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George Coe 1929 - 2015

George Coe was born on May 10, 1929 at Jamaica in Queens County, New York United States, and died at age 86 years old on July 18, 2015 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, CA.

George Coe

George Julian Cohen

May 10, 1929

Jamaica in Queens County, New York, United States

July 18, 2015

Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, United States

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George Coe Born May 10, 1929 in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, USA Died July 18, 2015 in Santa Monica, California, USA (long-term illness) Birth Name George Julian Cohen Height 5' 10½" (1.79 m) George Coe was born on May 10, 1929 in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, USA as George Julian Cohen. He was an actor and producer, known for Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), The Stepford Wives (1975) and Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985). He was married to Susan Allsopp Massaron, Karen Foray and Nancy Baker. He died on July 18, 2015 in Santa Monica, California, USA. Spouse (3) Karen Foray (April 1981 - ?) (divorced) Nancy Baker (1962 - ?) (divorced) (2 children) Susan Allsopp Massaron (? - 18 July 2015) (his death) (2 children) One of the original cast members on the first three episodes of Saturday Night Live (1975) in 1975. After that, he made several more uncredited appearances on the show during the first season, including the prison warden in the classic Lifer Follies sketch. Attended both New York's Hofstra University and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He died on the same day as his The Entity (1982) co-star Alex Rocco: July 18, 2015. Served for two years as vice president of the Screen Actor's Guild. Has two daughters Jennifer Coe and Amy Bickers and four grandsons. Entire eight season of Archer was dedicated to him. The story line was finding who killed his character Woodhouse. Alumnus of the AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Class of 1956. George Coe PERFORMER George Coe, an actor with numerous stage and television credits, but who was perhaps best known to theatergoers as a member of the cast of the original Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company, died July 18 after a long illness. He was 86. On the Twentieth Century Playbill - March 1978 ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (1978) OPENED FEB 19, 1978 AS OWEN O'MALLEY (ORIGINAL) Company Playbill - Dec 1970 COMPANY (1970) OPENED APR 26, 1970 AS DAVID (ORIGINAL) Company - August 1970 Mame Playbill - October 1966 MAME (1966) OPENED MAY 24, 1966 AS M. LINDSAY WOOLSEY (ORIGINAL) What Makes Sammy Run? Playbill - Feb 1964 WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN? (1964) OPENED FEB 27, 1964 AS JULIAN BLUMBERG (ORIGINAL)
05/10

