Robert Coote

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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...

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Studio OneSeries • 1948BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries • 1950RawhideSeries • 1959Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries • 1958The RoguesSeries • 1964Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950Nero WolfeSeries • 1981The Three MusketeersMovie • 1948A Matter of Life and DeathMovie • 1946ScaramoucheMovie • 1952OthelloMovie • 1951The Desert Fox: The Story of RommelMovie • 1951LuredMovie • 1947The Ghost and Mrs. MuirMovie • 1947Gunga DinMovie • 1939The Prisoner of ZendaMovie • 1952Cloak and DaggerMovie • 1946The V.I.P.sMovie • 1963Forever AmberMovie • 1947The League of GentlemenMovie • 1960Theatre of BloodMovie • 1973Berlin ExpressMovie • 1948Mr. Moto's Last WarningMovie • 1939