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Robert Coote is a Actor British born on 4 february 1909 at London (United-kingdom)

Robert Coote

Robert Coote
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 4 february 1909 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 26 november 1982 (at 73 years) at New York City (USA)

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.

Biography

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 the Second World War. 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 (1956–1962), 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 of Robert Coote (48 films)

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Filming Othello, 1h24
Directed by Orson Welles
Origin German
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Documentary films about films
Actors Orson Welles, Robert Coote
Rating73% 3.680843.680843.680843.680843.68084
Filming Othello begins with Welles standing behind a moviola. He directly addresses the camera and announces: "This is to be a conversation, certainly not anything so formal as a lecture, and what we're going to talk about is Othello, Shakespeare's play and the film I made of it." Welles initially conducts a monologue where he recalls the events that lead up to the creation of Othello and some of the problems that plagued the production. As the film progresses, he switches to a conversation in a restaurant between himself and two of the film’s co-stars, Micheal MacLiammoir (who played Iago) and Hilton Edwards (who played Brabantio). The three men talk at length about the making of Othello. Welles then resumes his monologue from his position behind the moviola. He then runs footage on the moviola of a question and answer session he conducted during a 1977 screening of Othello in Boston. Welles concludes the film in his position as a monologuist, proclaiming: "There are too many regrets, there are too many things I wish I could have done over again. If it wasn't a memory, if it was a project for the future, talking about Othello would have been nothing but delight. After all, promises are more fun than explanations. In all my heart, I wish that I wasn't looking back on Othello, but looking forward to it. That Othello would be one hell of a picture. Goodnight.
Theatre of Blood, 1h44
Directed by Douglas Hickox
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Serial killer films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Comedy horror films
Actors Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews, Rachael Stirling, Coral Browne
Roles Oliver Larding
Rating70% 3.546583.546583.546583.546583.54658
Shakespearean actor Edward Lionheart (Vincent Price) appears to have committed suicide by diving into the Thames, after being humiliated at an awards ceremony. But he has been secretly rescued by vagrants, who welcome him into their circle. Weakened by meths-addiction, they prove to be a docile crew, that he will use in a campaign of revenge on the drama-critics who failed to salute his genius.
Up the Front, 1h29
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Frankie Howerd, Bill Fraser, William Mervyn, Hermione Baddeley, Jonathan Cecil, Madeline Smith
Roles General Burke
Rating45% 2.279412.279412.279412.279412.27941
Set during World War I, Lurk, a lowly servant in the household of Lord and Lady Twithampton (William Mervyn & Linda Gray), is hypnotised by The Great Vincento (Stanley Holloway) and travels to the Western Front to 'save England'. Lurk is inspired to bravery, and upon receiving the German master plan for the entire war, which has through an unlikely series of events been tattooed onto his posterior, is pursued across France by German intelligence. After breaking into the British military headquarters to deliver the plans into the hands of General Burke (Robert Coote), he is confronted by the sensuous German spy Mata Hari (Zsa Zsa Gabor). After foiling Mata Hari's scheme to relieve him of the plan, a hilarious scene develops in which he is pursued by the nefarious Von Gutz (Lance Percival) and his henchmen Donner and Blitzen (Gertan Klauber and Stanley Lebor). Accompanied by the Can-Can, performed by the Famous Buttercup Girls, Lurk is pursued around the Allied headquarters.
Prudence and the Pill, 1h32
Directed by Ronald Neame, Fielder Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Joyce Redman, Robert Coote, Judy Geeson, Irina Demick
Roles Henry Hardcastle
Rating57% 2.8535152.8535152.8535152.8535152.853515
The film portrays the conflicting and comical attempts by five couples to avoid pregnancy by using contraceptive pills. All of their efforts are ultimately unsuccessful, with the result that all five of the women give birth the following year.
Kenner
Kenner (1968)
, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Madlyn Rhue, Robert Coote, Prem Nath, Sulochana
Roles Henderson
