Robert Coote

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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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: London, England, UK

Birthday: February 04, 1909

Deathday: November 26, 1982

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Gender: Male

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Known For:

Lured
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Gunga Din
A Matter of Life and Death
The Prisoner of Zenda
Theatre of Blood
The Three Musketeers
Berlin Express
The Red Danube
The Horse's Mouth
The V.I.P.s
The League of Gentlemen
Othello
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Merry Andrew
Prudence and the Pill
The Swinger
Commandos Strike at Dawn
A Yank at Oxford
Forever Amber
Filming Othello
Vigil in the Night
The Thirteenth Chair
The Merry Widow
The Cool Ones
A Man Could Get Killed
The Girl Downstairs
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Bad Lands
You Can't Fool Your Wife
The Golden Head
Kenner
Blond Cheat
Scaramouche
The Exile
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Sally in Our Alley
The House of Fear
Nurse Edith Cavell
Soldiers Three
Charley's Aunt
The Sheik Steps Out
Rangle River
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Loyalties
The Constant Husband
Forever and a Day
The Swan
Cloak and Dagger
Institute for Revenge
The Elusive Pimpernel