Ernest Cossart
Biography
Ernest Cossart was an English-American actor who began on the stage in Britain before moving to the United States in 1908, where he worked in Broadway productions and toured around the country. He returned to Broadway in 1919 after appearing in West End musical comedy. In the late 1920s he acted in London in Caprice with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, and in 1932 he was Colonel Tallboys when Bernard Shaw's Too True to Be Good had its world premiere. On Broadway he was Lord Throgmorton in Mary of Scotland in 1933. From the 1930s he worked in Hollywood films, often typecast as butlers and valets; The New York Times called butlers his specialty. The servants he and Edward Everett Horton played in Angel (1937) were judged the best part of that film. He appeared as Pa Monaghan opposite Ronald Reagan in Kings Row (1942) and played Squire Brown in Tom Brown's School Days. He died in 1951.
74years old at death
- Born Cheltenham
- Died New York City
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 10 years1936 to 1946
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About the name
After schooling at Cheltenham Grammar School and Dean Close School, Emil took a clerk's job in a wine company's office. Deciding on an acting career, he adopted the stage name Ernest Cossart and performed on stage in Britain.
Beyond film
In 1932, Cossart took the role of Colonel Tallboys in the world premiere of Bernard Shaw's Too True to Be Good, sharing the stage with Beatrice Lillie and Leo G. Carroll.
Ernest Cossart movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Sam Wood directed two of these films, Ernst Lubitsch two. Florence Bates appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Sam WoodDirector, 2 films, 1940 to 1942
All films by Sam Wood
All films by Ernst Lubitsch
Also two films together9 more actors
- Marlene DietrichAngel (1937) and Desire (1936)
- Cecil CunninghamKitty Foyle (1940) and Lady of the Tropics (1939)
- Richard HaydnCluny Brown (1946) and Tonight and Every Night (1945)
- Nella WalkerKitty Foyle (1940) and Three Smart Girls (1936)
- Jennifer JonesCluny Brown (1946) and Love Letters (1945)
- Dennis MorganKitty Foyle (1940) and The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
- Charles JudelsLady of the Tropics (1939) and The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
- Laura Hope CrewsOne Foot in Heaven (1941) and Angel (1937)
- Nan GreyTower of London (1939) and Three Smart Girls (1936)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
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