1929

Birthday

May 10, 1929

Birthdate

Jamaica in Queens County, New York United States

Birthplace

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Professional Career

Career - Character Actor His Broadway theater career began in 1957 and included turns as "M. Lindsey Woolsey" opposite Angela Lansbury in the original production of Mame; as "Owen O'Malley" in On The Twentieth Century, and creating the role of David in the original Broadway production of Company. Coe was an original member of the "Not Ready For Prime Time Players", the original cast of Saturday Night Live.[2] He was only credited as a cast member for the first show, October 11, 1975. Coe was used in several other episodes of SNL, but was never again credited. In 1979 he appeared as the head of Dustin Hoffman's character's advertising firm in the Academy Award-winning Kramer vs. Kramer. Coe was nominated for an Academy Award for the 1968 short film The Dove, a parody of Ingmar Bergman's films, which he also co-directed. Coe also played the role of Brigadier General Scott Watson in the 1986 movie Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. He guest-starred on a 1991 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He also portrayed Ben Cheviot, the eventual head of Network 23, on the series Max Headroom. His various television appearances include Murder, She Wrote, Bones, My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn, Judging Amy, The King of Queens, Nip/Tuck, Grey's Anatomy, Columbo, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Gilmore Girls, The Golden Girls, Wilfred, and as Senator Howard Stackhouse in two episodes of The West Wing. He voiced the character of Woodhouse, the much-put-upon valet in the FX animated series Archer. He voiced the Autobot Wheeljack in Michael Bay's Transformers: Dark of the Moon.[3] Coe provided voice acting for the video games The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and Guild Wars 2. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1968 De Düva: The Dove Viktor Short Film / also Director / Producer 1975 Distance N/A Producer 1975 The Stepford Wives Claude Axhelm 1979 French Postcards Mr. Weber 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer Jim O'Connor 1980 The First Deadly Sin Dr. Bernardi 1981 Bustin' Loose Doctor Wilson T. Renfrew 1981 The Amateur Rutledge 1982 The Entity Dr. Weber 1984 The House of God Dr. Leggo 1984 Micki + Maude Governor Lanford 1985 Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins General Scott Watson 1985 Head Office Senator Issel 1987 Into the Woods unknown role Direct-to-Video 1987 Blind Date Harry Gruen 1987 Best Seller Graham 1989 Cousins Phil 1990 The End of Innocence Dad 1992 The Mighty Ducks Judge Weathers 1995 Gospa father Ferdo Vlasic 1997 Nick and Jane Mr. Morgan 1999 The Omega Code Senator Jack Thompson 2000 Big Eden Sam Hart 2000 A Rumor of Angels Dr. Sam Jenkins 2000 Diamond Men Tip Rountree 2008 Corporate Affairs George Parker 2009 Funny People George's Dad 2009 Slice of Water Ben Short Film 2010 Bathtub Picnic Ben Short Film 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon Que / Wheeljack Voice Role 2011 Wrinkles Miguel Voice Role (English version) 2013 Chez Upshaw Reg. Nixon 2014 13 Sins Game Host Voice Role Final film role Television Year Title Role Notes 1965 For the People The Reporter "To Prosecute All Crimes" 1970 Somerset Leo Kurtz #1 1971–1972 1975 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Matthews TV Movie 1975–1976 The Doctors Scott Conrad series regular (143 episodes) 1975–1986 Saturday Night Live Himself / Various Characters Season 1; series regular (10 episodes) 1980 Big Blonde Ed TV Movie 1981 Kent State Mayor Leroy Satrom TV Movie 1981 Broken Promise George Mathews TV Movie 1981 Red Flag: The Ultimate Game unknown role TV Movie 1982 Dreams Don't Die Sherman TV Movie 1982 Drop-Out Father Kannon Rush TV Movie 1982 The Country Girl Phil Cook TV Movie 1983 Listen to Your Heart John TV Movie 1983 Rage of Angels Maguire TV Movie 1983 Goodnight, Beantown Dick Novak series regular (5 episodes) 1983 Sessions Max TV Movie 1983 Hill Street Blues Benjamin Fisk 3 episodes 1984 He's Not Your Son Doctor Stadler TV Movie 1984–1985 American Playhouse Old Man / Brian Haas 2 episodes 1985 