Acting

Gene Coogan

Born August 30, 1909 · Essex, New Jersey, USA

Died January 26, 1972 · aged 62

Gene Coogan was born on 30 August 1909 in Essex, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Peter Gunn (1958), Panic! (1957) and The Silent Service (1957). He was married to Linda Landi. He died on 26 January 1972 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Known For

Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane · 1941

MovieMysteryDrama

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

True Grit

True Grit · 1969

The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.

The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle · 1950

The Asphalt Jungle

MovieCrimeDrama

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

High Society

High Society · 1956

MovieMusicComedy

With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty · 1935

Mutiny on the Bounty

MovieAdventureDrama

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers · 1948

The Three Musketeers

MovieAdventureRomance

In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Support Your Local Sheriff! · 1969

Support Your Local Sheriff!

MovieComedyWestern

In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers · 1954

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

MovieComedyDrama

In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.

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Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane · 1941

MovieMysteryDrama

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

Newsreel Man (uncredited)

True Grit

True Grit · 1969

The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.

Boarding House Guest (uncredited)

The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle · 1950

The Asphalt Jungle

MovieCrimeDrama

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

Reporter (uncredited)

High Society

High Society · 1956

MovieMusicComedy

With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.

Party Guest (uncredited)

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty · 1935

Mutiny on the Bounty

MovieAdventureDrama

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.

Stunt Double

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers · 1948

The Three Musketeers

MovieAdventureRomance

In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

Support Your Local Sheriff!

Support Your Local Sheriff! · 1969

Support Your Local Sheriff!

MovieComedyWestern

In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.

Gunman in Saloon (uncredited)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers · 1954

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

MovieComedyDrama

In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.

Townsman (uncredited)

The Cincinnati Kid

The Cincinnati Kid · 1965

The Cincinnati Kid

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.

Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride · 1950

Father of the Bride

MovieComedyRomance

Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.

Barman (uncredited)

Harper

MovieMysteryCrime

Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.

Stunts

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar · 1953

MovieDramaHistory

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both have sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

Citizen of Rome (uncredited)

Westward the Women

Westward the Women · 1951

Westward the Women

There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and dangerous journey for the women. So Whitman hires hardened, cynical Buck Wyatt to be their guide across the inhospitable frontier. But as disaster strikes on the trail, Buck just might discover that these women are stronger than he thinks.

Outrider (uncredited)

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Somebody Up There Likes Me · 1956

Somebody Up There Likes Me

The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.

Bookie (uncredited)

The Last Wagon

The Last Wagon · 1956

When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd, a white man who has lived with the Comanches most of his life and is wanted for the murder of three men.

Cimarron

Cimarron · 1960

The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.

Butler / Townsman (uncredited)

Party Girl

Party Girl · 1958

MovieCrimeDrama

Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.

Juror (uncredited)

The Gazebo

The Gazebo · 1959

MovieComedyCrime

TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let the body rest there.

Man (uncredited)

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

The Courtship of Eddie's Father · 1963

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

MovieDramaComedy

Although he's only seven, Eddie's got it all figured out. He wants his father, a widower, to get remarried — to the girl next door. Unfortunately, she's not one of the women that his dad's been dating.

Bowling Alley Patron (uncredited)

Home from the Hill

Home from the Hill · 1960

Home from the Hill

MovieDramaRomance

The wealthiest man in a Texas town decides to teach his teenage son how to hunt to make a man out of him.

Party Guest (uncredited)

Strange Bedfellows

Strange Bedfellows · 1965

Strange Bedfellows

MovieComedyRomance

After a hasty wedding, Carter and Toni find that they disagree on everything. They separate and seven years later, on the eve before their divorce, meet again and spend the night together. Reality sets in when morning comes and they begin arguing again. Once again, divorce proceedings are on — until Carter finds out that an important promotion hinges on whether he's married.

Commuter (uncredited)

Kiss Me Kate

Kiss Me Kate · 1953

MovieMusicComedy

A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play, and they must work together when mistaken identities get them mixed up with the mafia.

Audience Member (uncredited)

The Long, Long Trailer

The Long, Long Trailer · 1954

The Long, Long Trailer

MovieComedyRomance

A newly wed couple, Tacy and Nicky, travel in a trailer for their honeymoon. The journey is a humorous one that could end up destroying their marriage.

Trailer Show Attendee (uncredited)

The Outriders

The Outriders · 1950

Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raiders, who force them to act as "outriders" (escorts) for a civilian wagon train that will be secretly transporting Union gold from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to St. Louis, Missouri. The three men are to lead the wagons into a raider trap in Missouri, but one of them starts to have misgivings....

Stunts

Bonanza

Bonanza · 1959

SeriesWesternAction & Adventure

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

Townsman (uncredited)

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone · 1959

The Twilight Zone

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyMystery

An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.

Victim (uncredited)

The Virginian

The Virginian · 1962

SeriesWesternDrama

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.

Stage Passenger (uncredited)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive · 1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive

SeriesWesternAction & Adventure

Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–61. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a March 1958 episode of Trackdown, a 1957–59 western series starring Robert Culp. Both series were produced by Four Star Television in association with CBS Television. The series launched McQueen into becoming the first television star to cross over into comparable status on the big screen.

Townsman (uncredited)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. · 1964

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

SeriesAction & AdventureComedy

Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the auspices of the U.N. Their immediate superior is Mr. Waverly. Together they operate out of a secret base beneath the streets of New York City, and accesses through several cover business such as Del Floria's Tailor Shop and the Masque Club. This secret intelligence service is called U.N.C.L.E. United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.

Soldier (uncredited)

The Texan

The Texan · 1958

The Texan was a Western television series starring popular B movie actor Rory Calhoun, which aired on the CBS television network from 1958 to 1960.

Gunman (uncredited)

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

The Barbara Stanwyck Show · 1960

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

An American anthology drama television series hosted by Barbara Stanwyck served.

Handy

Sam Benedict

Sam Benedict · 1962

Sam Benedict is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from September 1962 to March 1963. The series was created and executive produced by E. Jack Neuman. Sam Benedict is based on real-life lawyer Jacob W. "Jake" Erlich, who served as technical consultant for the series.

Bailiff (uncredited)

The Loner

The Loner · 1965

The Loner is an American western series that ran for less than one season on CBS from 1965 to 1966, under the alternate sponsorship of Philip Morris and Procter & Gamble.

Soldier (uncredited)

The Lieutenant

The Lieutenant · 1963

Situated at Camp Pendleton, the West Coast base of the U.S. Marine Corps, The Lieutenant focuses on the men of the Corps in peace time with a Cold War backdrop. The title character is Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice, a rifle platoon leader and one of the training instructors at Camp Pendleton. An hour-long drama, The Lieutenant explores the lives of enlisted Marines and general officers alike.

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Jericho

Jericho · 1966

SeriesWar & PoliticsDrama

Jericho is an American espionage series set during World War II. The series stars John Leyton, Don Francks and Marino Masé as secret agents, and aired on CBS from September 1966, to January 1967.

Cafe Patron (uncredited)