Rating51% 2.5828752.5828752.5828752.5828752.582875
The Cool Ones, 1h35
Directed by Gene Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Roddy McDowall, Debbie Watson, Gil Peterson, Phil Harris, Glen Campbell, Robert Coote
Roles Stanley Krum
Rating44% 2.227582.227582.227582.227582.22758
A millionaire rock promoter joins a pop singer and a dancer in a romantic match as a publicity stunt for a new television series.
A Man Could Get Killed, 1h37
Directed by Ronald Neame, Cliff Owen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors James Garner, Melina Mercouri, Sandra Dee, Anthony Franciosa, Robert Coote, Roland Culver
Roles Hatton / Jones
Rating57% 2.899352.899352.899352.899352.89935
A search is on for stolen diamonds and a government agent has been killed trying to recover them. When an unsuspecting William Beddoes arrives in Lisbon on behalf of an American bank, he is mistaken for the dead agent's replacement.
The Swinger, 1h21
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Ann-Margret, Anthony Franciosa, Robert Coote, Yvonne Romain, Nydia Westman, Horace McMahon
Roles Sir Hubert Charles
Rating53% 2.6617552.6617552.6617552.6617552.661755
Kelly Olsson is an aspiring writer, but Girl-Lure magazine keeps rejecting her racy submissions. Kelly decides to show the magazine boys what they're missing. She creates a fake identity for herself, pretending that a story about a young woman's wild ways is actually about herself.
The Golden Head, 1h42
Directed by Richard Thorpe, James Hill (réalisateur britannique)
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller
Actors George Sanders, Buddy Hackett, Robert Coote, Douglas Wilmer, Sándor Pécsi
Roles Braithwaite
Rating59% 2.9583252.9583252.9583252.9583252.958325
The children of a British policemen holidaying in Hungary track down a priceless art treasure which has recently been stolen.
The V.I.P.s, 1h59
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Louis Jourdan, Maggie Smith, Orson Welles, Rod Taylor
Roles John Coburn
Rating62% 3.149513.149513.149513.149513.14951
The film is set within Terminal 3 of London Heathrow Airport during a fog. As flights are delayed, the VIPs (very important people) of the title play out the drama of their lives in a number of slightly interconnected stories. The delays have caused serious hardship for most of the characters and have plunged some of them into a deep personal or financial crisis.
The League of Gentlemen, 1h56
Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Bryan Forbes, Richard Attenborough, Kieron Moore
Roles Bunny Warren
Rating71% 3.5970853.5970853.5970853.5970853.597085
A manhole opens at night in an empty street and out climbs Lieutenant-Colonel Norman Hyde (Jack Hawkins) in a dinner suit. He gets into a Rolls-Royce and drives home. There, he prepares seven envelopes, each containing an American crime paperback called The Golden Fleece, ten £5-notes cut in half (i.e. £50 in total with the other halves) and an unsigned invitation from “Co-operative Removals Limited” to lunch at the Cafe Royal.
The Horse's Mouth, 1h37
Directed by Ronald Neame
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Peinture
Actors Kay Walsh, Alec Guinness, Robert Coote, Michael Gough, Reginald Beckwith, Ernest Thesiger
Roles Sir William Beeder
Rating69% 3.4978853.4978853.4978853.4978853.497885
Eccentric painter Gulley Jimson (Alec Guinness) is released from a one-month jail sentence for telephone harassment of his sponsor, Mr Hickson (Ernest Thesiger). Nosey Barbon (Mike Morgan), who wants to be Jimson's protégé, greets Jimson at Wormwood Scrubs, but Jimson tries to discourage Nosey from pursuing painting for a living. Jimson steals Nosey's bike to make his way back to his houseboat, which his older lady friend Coker (Kay Walsh) has been maintaining in Jimson's absence.
Merry Andrew, 1h43
Directed by Michael Kidd
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Circus films, Musical films
Actors Danny Kaye, Pier Angeli, Patricia Cutts, Noel Purcell, Robert Coote, Rex Evans
Roles Dudley Larabee
Rating65% 3.2955653.2955653.2955653.2955653.295565
Andrew Larabee teaches at a school run by his headmaster father Matthew, a traditional man who disapproves of his son's unconventional methods despite their popularity with the students. Andrew's special interest is archaeology, and he hopes to earn his father's respect through this field of study.
The Swan
The Swan (1956)
, 1h44
Directed by Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Historical, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness, Louis Jourdan, Jessie Royce Landis, Estelle Winwood, Brian Aherne
Roles Capt. Wunderlich
Rating64% 3.201493.201493.201493.201493.20149
The film, set in 1910, deals with the story of the daughter of a minor branch of a European royal house who is being considered as a wife for her cousin, the heir to the throne.