George Coe

For other people named George Coe, see George Coe (disambiguation).

George Coe (born George Julian Cohen; May 10, 1929 – July 18, 2015) was an American actor. He was a cast member for the first season of Saturday Night Live and voiced the character of Woodhouse in Archer.

George Coe
Coe in 1980
Born	George Julian Cohen (1929-05-10)May 10, 1929 New York, New York, U.S.
Died	July 18, 2015(2015-07-18) (aged 86) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1956–2015

Early life

Coe was born in New York, New York.^[1]

Career

His Broadway theater career began in 1957 and included turns as M. Lindsey Woolsey opposite Angela Lansbury in the original production of Mame; as Owen O'Malley in On The Twentieth Century, and creating the role of David in the original Broadway production of Company.

Coe was an original member of the "Not Ready For Prime Time Players", the original cast of Saturday Night Live.^[2] He was only credited as a cast member for the first show on October 11, 1975. 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 character's advertising firm in the Academy Award-winning Kramer vs. Kramer. Coe was nominated for an Academy Award for the 1968 short film The Dove, a parody of Ingmar Bergman's films, which he also co-directed. Coe also played the role of Brigadier General Scott Watson in the 1986 movie Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. He guest-starred on a 1991 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He also portrayed Ben Cheviot, the eventual head of Network 23, on the series Max Headroom. His various television appearances include Murder, She Wrote, Bones, My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn, Judging Amy, The King of Queens, Nip/Tuck, Grey's Anatomy, Columbo, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Gilmore Girls, The Golden Girls, Wilfred, and as Senator Howard Stackhouse in two episodes of The West Wing.

He voiced the character of Woodhouse, the much-put-upon valet in the FX animated series Archer. He voiced the Autobot Wheeljack in Michael Bay's Transformers: Dark of the Moon.^[3] Coe provided voice acting for the video games The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and Guild Wars 2.

Death

Coe died on July 18, 2015, at the age of 86, after a long illness, in Santa Monica, California.^[4] The eighth season of Archer (the primary arc of which revolves mostly around the death of his character Woodhouse) was dedicated to him.

