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Robert Coote
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Robert Coote
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1909-02-04,London, England, UK
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

6.305

Lured
1947-08-28

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

7.547

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947-05-25

6.5

Gunga Din
1939-01-26

A Matter of Life and Death

7.8

A Matter of Life and Death
1946-12-15

The Prisoner of Zenda

6.8

The Prisoner of Zenda
1952-11-04

Theatre of Blood

6.7

Theatre of Blood
1973-03-16

The Three Musketeers

6.709

The Three Musketeers
1948-10-20

6.152

Berlin Express
1948-05-01

6.3

The Red Danube
1949-10-14

The Horse's Mouth

6.784

The Horse's Mouth
1958-11-11

6.1

The V.I.P.s
1963-09-01

The League of Gentlemen

7

The League of Gentlemen
1960-04-15

7.3

Othello
1951-11-28

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

5.536

Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1939-01-20

6

Merry Andrew
1958-03-20

Prudence and the Pill

5.5

Prudence and the Pill
1968-05-23

5.364

The Swinger
1966-11-13

Commandos Strike at Dawn

5.4

Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942-12-30

A Yank at Oxford

6.7

A Yank at Oxford
1938-02-18

6.1

Forever Amber
1947-10-10

Filming Othello

7.3

Filming Othello
1978-07-10

Vigil in the Night

6

Vigil in the Night
1940-02-05

The Thirteenth Chair

5.8

The Thirteenth Chair
1937-05-07

The Merry Widow

5.8

The Merry Widow
1952-09-05

4.9

The Cool Ones
1967-04-12

A Man Could Get Killed

3.8

A Man Could Get Killed
1966-03-25

The Girl Downstairs

4.5

The Girl Downstairs
1938-12-23

Alice Through the Looking Glass

6

Alice Through the Looking Glass
1966-11-06

3.7

Bad Lands
1939-08-28

You Can't Fool Your Wife

4.5

You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940-05-21

The Golden Head

5.3

The Golden Head
1964-08-22

0

Kenner
1968-01-01

6

Blond Cheat
1938-06-17

7.1

Scaramouche
1952-05-08

6.1

The Exile
1947-10-17

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

6.7

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951-10-16

Sally in Our Alley

4.5

Sally in Our Alley
1931-07-09

The House of Fear

6.5

The House of Fear
1939-06-30

Nurse Edith Cavell

6.364

Nurse Edith Cavell
1939-08-31

4.4

Soldiers Three
1951-04-01

0

Charley's Aunt
1969-11-23

The Sheik Steps Out

4

The Sheik Steps Out
1937-09-05

5.5

Rangle River
1936-12-19

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

0

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
1960-01-03

6

Loyalties
1933-07-02

The Constant Husband

6.9

The Constant Husband
1955-04-21

Forever and a Day

7.4

Forever and a Day
1943-01-21

6.9

The Swan
1956-04-26

Cloak and Dagger

6.462

Cloak and Dagger
1946-09-28

Institute for Revenge

5

Institute for Revenge
1979-01-22

The Elusive Pimpernel

6

The Elusive Pimpernel
1950-11-07

5

Studio One
1948-11-07

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

5.8

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958-10-06

7.2

Rawhide
1959-01-09

Lux Video Theatre

6.333

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

7.2

The Rogues
1964-09-13

Robert Montgomery Presents

5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

7.4

Nero Wolfe
1981-12-24

0

Sweepstakes
1979-01-26

Best Of Enemies

8.3

Best Of Enemies

The Whitehall Worrier

0

The Whitehall Worrier
1967-01-13

Lux Video Theatre

6.333

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

Lux Video Theatre

6.333

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

Robert Montgomery Presents

5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.445

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01