George Coe
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| George Coe | |
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| Born | 1929 (age 81) Jamaica, Queens, New York City |
| Occupation | Actor |
George Coe (born 1929) is an American film, stage, and television actor. He is best known for having been a cast member on the first three episodes of Saturday Night Live, as well as for his work on various television shows.
[edit] Career
In 1970 he originated the role of David in the original Broadway cast of George Furth and Stephen Sondheim's Company.
Coe was also an original member of the "Not Ready For Prime Time Players," the original cast of Saturday Night Live, but he was only credited as a cast member for the first three shows (October 11, 18, and 25 of 1975), often as an announcer in fake commercials. 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 advertising firm in the Academy Award-winning Kramer vs. Kramer. He was himself nominated for an Academy Award for the 1968 comedy short film The Dove, a parody of Ingmar Bergman's films, which he co-directed as well as starred in. Coe is also known for a guest-starring role in Star Trek: The Next Generation; in the 1991 episode "First Contact," he plays Chancellor Durkin, the leader of an alien planet with whom the Federation is attempting to establish relations. He also portrayed Ben Cheviot, the eventual head of Network 23, in the TV series Max Headroom.
His various television appearances include Murder, She Wrote, Bones, Judging Amy, The King of Queens, Nip/Tuck, Grey's Anatomy, Columbo, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Gilmore Girls and in two episodes of The West Wing as Senator Howard Stackhouse.
Most recently, he voices the character of Woodhouse the much-put-upon butler in the animated television series Archer. He voiced the Autobot Wheeljack in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Coe provided voice acting for the 2011 video games The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Star Wars: The Old Republic.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- George Coe at the Internet Movie Database
- George Coe at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
- JT.org page
- Filmography
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