Tristram Coffin
- Birthday
- Aug 13, 1909
Bio: The namesake nephew of American journalist Tris Coffin, actor Tristram Coffin set his stage career in motion at age 14. By 1939, the tall, silver-mustached Coffin was well on his way to becoming one of the screen's most prolific character actors. Generally cast as crooked lawyers, shifty business executives, and gang bosses in B-pictures, Coffin projected a… More Bio: The namesake nephew of American journalist Tris Coffin, actor Tristram Coffin set his stage career in motion at age 14. By 1939, the tall, silver-mustached Coffin was well on his way to becoming one of the screen's most prolific character actors. Generally cast as crooked lawyers, shifty business executives, and gang bosses in B-pictures, Coffin projected a pleasanter image in A-films, where he often played soft-spoken doctors and educators. In 1949, he essayed his one-and-only film starring role: heroic Jeff King in the Republic serial King of the Rocket Men. Even busier on TV than in films (he was virtually a regular "guest villain" on the Superman series), Tristram Coffin starred as Captain Ryning of the Arizona Rangers in the weekly syndicated Western 26 Men (1957-1958). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Romance On The High Seas
Possessed
A Star Is Born
Law And Order
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
Filmography
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The Barefoot Executive (1971)
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Zebra in the Kitchen (1965)
- Councilman Lawrence
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Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
- Sonny Blatchford
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Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960)
- Arthur Dunlop
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