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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 (Movies)
Filming Othello
Character:
Release Date:26/06/1979
Institute for Revenge
Character:Wellington
Release Date:22/01/1979
Theatre of Blood
Character:Oliver Larding
Release Date:16/03/1973
Up the Front
Character:General Burke
Release Date:14/07/1972
Charley's Aunt
Character:Col. Sir Francis Chesney
Release Date:23/11/1969
Prudence and the Pill
Character:Henry Hardcastle
Release Date:23/05/1968
Kenner
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1968
The Cool Ones
Character:Stanley Krum
Release Date:12/04/1967
The Swinger
Character:Sir Hubert Charles
Release Date:13/11/1966
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Character:The Red King
Release Date:06/11/1966
A Man Could Get Killed
Character:Hatton / Jones
Release Date:25/03/1966
The Golden Head
Character:
Release Date:22/08/1964
The V.I.P.s
Character:John Coburn
Release Date:01/09/1963
The League of Gentlemen
Character:Bunny Warren
Release Date:15/04/1960
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Character:Baines
Release Date:03/01/1960
The Horse's Mouth
Character:Sir William Beeder
Release Date:11/11/1958
Merry Andrew
Character:Dudley Larabee
Release Date:20/03/1958
The Swan
Character:Capt. Wunderlich
Release Date:26/04/1956
The Constant Husband
Character:The Best Man
Release Date:21/04/1955
The Prisoner of Zenda
Character:Fritz von Tarlenheim
Release Date:04/11/1952
The Merry Widow
Character:Marquis De Crillon
Release Date:05/09/1952
Scaramouche
Character:Gaston Binet
Release Date:08/05/1952
Othello
Character:Roderigo
Release Date:28/11/1951
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Character:British Medical Officer
Release Date:16/10/1951
Soldiers Three
Character:Maj. Mercer
Release Date:01/04/1951
The Elusive Pimpernel
Character:Sir Andrew ffoulkes
Release Date:07/11/1950
The Red Danube
Character:Brigadier C.M.V. Catlock
Release Date:14/10/1949
The Three Musketeers
Character:Aramis
Release Date:20/10/1948
Berlin Express
Character:Sterling
Release Date:01/05/1948
The Exile
Character:Dick Pinner
Release Date:17/10/1947
Forever Amber
Character:Sir Thomas Dudley
Release Date:10/10/1947
Lured
Character:Detective Wilson
Release Date:28/08/1947
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Character:Mr. Coombe
Release Date:25/05/1947
A Matter of Life and Death
Character:Bob Trubshawe
Release Date:15/12/1946
Cloak and Dagger
Character:Cronin
Release Date:28/09/1946
Forever and a Day
Character:Blind Officer
Release Date:21/01/1943
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Character:Robert Bowen
Release Date:30/12/1942
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Character:Battincourt
Release Date:21/05/1940
Vigil in the Night
Character:Dr. Caley
Release Date:05/02/1940
Nurse Edith Cavell
Character:Bungey
Release Date:31/08/1939
Bad Lands
Character:Eaton
Release Date:28/08/1939
The House of Fear
Character:Robert Morton
Release Date:30/06/1939
Gunga Din
Character:Bertie Higginbotham
Release Date:26/01/1939
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Character:Rollo Venables
Release Date:20/01/1939
The Girl Downstairs
Character:Karl
Release Date:23/12/1938
Blond Cheat
Character:Gilbert Potts
Release Date:17/06/1938
A Yank at Oxford
Character:Wavertree
Release Date:18/02/1938
The Sheik Steps Out
Character:Lord Eustace Byington
Release Date:05/09/1937
The Thirteenth Chair
Character:Stanby
Release Date:07/05/1937
Rangle River
Character:Reggie Mannister, Flight-Lieutenant
Release Date:19/12/1936
Loyalties
Character:Robert
Release Date:02/07/1933
Sally in Our Alley
Character:Waiter At Party
Release Date:09/07/1931
Television Appearances
Nero Wolfe
Character:Theodore Horstmann
$weepstake$
Character:Butler
The Whitehall Worrier
Character:
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Col. Sir Francis Chesney
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Mr. Eager
The Rogues
Character:Timmy St. Clair
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
Rawhide
Character:
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Character:Terry
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Stephen
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Joe Worton
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Lawton
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:Sir Archibald Bruern
Studio One
Character:Dr. Gordon
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