Philip Coolidge

Philip Coolidge (August 5, 1908 – May 23, 1967) was an American film and stage actor best known for his numerous appearances in Alfred Hitchcock's films.

Career as actor

Born August 5, 1908, in Concord, Massachusetts, 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 Thockmorton, 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 at the age of 58 on May 23, 1967.^[2]

Filmography

• Boomerang (1947) - Jim Crossman (uncredited)
• The Sharkfighters (1956) - Lt. Cmdr. Leonard Evans
• Slander (1957) - Homer Crowley
• I Want to Live! (1958) - Emmett Perkins
• The Mating Game (1959) - Rev. Osgood
• It Happened to Jane (1959) - Wilbur Peterson
• North by Northwest (1959) - Dr. Cross
• The Tingler (1959) - Oliver 'Ollie' Higgins
• The Bramble Bush (1960) - Colin Eustis
• Because They're Young (1960) - Mr. Rimer
• Inherit the Wind (1960) - Mayor Jason Carter
• Bon Voyage! (1962) - Passport clerk (uncredited)
• Hamlet (1964) - Voltimand
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) - Chuza
• The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1965) - Mr. Porter
• Never a Dull Moment (1968) - Fingers Felton (Last appearance)

References

1. Hal Erikson, Rovi (February 27, 2013). "Philip Coolidge". New York Times. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
2. "Philip Coolidge". IMDB. Retrieved August 25, 2013.

External links

• Philip Coolidge at the Internet Movie Database
• Philip Coolidge at the Internet Broadway Database