FRANKLIN PANGBORN BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Franklin Pangborn was born on January 23rd, 1889 in Newark, New Jersey and around 1911 he began working as a stage actor, later performing on Broadway in such productions as, "Camille" and "Ben-Hur".
He then joined the United States Army and served during World War I. Upon completing his military service, in the early 1930's he began working in entertainment appearing in a number of short films for such directors as, Mack Sennett, Hal Roach, Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures and Pathe. He was mostly a comedic actor and mostly cast in small yet memorable roles.
Some of his earlier shorts he added to his resume were roles in, "The Jelly Fish" (1926), "Finger Prints" (1927), "Night Bride" (1927), "The Girl in the Pullman" (1927), "Not So Dumb" (1930), "Who's the Boss" (1930), "Sunny" (1930) and "Over the Radio" (1930).
Some of his more recent film credits added to his resume were, "Tell It to a Star" (1945), "Lover Come Back" (1946), "Calendar Girl" (1947), "I'll Be Yours" (1947), "My Dream is Yours" (1949) and "Down Memory Lane" (1949).
Along with his many film roles when film roles began to become less available to him, he turned to television appearing on, "The Red Skelton Show", "This Is Your Life", "Matinee Theater", "The Mickey Rooney Show", "Private Secretary" starring Ann Sothern.
Franklin Pangborn lived in Laguna Beach, California with his mother and part time boyfriend. Franklin Pangborn was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to the Motion Picture Industry. On July 20th, 1958 he passed away in Santa Monica, California after receiving cancer surgery for a malignant tumor. His remains are buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
