Philip Coolidge

Philip Coolidge (August 5, 1908 – May 23, 1967) was an American film and stage actor.

Philip Coolidge
Philip Coolidge in The Lawless Years
BornAugust 5, 1908 (1908-08-05)
Concord, Massachusetts
DiedMay 23, 1967 (1967-05-24) (aged 58)
Los Angeles, California
OccupationActor

Career

Philip Coolidge was born on August 5, 1908, in Concord, Massachusetts. He started his career as an actor at the theater in Broadway (New York) — from Our Town of Thornton Wilder (1938, with Frank Craven and Martha Scott) to Hamlet of William Shakespeare (1964, with Richard Burton and Alfred Drake).

He made his first film, Boomerang, in 1947. In later films, he had roles as a self-protective small-town mayor in Inherit the Wind (1960), as Dr. Cross in North by Northwest (1959), and as Wilbur Peterson in It Happened to Jane (1959). Rarely a leading character, he played Throckmorton, the shopkeeper in the Twilight Zone 1962 episode "A Piano in the House" and also he played William Windom's assistant, Mr. Cooper, in the first season of the 1960s TV series The Farmer's Daughter.[1]

Death

Coolidge died of lung cancer at the age of 58 on May 23, 1967, in Los Angeles, California.[2][3]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1947BoomerangJim CrossmanUncredited
1956The SharkfightersLt. Cmdr. Leonard Evans
1957SlanderHomer Crowley
1958I Want to Live!Emmett Perkins
1959The Mating GameRev. Osgood
1959It Happened to JaneWilbur Peterson
1959North by NorthwestDr. Cross
1959The TinglerOliver 'Ollie' Higgins
1960The Bramble BushColin Eustis
1960Because They're YoungMr. Rimer
1960Inherit the WindMayor Jason Carter
1962Bon Voyage!Passport clerkUncredited
1964HamletVoltimand
1965The Greatest Story Ever ToldChuza
1965The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are ComingMr. Porter
1968Never a Dull MomentFingers Felton(final film role)

Selected Television
1958 Gunsmoke Harry Pope Episode "Grass"
1959 Have Gun - Will Travel Aaron Murdock Episode "Sons of Aaron Murdock "
1962 Have Gun - Will Travel Dr. Leopold Avatar Episode "The Mark of Cain"
1962 Ichabod and Me Samuel Cheever Episodes "Big Business" and "Election Fever"

References
  1. Hal Erikson (2013). "Philip Coolidge". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  2. "Philip Coolidge". IMDB. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  3. "Philip Coolidge (1908 - 1967)". Find A Grave.com. Retrieved August 9, 2017.



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