My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn Irving Jerome TV Movie 1985 The Insiders unknown role "Lonely Hearts" 1985 Remington Steele Ace Ketchum "Coffee, Tea or Steele" 1985 Moonlighting Lou LaSalle "Atlas Belched" 1986 Family Ties Justin Phillips "Nothing But a Man" 1986 Blood & Orchids Dr. Lansing TV Movie 1986 Simon & Simon Nolan Scott "The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree" 1986 The Paper Chase unknown role "Honor" 1986 Dallas Fritz Longley 2 episodes 1986 Scarecrow and Mrs. King Dr. Quidd 3 episodes 1986–1991 L.A. Law Judge Wallace R. Vance 8 episodes 1987 Uncle Tom's Cabin Mr. Shelby TV Movie 1987–1988 Max Headroom Ben Cheviot series regular (14 episodes) 1987–1997 thirtysomething Ted Murdoch 2 episodes 1988 Magnum, P.I. William Wainwright "A Girl Named Sue" 1988 The Golden Girls Al "Rose's Big Adventure" 1988 Shootdown David TV Movie 1988 Why on Earth? Henry TV Movie 1989 Those She Left Behind Bill Page TV Movie 1989 My Name Is Bill W. Frank Shaw TV Movie 1989 The Hollywood Detective Sid Curley TV Movie 1989 The Tracey Ullman Show Reverend Graylin "Jinx Haber Revisited" 1989 Columbo Dr. Sydney Hammer "Murder, a Self Portrait" 1989 Matlock Dr. Lucas Sinclair "The Buddies" 1990 Amen Colonel Adams "The Deacon vs. the U.S. Army" 1990 Father Dowling Mysteries Mr. Vance "The Perfect Couple Mystery" 1990 Fine Things Paul Berman TV Movie 1990 Murphy Brown Theodore "Bob & Murphy & Ted & Avery" 1990 To My Daughter Frank Parsons TV Movie 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation Chancellor Durken "First Contact" 1991 Equal Justice Colin Baker 4 episodes 1991 Night Court Peter Collingswood "Teacher's Pet" 1990–1992 Murder, She Wrote Andrew Thayer / Martin Bergman 2 episodes 1992 Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story Dr. Feldman TV Movie 1992 Nurses Rudy "Rude Awakenings" 1992 Bobby's World unknown role (Voice role) TV Short "The Music" 1992 The Human Factor Dr. Astor "Hear No Evil" 1992 Crossroads Hugh "Courtroom Story" 1992 Camp Candy unknown role (Voice role) "When It Rains... It Snows" 1993 Law & Order Lee Hastings "Conduct Unbecoming" 1993 Joe's Life Grandpa "Dear Grandpa" 1995 The Cosby Mysteries Agent Carter "Goldilocks" 1995 New York Undercover Mr. Braddock "Downtown Girl" 1995 Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling Dan Broadbent TV Movie 1997 Home Improvement Parker "Bright Christmas" 1998 Jenny Thomas Kendall "A Girl's Gotta Merger" 1998 The Pretender Dr. Nicholas Haring "Bloodlines: Part 1" 1998 The Practice Judge Walters "Passing Go" 1998 The Nanny Ernest "Sara's Parents" 1998–1999 Working Peter Baines series regular (9 episodes) 1999 Any Day Now Mr. Noonan "Music from My Life" 1999 Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place Mr. Belt, Sharon's boss "Career Day" 2000 Bull Ed Krakauer "To Have and to Hold" 2000 Ladies Man Herb 2 episodes 2001 The Lone Gunmen Bertram Byers "Pilot" 2001 Becker Mr. Spector "Really Good Advice" 2001–2002 The West Wing Senator Howard Stackhouse 2 episodes 2002 Smallville William Clark "Redux" 2002 Crossing Jordan Warren Lauer "Scared Straight" 2002–2007 Curb Your Enthusiasm General Manager 2 episodes 2003 The Division Joe Marks "Oh Mother, Who Art Thou?" 2003 Judging Amy Judge "The Best Interests of the Child" 2005 Gilmore Girls Grandpa Huntzberger "But I'm a Gilmore!" 2005 Numb3rs Steve Logan "Bettor or Worse" 2006 Cold Case Bill Simmons "Superstar" 2006–2007 Celebrity Death Match Albert Einstein / Bud Selig (voice role) 3 episodes 2007 Bones Father William Donlan "The Priest in the Churchyard" 2007 The King of Queens Father Biskup "Singe Spaced" 2007 Private Practice Stan "In Which Addison Has a Very Casual Get Together" 2007 Nip/Tuck Dr. Joshua Lee "Dr. Joshua Lee" 2008 Supernatural Pat Fremont "No Rest for the Wicked" 2008 Grey's Anatomy Ed Bullard "Rise Up" 2009 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Tee Watt Kaa (voice role) 2 episodes 2009–2013; 2019 Archer Woodhouse / The Pope (voice role) recurring role (22 episodes) "Archer: 1999 — Cubert" (appeared using previously recorded material) 2011–2013 Wilfred Gene 2 episodes 2012 The Legend of Korra Toza "A Leaf in the Wind" 2013 Two and a Half Men Victor "My Bodacious Vidalia"
Personal Life & Family

