Tristram Coffin

Tristram Coffin

actor

Tristram Coffin was born on Aug 13, 1909 in USA. Tristram Coffin's big-screen debut came with The Saint Strikes Back directed by John Farrow in 1939, strarring Second Newscaster (uncredited). Tristram Coffin is known for The George Sanders Mystery Theater directed by Fletcher Markle, George Sanders stars as Self - Host and Don Haggerty as Charles Richardson. The upcoming new movie Tristram Coffin plays is Mission to Glory: A True Story which will be released on Dec 08, 1976.

Tristram Coffin was born in a Utah mining community, grew up in Salt Lake City, and started acting while in high school. He later continued acting with traveling stock companies. Having earned a degree in speech at the University of Washington, he worked as a news analyst and sportscaster until a Hollywood talent scout approached him with the idea of putting him in films. Coffin's sinister looks served him well in the roles he played in serials like La Maîtresse du Désert (1942) and Spy Smasher (1942), but there were occasional hero roles, too, as in the feature The Corpse Vanishes (1942) with Bela Lugosi. He donned the bullet helmet and gadget-laden leather jacket of Rocket Man in the 1949 serial King of the Rocket Men (1949). Baby boomers might remember Coffin best as the Arizona Ranger Captain in the 1950s Western series 26 Men (1957).

  • Birthday

    Aug 13, 1909
  • Place of Birth

    Mammoth, Utah, USA

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