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Ernest Cossart was an English-American actor. After a stage career in England, he moved to the US, appearing on Broadway and all around the country. In the 1930s and 1940s, he appeared in films, specialising in playing butlers, valets, and similar roles, but playing a range of other parts.
Birth Name
Emil Gottfried Adolph von Holst
Born
Sunday, 24 September 1876
Died
Sunday, 21 January 1951
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| American Masters | Pa Monaghan | 1986 |
| John Loves Mary | Oscar Dugan | 1949 |
| The Ford Theatre Hour | Mr. Baxley / Inspector | 1948 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | 1948 | |
| Love from a Stranger | Billings | 1947 |
| The Jolson Story | Father McGee | 1946 |
| Cluny Brown | Syrette | 1946 |
| The Girl of the Limberlost | Roger Henley | 1945 |
| Love Letters | Bishop | 1945 |
| Tonight and Every Night | Sam Royce / Sam Royc | 1945 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| American Masters | Pa Monaghan | 1986 |
| John Loves Mary | Oscar Dugan | 1949 |
| The Ford Theatre Hour | Mr. Baxley / Inspector | 1948 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | 1948 | |
| Love from a Stranger | Billings | 1947 |
| The Jolson Story | Father McGee | 1946 |
| Cluny Brown | Syrette | 1946 |
| The Girl of the Limberlost | Roger Henley | 1945 |
| Love Letters | Bishop | 1945 |
| Tonight and Every Night | Sam Royce / Sam Royc | 1945 |
| Knickerbocker Holiday | Tienhoven | 1944 |
| Kings Row | Pa Monaghan | 1942 |
| Skylark | Theodore | 1941 |
| One Foot in Heaven | John E. Morris | 1941 |
| Charley's Aunt | Brasset / Brassett | 1941 |
| Kitty Foyle | Pop / Pop Foyle | 1940 |
| Tom Brown's School Days | Squire Brown | 1940 |
| A Bill of Divorcement | Rev. Dr. Pumphrey | 1940 |
| The Light That Failed | Beeton | 1939 |
| Tower of London | Tom Clink | 1939 |
| Lady of the Tropics | Father Antoine | 1939 |
| The Magnificent Fraud | Duval | 1939 |
| Three Smart Girls Grow Up | Binns the Butler / Binns | 1939 |
| Never Say Die | Jeepers | 1939 |
| Zaza | Marchand | 1939 |
| Letter of Introduction | Andrews, the Butler / Andrews - Butler | 1938 |
| Angel | Christopher Wilton / Christopher 'Chris' Wilton | 1937 |
| Carnival Queen | Spaulding | 1937 |
| The Lady Fights Back | Commissioner Allan | 1937 |
| As Good as Married | Quinn | 1937 |
| Top of the Town | Augustus Borden | 1937 |
| Champagne Waltz | Waiter | 1937 |
| Three Smart Girls | Binns | 1936 |
| The Big Broadcast of 1937 | The Uncle | 1936 |
| Murder with Pictures | Stanley Redfield | 1936 |
| My American Wife | Adolphe / Adolph | 1936 |
| Palm Springs | Starkey | 1936 |
| The Great Ziegfeld | Sidney | 1936 |
| Desire | Aristide Duvalle | 1936 |
| Two for Tonight | Homps | 1935 |
| Accent on Youth | Flogdell | 1935 |
| The Scoundrel | Jimmy Clay | 1935 |
| The Pursuing Vengeance | Vantine | 1916 |
