Anecdotes

Balding, lean American character actor who looked older than his years. Prolific on Broadway, from his first performance in "Our Town" (1940), to his last in "Hamlet" (1964). Specialised in serious or victimised roles, exacerbated by his furtive, hangdog demeanour. A reliable character player on the small screen, he made relatively few film appearances, but stood out in Je veux vivre! (1958) and Le Désosseur de cadavres (1959), as a homicidal silent picture theatre proprietor.

Died sixteen days after Judith Evelyn, who played his wife in The Tingler. Both died from cancer at the age of 58.

Survived by a sister, Mrs. Helen Stevens of Perry, Maine; and three brothers, Dr. Thomas B. Coolidge of Chicago; Edmund J. Coolidge of Natick, Mass. and Francis L. Coolidge of Washington.