Philip Coolidge

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

Philip Coolidge
Born	August 5, 1908 (1908-08-05) Concord, Massachusetts
Died	May 23, 1967 (1967-05-24) (aged 58) Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Actor

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

Filmography

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

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.
3. "Philip Coolidge (1908 - 1967)". Find A Grave.com. Retrieved August 9, 2017.

External links

• Philip Coolidge on IMDb
• Philip Coolidge at the Internet Broadway Database