Theatre Year Title Role Notes 1964–65 What Makes Sammy Run? Julian Blumberg 540 performances 1966–1970 Mame M. Lindsay Woolsey 1,508 performances 1970–72 Company David 705 performances 1978–79 On the Twentieth Century Owen O'Malley 449 performances
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2015

Death

July 18, 2015

Death date

Unknown
Cause of death

Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California United States
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Obituary

George Coe, Actor, and Director of a Bergman Parody Dies at 86 By Margalit Fox July 24, 2015 George Coe, a film, stage and television actor who earned an Oscar nomination for his single picture as a director — the 1968 short feature “De Düva: The Dove,” a mock-Swedish-inflected sendup of Ingmar Bergman that has endured as a cult favorite — died on July 18 in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 86. His daughter Amy Bickers confirmed his death. Mr. Coe, whose half-century-long career encompassed roles on Broadway; in movies like “The Stepford Wives,” “French Postcards” and “Kramer vs. Kramer”; and — in a seminal if seldom-remembered achievement — in the original cast of “Saturday Night Live,” also served for more than a decade on the board of the Screen Actors Guild. In “De Düva,” of which Mr. Coe was a director (with Anthony Lover), producer (with Mr. Lover and Sidney Davis) and star, he out-Bergmaned Bergman. About 14 minutes long and shot in brooding black and white in the woods of upstate New York, the film features Mr. Coe, in heavy age makeup, as a professor looking back on his love (read: lust) for his comely sister, Inga. The screenplay, by Mr. Davis, is a lilting stew of ersatz Swedish (a great many words end in -ska), with a bissel Yiddish thrown in. In proper Bergmanesque fashion, Death, portrayed by a black-shrouded Mr. Davis, materializes to play Inga in a game of badmintönska. “De Düva” was nominated for an Academy Award for the best live-action short subject and proved wildly popular on college campuses. Writing in The New York Times in 1968, Vincent Canby called it “an extremely amusing spoof.” The film also stars Pamela Burrell as Inga and Madeline Kahn, in her screen debut, as the woman who pines for Inga. “Somedaysk,” Ms. Kahn sighs, “Inga loven mir.” George Julian Cohen was born on May 10, 1929, in the Jamaica section of Queens and reared on Long Island. He adopted the surname Coe early in his acting career. After attending Hofstra College (now Hofstra University), he spent four years as a Navy man on submarines during the Korean War. Aboard the sub, he did a comedy radio broadcast, fell in love with performing, and on his discharge studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 1975, Mr. Coe, playing various roles, was seen in the first episode of Season 1 of “Saturday Night Live.” In that episode, and in nearly a dozen subsequent appearances on the show, he served as a conspicuously grown-up counterweight to the youthful anarchy wrought by Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, and their ilk. He had recurring or guest roles on scores of other TV shows, among them “Hill Street Blues,” “Max Headroom,” “Thirtysomething,” “Murphy Brown,” “L.A. Law” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” On Broadway, Mr. Coe was in the original casts of the musicals “What Makes Sammy Run?,” “Mame,” “Company” and “On the Twentieth Century.” On film, he played the head of the advertising agency for which Dustin Hoffman works in “Kramer vs. Kramer” and a Stepford husband in “The Stepford Wives.” In later years, Mr. Coe, a resident of Pacific Palisades, Calif., concentrated on voice-over work. He was long heard on Toyota’s television commercials and supplied the voice of Woodhouse, the title character’s butler, on the animated series “Archer.” Mr. Coe’s first marriage, to Nancy Baker, ended in divorce, as did his second, to Karen Foray. His survivors include his third wife, the former Susan Massaron; two daughters, Ms. Bickers and Jennifer Coe, both from his first marriage; and four grandsons. Writing in The Times about “De Düva,” which was notable not only for its polyglot pidgin but also for subtitles that were deliciously unfaithful to the dialogue, Mr. Canby recounted what happened when it was screened at the New York Film Festival in 1968: “At the showing at Philharmonic Hall, a number of patrons at the festival yesterday didn’t realize that what they were hearing on the soundtrack,” he wrote, “was strictly Svensk American. “ ‘My God,’ said one man with alarm in the balcony, ‘is this the feature?’ ”George Coe died on July 18, 2015 at 86 years of age. He was born on May 10, 1929.

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George Coe lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.

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