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Robert Coote‌

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Robert Coote

London, England, UK

Robert Coote

London, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1909-02-04

Popularity

star1.8

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Lured

Lured‌
star6.3
calendar 1947

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir‌
star7.5
calendar 1947

Gunga Din

Gunga Din‌
star6.5
calendar 1939

A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death‌
star7.7
calendar 1946

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda‌
star6.8
calendar 1952

Theatre of Blood

Theatre of Blood‌
star6.7
calendar 1973

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers‌
star6.8
calendar 1948

Berlin Express

Berlin Express‌
star6.1
calendar 1948

The Red Danube

The Red Danube‌
star6.3
calendar 1949

The Horse's Mouth

The Horse's Mouth‌
star6.7
calendar 1958

The V.I.P.s

The V.I.P.s‌
star6.2
calendar 1963

The League of Gentlemen

The League of Gentlemen‌
star7.0
calendar 1960

Othello

Othello‌
star7.4
calendar 1951

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

Mr. Moto's Last Warning‌
star5.8
calendar 1939

Merry Andrew

Merry Andrew‌
star6.0
calendar 1958

Prudence and the Pill

Prudence and the Pill‌
star5.5
calendar 1968

The Swinger

The Swinger‌
star5.4
calendar 1966

Commandos Strike at Dawn

Commandos Strike at Dawn‌
star5.3
calendar 1942

A Yank at Oxford

A Yank at Oxford‌
star6.7
calendar 1938

Forever Amber

Forever Amber‌
star6.1
calendar 1947

Filming Othello

Filming Othello‌
star7.3
calendar 1978

Vigil in the Night

Vigil in the Night‌
star6.0
calendar 1940

The Thirteenth Chair

The Thirteenth Chair‌
star5.8
calendar 1937

The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow‌
star5.8
calendar 1952

The Cool Ones

The Cool Ones‌
star4.9
calendar 1967

A Man Could Get Killed

A Man Could Get Killed‌
star3.8
calendar 1966

The Girl Downstairs

The Girl Downstairs‌
star4.5
calendar 1938

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass‌
star6.0
calendar 1966

Bad Lands

Bad Lands‌
star3.7
calendar 1939

You Can't Fool Your Wife

You Can't Fool Your Wife‌
star4.5
calendar 1940

The Golden Head

The Golden Head‌
star5.3
calendar 1964

Kenner

Kenner‌
star0.0
calendar 1968

Blond Cheat

Blond Cheat‌
star6.0
calendar 1938

Scaramouche

Scaramouche‌
star7.1
calendar 1952

The Exile

The Exile‌
star6.1
calendar 1947

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel‌
star6.7
calendar 1951

Sally in Our Alley

Sally in Our Alley‌
star4.5
calendar 1931

The House of Fear

The House of Fear‌
star6.5
calendar 1939

Nurse Edith Cavell

Nurse Edith Cavell‌
star6.4
calendar 1939

Soldiers Three

Soldiers Three‌
star4.4
calendar 1951

Charley's Aunt

Charley's Aunt‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

The Sheik Steps Out

The Sheik Steps Out‌
star4.0
calendar 1937

Rangle River

Rangle River‌
star5.5
calendar 1936

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime‌
star0.0
calendar 1960

Loyalties

Loyalties‌
star6.0
calendar 1933

The Constant Husband

The Constant Husband‌
star6.9
calendar 1955

Forever and a Day

Forever and a Day‌
star7.4
calendar 1943

The Swan

The Swan‌
star6.9
calendar 1956

Cloak and Dagger

Cloak and Dagger‌
star6.4
calendar 1946

Institute for Revenge

Institute for Revenge‌
star4.0
calendar 1979

The Elusive Pimpernel

The Elusive Pimpernel‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

Tv Credits

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.7
calendar 1948

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse‌
star5.3
calendar 1958

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.2
calendar 1959

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

The Rogues

The Rogues‌
star7.2
calendar 1964

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents‌
star5.2
calendar 1950

Nero Wolfe

Nero Wolfe‌
star7.4
calendar 1981

Sweepstakes

Sweepstakes‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Best Of Enemies

Best Of Enemies‌
star8.3
calendar

The Whitehall Worrier

The Whitehall Worrier‌
star0.0
calendar 1967

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents‌
star5.2
calendar 1950

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson‌
star7.4
calendar 1962