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Robert Coote

Robert Coote

Actor

Born February 4, 1909 in London, England, UK

Died November 26, 1982

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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.

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Filmography

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Type

Year

The Colour Merchant Poster

The Colour Merchant Documentary1998Bob Trubshawe

Hollywood Mavericks Poster

Hollywood Mavericks Documentary1990Roderigo

Nero Wolfe Poster

Nero Wolfe TV Series1981Theodore Horstmann

Institute for Revenge Poster

Institute for Revenge TV Movie1979Wellington

Sweepstakes Poster

Sweepstakes TV Series1979Butler

Target Risk Poster

Target Risk TV Movie1975Julian Ulrich

Theater of Blood Poster

Theater of Blood Feature Film1973Oliver Larding

Up the Front Poster

Up the Front Feature Film1972General Burke

From a Bird's Eye View Poster

From a Bird's Eye View TV Series1970Barker

Best of Enemies Poster

Best of Enemies TV Series1968Willie Gordon MP

Kenner Feature Film1968Henderson

Prudence and the Pill Poster

Prudence and the Pill Feature Film1968Henry Hardcastle

Stiff Upper Lip TV Movie1967Sir Claud Polk-Mowbray

The Cool Ones Poster

The Cool Ones Feature Film1967Stanley Krumley

The Whitehall Worrier TV Series1967Rt. Hon. Mervyn Pugh

A Man Could Get Killed Poster

A Man Could Get Killed Feature Film1966Hatton

Alice Through the Looking Glass Poster

Alice Through the Looking Glass TV Movie1966The Red King

The Jackie Gleason Show Poster

The Jackie Gleason Show TV Series1966Charles Lewis

The Swinger Poster

The Swinger Feature Film1966Sir Hubert Charles

BBC Play of the Month Poster

BBC Play of the Month TV Series1965Col. Sir Francis Chesney

The Golden Head Poster

The Golden Head Feature Film1964Braithwaite

The Rogues Poster

The Rogues TV Series1964Timmy St. Clair

The V.I.P.s Poster

The V.I.P.s Feature Film1963John Coburn

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV Series1962Self - Guest

Comedy Playhouse Poster

Comedy Playhouse TV Series1961Rt. Hon. Mervyn Pugh

Hello London Poster

Hello London Feature Film1960Self

Somerset Maugham Hour Poster

Somerset Maugham Hour TV Series1960Colonel G. Peregrine

The League of Gentlemen Poster

The League of Gentlemen Feature Film1960Bunny Warren

Rawhide TV Series1959Ashley

Merry Andrew Poster

Merry Andrew Feature Film1958Dudley Larabee

The Horse's Mouth Poster

The Horse's Mouth Feature Film1958Sir William Beeder

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Poster

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse TV Series1958Terry

Armchair Theatre Poster

Armchair Theatre TV Series1956Baines

Playhouse 90 Poster

Playhouse 90 TV Series1956Sgt. Beggs

The Swan Poster

The Swan Feature Film1956Capt. Wunderlich

Marriage a la Mode Poster

Marriage a la Mode Feature Film1955Friends and Relations - The Best Man

This Is Your Life Poster

This Is Your Life TV Series1955Self

Medallion Theatre Poster

Medallion Theatre TV Series19531 episode, 1954

Rheingold Theatre Poster

Rheingold Theatre TV Series1953John Banks

The United States Steel Hour Poster

The United States Steel Hour TV Series1953Claude Dabney

Scaramouche Poster

Scaramouche Feature Film1952Gaston Binet

That Reminds Me TV Series1952Self

The Merry Widow Poster

The Merry Widow Feature Film1952Marquis De Crillon

The Prisoner of Zenda Poster

The Prisoner of Zenda Feature Film1952Fritz von Tarlenheim

Today TV Series1952Self - Guest

Who's There? TV Series1952Self - Panelist

Othello Feature Film1951Roderigo

Soldiers Three Poster

Soldiers Three Feature Film1951Maj. Mercer

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel Poster

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel Feature Film1951British Medical Officer

The Lavender Hill Mob Poster

The Lavender Hill Mob Feature Film1951Waiter in restaurant

Lux Video Theatre Poster

Lux Video Theatre TV Series1950Joe Worton

Robert Montgomery Presents Poster

Robert Montgomery Presents TV Series1950George

The Fighting Pimpernel Poster

The Fighting Pimpernel Feature Film1949Sir Andrew Ffoulkes

The Red Danube Poster

The Red Danube Feature Film1949Brigadier C.M.V. Catlock

Berlin Express Poster

Berlin Express Feature Film1948Sterling

Studio One Poster

Studio One TV Series1948Dr. Gordon

The Three Musketeers Poster

The Three Musketeers Feature Film1948Aramis

Forever Amber Poster

Forever Amber Feature Film1947Sir Thomas Dudley

Lured Feature Film1947Detective

The Exile Poster

The Exile Feature Film1947Dick Pinner

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Poster

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Feature Film1947Mr. Coombe

Cloak and Dagger Poster

Cloak and Dagger Feature Film1946Cronin

Stairway to Heaven Poster

Stairway to Heaven Feature Film1946Bob Trubshaw

Forever and a Day Poster

Forever and a Day Feature Film1943Blind Officer

Commandos Strike at Dawn Poster

Commandos Strike at Dawn Feature Film1942Robert Bowen

Vigil in the Night Poster

Vigil in the Night Feature Film1940Dr. Caley

You Can't Fool Your Wife Poster

You Can't Fool Your Wife Feature Film1940'Batty' Battincourt

Bad Lands Poster

Bad Lands Feature Film1939Eaton

Gunga Din Poster

Gunga Din Feature Film1939Sergeant Higginbotham

Mr. Moto's Last Warning Poster

Mr. Moto's Last Warning Feature Film1939Rollo

Nurse Edith Cavell Poster

Nurse Edith Cavell Feature Film1939Bungey

The House of Fear Poster

The House of Fear Feature Film1939Robert Morton

A Yank at Oxford Poster

A Yank at Oxford Feature Film1938Wavertree

Blond Cheat Poster

Blond Cheat Feature Film1938Gilbert Potts

The Girl Downstairs Poster

The Girl Downstairs Feature Film1938Karl, Paul's Butler

The Sheik Steps Out Poster

The Sheik Steps Out Feature Film1937Lord Eustace Byington

The Thirteenth Chair Poster

The Thirteenth Chair Feature Film1937Stanby

Rangle River Poster

Rangle River Feature Film1936Reggie Mannister, Flight-Lieutenant

Radio Parade of 1935 Poster

Radio Parade of 1935 Feature Film1934Executive

Loyalties Poster

Loyalties Feature Film1933Robert

Sally in Our Alley Poster

Sally in Our Alley Feature Film1931Waiter at Party

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