Acting credits

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	De Düva: The Dove	Viktor	Short Film / also Director / Producer
1975	Distance	Unknown	Producer
	The Stepford Wives	Claude Axhelm
1979	French Postcards	Mr. Weber
	Kramer vs. Kramer	Jim O'Connor
1980	The First Deadly Sin	Dr. Bernardi
1981	Bustin' Loose	Dr. Wilson T. Renfrew
	The Amateur	Rutledge
1982	The Entity	Dr. Weber
1984	The House of God	Dr. Leggo
	Micki + Maude	Governor Lanford
1985	Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins	General Scott Watson
	Head Office	Senator Jack Issel Sr.
1987	Blind Date	Harry Gruen
	Best Seller	Graham
1989	Cousins	Phil
1990	The End of Innocence	Dad
1992	The Mighty Ducks	Judge Weathers
1995	Gospa	Father Ferdo Vlasic
1997	Nick and Jane	Mr. Morgan
1999	The Omega Code	Senator Jack Thompson
2000	Big Eden	Sam Hart
	A Rumor of Angels	Dr. Sam Jenkins
	Diamond Men	'Tip' Rountree
2008	Corporate Affairs	George Parker
2009	Funny People	George's Dad
	Slice of Water	Ben	Short Film
2010	Bathtub Picnic	Ben
2011	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Que / Wheeljack	Voice Role
	Wrinkles	Miguel	Voice Role (English version)
2013	Chez Upshaw	Reg. Nixon
2014	13 Sins	Game Host	Voice Role Final film role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1965	For the People	Reporter	"To Prosecute All Crimes"
1970	Somerset	Leo Kurtz #1	1971–1972
1975	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	Matthews	TV movie
1975–1976	The Doctors	Scott Conrad	series regular (143 episodes)
1975–1986	Saturday Night Live	Himself / Various Characters	Season 1; series regular (10 episodes)
1980	Big Blonde	Ed	TV movie
1981	Kent State	Mayor Leroy Satrom
	Broken Promise	George Mathews
	Red Flag: The Ultimate Game	Unknown
1982	Dreams Don't Die	Sherman
	Drop-Out Father	Kannon Rush
	The Country Girl	Phil Cook
1983	Goodnight, Beantown	Dick Novak	Series regular (5 episodes)
	Hill Street Blues	Benjamin Fisk	3 episodes
	Listen to Your Heart	John	TV movie
	Rage of Angels	Maguire
	Sessions	Max
1984	He's Not Your Son	Dr. Stadler
1984–1985	American Playhouse	Old Man / Brian Haas	2 episodes
1985	My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn	Irving Jerome	TV movie
	The Insiders	Unknown	"Lonely Hearts"
	Remington Steele	'Ace' Ketchum	"Coffee, Tea or Steele"
	Moonlighting	Lou LaSalle	"Atlas Belched"
1986	Family Ties	Justin Phillips	"Nothing But a Man"
	Blood & Orchids	Dr. Lansing	TV movie
	Simon & Simon	Nolan Scott	"The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree"
	The Paper Chase	Unknown	"Honor"
	Dallas	Fritz Longley	2 episodes
	Scarecrow and Mrs. King	Dr. Quidd	3 episodes
1986–1991	L.A. Law	Judge Wallace R. Vance	8 episodes
1987	Uncle Tom's Cabin	Mr. Shelby	TV movie
1987–1988	Max Headroom	Ben Cheviot	Series regular (14 episodes)
1987–1997	thirtysomething	Ted Murdoch	2 episodes
1988	Magnum, P.I.	William Wainwright	"A Girl Named Sue"
	The Golden Girls	Al	"Rose's Big Adventure"
	Shootdown	David	TV movie
	Why on Earth?	Henry
1989	Those She Left Behind	Bill Page
	My Name Is Bill W.	Frank Shaw
	The Hollywood Detective	Sid Curley
	The Tracey Ullman Show	Reverend Graylin	"Jinx Haber Revisited"
	Columbo	Dr. Sydney Hammer	"Murder, a Self Portrait"
	Matlock	Dr. Lucas Sinclair	"The Buddies"
1990	Amen	Colonel Adams	"The Deacon vs. the U.S. Army"
	Father Dowling Mysteries	Mr. Vance	"The Perfect Couple Mystery"
	Fine Things	Paul Berman	TV movie
	To My Daughter	Frank Parsons
	Murphy Brown	Theodore	"Bob & Murphy & Ted & Avery"
1990–1992	Murder, She Wrote	Andrew Thayer / Martin Bergman	2 episodes
1991	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Chancellor Durken	"First Contact"
	Equal Justice	Colin Baker	4 episodes
	Night Court	Peter Collingswood	"Teacher's Pet"
1992	Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story	Dr. Feldman	TV movie
	Nurses	Rudy	"Rude Awakenings"
	Bobby's World	Unknown (Voice role)	TV Short "The Music"
	The Human Factor	Dr. Astor	"Hear No Evil"
	Crossroads	Hugh	"Courtroom Story"
	Camp Candy	Unknown (Voice role)	"When It Rains... It Snows"
1993	Law & Order	Lee Hastings	"Conduct Unbecoming"
	Joe's Life	Grandpa	"Dear Grandpa"
1995	The Cosby Mysteries	Agent Carter	"Goldilocks"
	New York Undercover	Mr. Braddock	"Downtown Girl"
	Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling	Dan Broadbent	TV movie
1997	Home Improvement	Parker	"Bright Christmas"
1998	Jenny	Thomas Kendall	"A Girl's Gotta Merger"
	The Pretender	Dr. Nicholas Haring	"Bloodlines: Part 1"
	The Practice	Judge Walters	"Passing Go"
	The Nanny	Ernest	"Sara's Parents"
1998–1999	Working	Peter Baines	Series regular (9 episodes)
1999	Any Day Now	Mr. Noonan	"Music from My Life"
	Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place	Mr. Belt, Sharon's Boss	"Career Day"
2000	Bull	Ed Krakauer	"To Have and to Hold"
	Ladies Man	Herb	2 episodes
2001	The Lone Gunmen	Bertram Byers	"Pilot"
	Becker	Mr. Spector	"Really Good Advice"
2001–2002	The West Wing	Senator Howard Stackhouse	2 episodes
2002	Smallville	William Clark	"Redux"
	Crossing Jordan	Warren Lauer	"Scared Straight"
2002–2007	Curb Your Enthusiasm	General manager	2 episodes
2003	The Division	Joe Marks	"Oh Mother, Who Art Thou?"
	Judging Amy	Judge	"The Best Interests of the Child"
2005	Gilmore Girls	Grandpa Huntzberger	"But I'm a Gilmore!"
	Numb3rs	Steve Logan	"Bettor or Worse"
2006	Cold Case	Bill Simmons	"Superstar"
2006–2007	Celebrity Death Match	Albert Einstein / Bud Selig (voice role)	3 episodes
2007	Bones	Father William Donlan	"The Priest in the Churchyard"
	The King of Queens	Father Biskup	"Singe Spaced"
	Private Practice	Stan	"In Which Addison Has a Very Casual Get Together"
	Nip/Tuck	Dr. Joshua Lee	"Dr. Joshua Lee"
2008	Supernatural	Pat Fremont	"No Rest for the Wicked"
	Grey's Anatomy	Ed Bullard	"Rise Up"
2009	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Tee Watt Kaa (voice role)	2 episodes
2009–2019	Archer	Arthur Woodhouse / The Pope (voice role)	Recurring role (22 episodes) "Archer: 1999 — Cubert" (appeared using previously recorded material)
2011–2013	Wilfred	Gene	2 episodes
2012	The Legend of Korra	Toza	"A Leaf in the Wind"
2013	Two and a Half Men	Victor	"My Bodacious Vidalia"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Reservoir Dogs	Unknown	Voice Role
2011	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Tolfdir / Calcelmo / Calixto Corrium
	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Dr. Godera / Grommik Kurthson / Keyo-So
2012	Guild Wars 2	Ghostly Norn Longship Captain / Yakov / Zenik Konsman
2013	Star Wars: The Old Republic – Rise of the Hutt Cartel	Archivist Varus / Kai Teyun / Civilian Hostage

