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Robert Coote

Robert Coote

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Coote (4 February 1909 – 26 November 1982) was an English actor. He played aristocrats or British military types in many films, and created the role of Colonel Hugh Pickering in the long-running original Broadway production of My Fair Lady. Coote was born in London and educated at Hurstpierpoint College in Sussex. He began his stage career at the age of 16, performing in Britain, South Africa, and Australia before arriving in Hollywood in the late 1930s. He played a succession of pompous British types in supporting roles, including a brief but memorable turn as Sgt. Bertie Higginbotham in Gunga Din (1939). His acting career was interrupted by his service as a squadron leader in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. He played Bob Trubshawe in Powell and Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death (1946), chosen for the first-ever Royal Film Performance on 1 November 1946, before he returned to Hollywood, where his films included The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), Forever Amber (1947), The Three Musketeers (1948), and Orson Welles' Othello (1952). In 1956, Coote created the role of Colonel Pickering in the original Broadway production of My Fair Lady (1956–62), which he reprised in the musical's 1976–77 Broadway revival. He also originated the role of King Pellinore in the Broadway production of Camelot (1960–63). He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his performance as Timmy St. Clair in the NBC TV series The Rogues (1964–65). In 1966, Coote appeared with Jackie Gleason and Art Carney in an episode of The Honeymooners entitled "The Honeymooners in England", broadcast on CBS-TV from Miami. In his last feature film performance, Coote portrayed one of the critics dispatched by Vincent Price in Theatre of Blood (1973). His final role was on television, playing orchid nurse Theodore Horstmann in the 1981 NBC-TV series Nero Wolfe, starring William Conrad in the title role. In most film and TV adaptations of Nero Wolfe mysteries, before and since, Horstmann has been a very minor character, but Coote's Horstmann got considerable screen time in the series. The veteran British character actor died in his sleep at the New York Athletic Club in November 1982, at the age of 73. Coote was a close friend of actor David Niven, sharing a house with Niven for a time in the late 1930s and living in a flat over Niven's garage for several years after the Second World War.

Personal information

Birthday

1909-02-04

Birth Place

London, England, UK

Movies and TV shows :

A Man Could Get Killed

A Man Could Get Killed

1966

3.8

Movie
A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death

1946

7.7

Movie
A Yank at Oxford

A Yank at Oxford

1938

6.7

Movie
Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass

1966

6.0

Movie
Bad Lands

Bad Lands

1939

3.7

Movie
Berlin Express

Berlin Express

1948

6.1

Movie
poster

Best Of Enemies

8.3

TV
Blond Cheat

Blond Cheat

1938

6.0

Movie
Charley's Aunt

Charley's Aunt

1969

0.0

Movie
Cloak and Dagger

Cloak and Dagger

1946

6.4

Movie
Commandos Strike at Dawn

Commandos Strike at Dawn

1942

5.3

Movie
Filming Othello

Filming Othello

1978

7.3

Movie
Forever Amber

Forever Amber

1947

6.1

Movie
Forever and a Day

Forever and a Day

1943

7.3

Movie
Gunga Din

Gunga Din

1939

6.5

Movie
Institute for Revenge

Institute for Revenge

1979

4.0

Movie
Kenner

Kenner

1968

0.0

Movie
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

1960

0.0

Movie
Loyalties

Loyalties

1933

6.0

Movie
Lured

Lured

1947

6.3

Movie
poster

Lux Video Theatre

1950

6.0

TV
Merry Andrew

Merry Andrew

1958

6.0

Movie
Mr. Moto's Last Warning

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

1939

5.8

Movie
poster

Nero Wolfe

1981

7.4

TV
Nurse Edith Cavell

Nurse Edith Cavell

1939

6.4

Movie
Othello

Othello

1951

7.4

Movie
Prudence and the Pill

Prudence and the Pill

1968

5.5

Movie
Rangle River

Rangle River

1936

5.5

Movie
poster

Rawhide

1959

7.1

TV
poster

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950

5.2

TV
Sally in Our Alley

Sally in Our Alley

1931

4.5

Movie
Scaramouche

Scaramouche

1952

7.1

Movie
Soldiers Three

Soldiers Three

1951

4.4

Movie
poster

Studio One

1948

4.7

TV
poster

Sweepstakes

1979

0.0

TV
The Constant Husband

The Constant Husband

1955

6.9

Movie
The Cool Ones

The Cool Ones

1967

4.9

Movie
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

1951

6.6

Movie
The Elusive Pimpernel

The Elusive Pimpernel

1950

6.0

Movie
The Exile

The Exile

1947

6.1

Movie
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

1947

7.5

Movie
The Girl Downstairs

The Girl Downstairs

1938

4.5

Movie
The Golden Head

The Golden Head

1964

5.3

Movie
The Horse's Mouth

The Horse's Mouth

1958

6.7

Movie
The House of Fear

The House of Fear

1939

6.5

Movie
The League of Gentlemen

The League of Gentlemen

1960

7.0

Movie
The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow

1952

5.8

Movie
The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

1952

6.7

Movie
The Red Danube

The Red Danube

1949

6.3

Movie
poster

The Rogues

1964

7.5

TV
The Sheik Steps Out

The Sheik Steps Out

1937

4.0

Movie
The Swan

The Swan

1956

6.9

Movie
The Swinger

The Swinger

1966

5.4

Movie
The Thirteenth Chair

The Thirteenth Chair

1937

5.8

Movie
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

1948

6.8

Movie
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

7.4

TV
The V.I.P.s

The V.I.P.s

1963

6.2

Movie
poster

The Whitehall Worrier

1967

0.0

TV
Theatre of Blood

Theatre of Blood

1973

6.7

Movie
Vigil in the Night

Vigil in the Night

1940

6.0

Movie
poster

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

5.3

TV
You Can't Fool Your Wife

You Can't Fool Your Wife

1940

4.5

Movie