Filmography
1958 The Red Skelton Hour
1958 The Unchained Goddess
1957 The Story of Mankind
1957 Matinee Theatre
1957 Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
1955 The Mickey Rooney Show
1953 Summer Theatre
1953 Private Secretary
1951 The Alan Young Show
1949 Down Memory Lane
1949 Addio MimÃ!
1949 My Dream Is Yours
1948 Romance on the High Seas
1947 The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947 I'll Be Yours
1947 Calendar Girl
1946 Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946 Lover Come Back
1945 The Sailor Takes a Wife
1945 Hollywood Victory Caravan
1945 Tell It to a Star
1945 You Came Along
1945 Hollywood and Vine
1945 The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945 See My Lawyer
1944 The Great Moment
1944 Reckless Age
1944 Hail the Conquering Hero
1944 Allergic to Love
1944 My Best Gal
1943 Never a Dull Moment
1943 Crazy House
1943 Holy Matrimony
1943 Honeymoon Lodge
1943 Two Weeks to Live
1943 Reveille with Beverly
1942 Strictly in the Groove
1942 The Palm Beach Story
1942 George Washington Slept Here
1942 Now, Voyager
1942 Moonlight Masquerade
1942 What's Cookin'?
1942 Obliging Young Lady
1942 Call Out the Marines
1941 Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case
1941 Sullivan's Travels
1941 Weekend for Three
1941 Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941 Tillie the Toiler
1941 Bachelor Daddy
1941 The Flame of New Orleans
1941 A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941 Where Did You Get That Girl?
1940 The Bank Dick
1940 Christmas in July
1940 Hit Parade of 1941
1940 The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940 Spring Parade
1940 Public Deb No. 1
1940 Turnabout
1939 5th Ave Girl
1939 Broadway Serenade
1938 Topper Takes a Trip
1938 The Girl Downstairs
1938 Just Around the Corner
1938 Carefree
1938 Four's a Crowd
1938 Always Goodbye
1938 Three Blind Mice
1938 Vivacious Lady
1938 Dr. Rhythm
1938 Joy of Living
1938 Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
1938 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938 Mad About Music
1937 Love on Toast
1937 Thrill of a Lifetime
1937 She Married an Artist
1937 I'll Take Romance
1937 Living on Love
1937 Stage Door
1937 All Over Town
1937 It Happened in Hollywood
1937 The Life of the Party
1937 It's All Yours
1937 The Lady Escapes
1937 Easy Living
1937 She Had to Eat
1937 Dangerous Holiday
1937 Hotel Haywire
1937 Turn Off the Moon
1937 A Star Is Born
1937 Step Lively, Jeeves!
1937 We Have Our Moments
1937 When Love Is Young
1937 Swing High, Swing Low
1937 Bad Housekeeping
1937 They Wanted to Marry
1937 Rich Relations
1937 She's Dangerous
1937 Dangerous Number
1937 High Hat
1936 The Mandarin Mystery
1936 Three Smart Girls
1936 Hats Off
1936 In His Steps
1936 The Luckiest Girl in the World
1936 Swing Banditry
1936 My Man Godfrey
1936 To Mary - with Love
1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 Doughnuts and Society
1936 Give Us This Night
1936 Don't Gamble with Love
1936 Tango
1935 1,000 Dollars a Minute
1935 She Couldn't Take It
1935 She Married Her Boss
1935 Ye Olde Saw Mill
1935 The Captain Hits the Ceiling
1935 The Headline Woman
1935 Eight Bells
1935 Tomorrow's Youth
1935 Father Knows Best
1934 Henry's Social Splash
1934 Imitation of Life
1934 College Rhythm
1934 Flirtation
1934 My Grandfather's Clock
1934 That's Gratitude
1934 Young and Beautiful
1934 King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934 Financial Jitters
1934 Cockeyed Cavaliers
1934 Many Happy Returns
1934 Strictly Dynamite
1934 Manhattan Love Song
1934 Unknown Blonde
1933 Design for Living
1933 Flying Down to Rio
1933 Only Yesterday
1933 Wild Poses
1933 Open Sesame
1933 Headline Shooter
1933 Menu
1933 The Important Witness
1933 Bed of Roses
1933 Torchy's Loud Spooker
1933 Professional Sweetheart
1933 International House
1933 Dream Stuff
1933 Torchy Turns Turtle
1933 Sweet Cookie
1933 Sing, Bing, Sing
1933 Sweepings
1933 Art in the Raw
1933 Easy on the Eyes
1933 The Singing Boxer
1933 Torchy's Kitty Coup
1933 Blue of the Night
1932 The Human Fish
1932 The Half Naked Truth
1932 Torchy Rolls His Own
1932 Over the Counter
1932 Tee for Two
1932 Torchy's Busy Day
1932 The Giddy Age
1932 The Singing Plumber
1932 What Price Taxi
1932 Up Popped the Ghost
1932 The Candid Camera
1932 The Loud Mouth
1932 Doctor's Orders
1932 Torchy's Two Toots
1932 Jimmy's New Yacht
1932 Lighthouse Love
1932 Torchy Raises the Auntie
1932 The Midnight Patrol
1932 Torchy's Night Cap
1932 A Fool's Advice
1932 Torchy Turns the Trick
1932 Perfect Control
1932 Stepping Sisters
1932 Sign Here
1931 Hollywood Halfbacks
1931 Camping Out
1931 Torchy Passes the Buck
1931 Torchy
1931 A Woman of Experience
1931 Against the Rules
1931 Chasing Trouble
1931 Rough House Rhythm
1931 Hot Wires
1931 What a Time
1931 It Happened in Hollywood
1931 Next Door Neighbors
1930 Over the Radio
1930 Breakfast in Bed
1930 Sunny
1930 A Lady Surrenders
1930 The Doctor's Wife
1930 Her Man
1930 Who's the Boss
1930 The Chumps
1930 Cheer Up and Smile
1930 Reno or Bust
1930 Not So Dumb
1930 Poor Aubrey
1929 The Sap
1929 The Crazy Nut
1929 Happy Birthday
1929 Lady of the Pavements
1928 The Rush Hour
1928 On Trial
1928 A Blonde for a Night
1927 My Friend from India
1927 The Girl in the Pullman
1927 The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
1927 The Cradle Snatchers
1927 Night Bride
1927 High Hat
1927 Getting Gertie's Garter
1927 Finger Prints
1926 Exit Smiling
1926 The Jelly Fish
