor |
Philip Coolidge (August 5, 1908 – May 23, 1967) was an American film and stage actor.
Career[]
Philip Coolidge was born on August 5, 1908, in Concord, Massachusetts. He started his career as an actor at the theater in Broadway (New York) — from Our Town of Thornton Wilder (1938, with Frank Craven and Martha Scott) to Hamlet of William Shakespeare (1964, with Richard Burton and Alfred Drake).
He made his first film, Boomerang, in 1947. In later films, he had roles as a self-protective small-town mayor in Inherit the Wind (1960), as Dr. Cross in North by Northwest (1959), and as Wilbur Peterson in It Happened to Jane (1959). Rarely a leading character, he played Throckmorton, the shopkeeper in the Twilight Zone 1962 episode "A Piano in the House" and also he played William Windom's assistant, Mr. Cooper, in the first season of the 1960s TV series The Farmer's Daughter.[1]
Death[]
Coolidge died of lung cancer at the age of 58 on May 23, 1967, in Los Angeles, California.[2][3]
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Boomerang | Jim Crossman | Uncredited |
| 1956 | The Sharkfighters | Lt. Cmdr. Leonard Evans | |
| 1957 | Slander | Homer Crowley | |
| 1958 | I Want to Live! | Emmett Perkins | |
| 1959 | The Mating Game | Rev. Osgood | |
| 1959 | It Happened to Jane | Wilbur Peterson | |
| 1959 | North by Northwest | Dr. Cross | |
| 1959 | The Tingler | Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins | |
| 1960 | The Bramble Bush | Colin Eustis | |
| 1960 | Because They're Young | Mr. Rimer | |
| 1960 | Inherit the Wind | Mayor Jason Carter | |
| 1962 | Bon Voyage! | Passport clerk | Uncredited |
| 1964 | Hamlet | Voltimand | |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Chuza | |
| 1965 | The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming | Mr. Porter | |
| 1968 | Never a Dull Moment | Fingers Felton | (final film role) |
Selected Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Have Gun - Will Travel | Aaron Murdock | Episode "Sons of Aaron Murdock " |
| 1962 | Have Gun - Will Travel | Dr. Leopold Avatar | Episode "The Mark of Cain" |
References[]
- ^ Hal Erikson (2013). "Philip Coolidge". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ^ "Philip Coolidge". IMDB. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
- ^ "Philip Coolidge (1908 - 1967)". Find A Grave.com. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
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