Robert Coote
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 4, 1909
- Died
- November 26, 1982 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
Best Of Enemies
TV · 7 eps
Nero Wolfe
TV · as Theodore Horstmann · 14 eps
Filming Othello
Movie
Institute for Revenge
Movie · as Wellington
$weepstake$
TV · as Butler · 1 ep
Theatre of Blood
Movie · as Oliver Larding
Up the Front
Movie · as General Burke
Charley's Aunt
Movie · as Col. Sir Francis Chesney
Prudence and the Pill
Movie · as Henry Hardcastle
Kenner
Movie
The Cool Ones
Movie · as Stanley Krum
The Whitehall Worrier
TV · 7 eps
The Swinger
Movie · as Sir Hubert Charles
A Man Could Get Killed
Movie · as Hatton / Jones
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Movie · as The Red King
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Col. Sir Francis Chesney, Mr. Eager · 1 ep
The Golden Head
Movie
The Rogues
TV · as Timmy St. Clair · 30 eps
The V.I.P.s
Movie · as John Coburn
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The League of Gentlemen
Movie · as Bunny Warren
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Movie · as Baines
Rawhide
TV
The Horse's Mouth
Movie · as Sir William Beeder
Merry Andrew
Movie · as Dudley Larabee
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · as Terry · 1 ep
The Swan
Movie · as Capt. Wunderlich
The Constant Husband
Movie · as The Best Man
The Prisoner of Zenda
Movie · as Fritz von Tarlenheim
The Merry Widow
Movie · as Marquis De Crillon
Scaramouche
Movie · as Gaston Binet
Othello
Movie · as Roderigo
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Movie · as British Medical Officer
Soldiers Three
Movie · as Maj. Mercer
The Elusive Pimpernel
Movie · as Sir Andrew ffoulkes
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Stephen, Joe Worton, Lawton · 1 ep
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · as Sir Archibald Bruern · 2 eps
The Red Danube
Movie · as Brigadier C.M.V. Catlock
The Three Musketeers
Movie · as Aramis
Berlin Express
Movie · as James Sterling
Studio One
TV · as Dr. Gordon · 1 ep
Lured
Movie · as Detective Wilson
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Movie · as Mr. Coombe
Forever Amber
Movie · as Sir Thomas Dudley
The Exile
Movie · as Dick Pinner
A Matter of Life and Death
Movie · as Bob Trubshawe
Cloak and Dagger
Movie · as Cronin
Forever and a Day
Movie · as Blind Officer
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Movie · as Robert Bowen
Vigil in the Night
Movie · as Dr. Caley
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Movie · as Battincourt
Gunga Din
Movie · as Bertie Higginbotham
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Movie · as Rollo Venables
Bad Lands
Movie · as Eaton
The House of Fear
Movie · as Robert Morton
Nurse Edith Cavell
Movie · as Bungey
A Yank at Oxford
Movie · as Wavertree
The Girl Downstairs
Movie · as Karl
Blond Cheat
Movie · as Gilbert Potts
The 13th Chair
Movie · as Stanby
The Sheik Steps Out
Movie · as Lord Eustace Byington
Rangle River
Movie · as Reggie Mannister, Flight-Lieutenant
Loyalties
Movie · as Robert
Sally in Our Alley
Movie · as Waiter At Party