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1964–1965	What Makes Sammy Run?	Julian Blumberg	540 performances
1966–1970	Mame	M. Lindsay Woolsey	1,508 performances
1970–1972	Company	David	705 performances
1978–1979	On the Twentieth Century	Owen O'Malley	449 performances
1986–1987	Into the Woods	The Mysterious Man/Cinderella's Father	50 Performances

Accolades

Year	Association	Category	Nominated Work	Results	Ref
1969	Academy Awards	Best Live Action Short Film	De Duva: The Dove	Nominated	[5]
2009	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Ralph Morgan Award	—	Won	[6]
2012	Behind the Voice Actors Awards	Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Nominated	[7]
2013		Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series — Comedy/Musical	Archer	Nominated	[8]
2014				Nominated	[9]

See also

• Saturday Night Live season 1

References

1. Chawkins, Steve (July 26, 2015). "George Coe, character actor and veteran of 'Saturday Night Live,' dies at 86". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
2. Gus Wezerek (December 14, 2019). "The 'S.N.L.' Stars Who Lasted, and the Ones Who Flamed Out". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019. Some of the names here will be familiar only to die-hard fans; others, like Murphy, defined what was funny for generations of viewers.
3. "Transformers: Dark of the Moon". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
4. McNary, Dave (July 20, 2015). "George Coe, Oscar-Nominated Actor and SAG Activist, Dies at 86". variety.com. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
5. "Browser Unsupported - Academy Awards Search | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences". awardsdatabase.oscars.org. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
6. "George Coe and Sumi Haru winners of the Ralph Morgan award! | SAG Watchdog". www.sagwatchdog.com. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
7. "Behind the Voice Actors Awards (2012)". IMDb. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
8. "Behind the Voice Actors Awards (2013)". IMDb. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
9. "Behind the Voice Actors Awards (2014)". IMDb. Retrieved July 7, 2020.

External links

• George Coe at IMDb
• George Coe at the Internet Broadway Database
• George Coe at the Internet Off-Broadway Database