Frederick Coffin, actor

Hyfler/Rosner

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Aug 5, 2003, 10:45:54 PM8/5/03

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Frederick Coffin, longtime movie, stage and TV actor, died July 31 of lung
cancer at his home in Los Angeles. He was 60.
During his time in Hollywood, he played in more than a dozen films and 20
telepics and appeared in well over 50 primetime TV series. His last film
appearance was in "Identity," released this year.

The son of the character actress Winifred Coffin, he grew up in Michigan and
Ohio. Athletic standout attended U. of Michigan and earned his bachelor and
master degrees there at Michigan while also with the APA-Phoenix Repertory
Company, which included Helen Hayes, Rosemary Harris, Will Geer, Ellis Rabb
and Donald Moffat.

Roles included Steven Seagal's cop buddy in "Hard to Kill," the leader of a
marauding gang of Union Army prisoners in the TNT miniseries
"Andersonville," a hard-nosed FBI agent in the original "The X-Files"
episode and a cameo as the body cavity-searching police officer in "Wayne's
World."

He started out in regional theater and had leading roles in Joseph Papp's
New York Shakespeare Festival, including Borrachio in "Much Ado About
Nothing" with Sam Waterston, which went on to Broadway and CBS Television.
He was Ralphie in Papp's Lincoln Center production of David Rabe's "In the
Boom Boom Room" and Kress in the original New York Shakespeare Festival
production of "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel."

Other stage credits include the title role in the Off Broadway production of
Kurt Vonnegut's "God Bless You Mr. Rosewater" and Wreck in the national tour
of "Wonderful Town" with Lauren Bacall and George Hearn.

He is survived by his wife of 26 years, Barbara Monte Coffin, and three
brothers.

Contributions in Coffin's memory may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Hyfler/Rosner

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Aug 5, 2003, 11:06:15 PM8/5/03

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"Hyfler/Rosner" <rel...@rcn.com> wrote in message
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> Frederick Coffin, longtime movie, stage and TV actor, died July 31 of lung
> cancer at his home in Los Angeles. He was 60.

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Tregembo

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Aug 5, 2003, 11:52:51 PM8/5/03

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"Hyfler/Rosner" <rel...@rcn.com> wrote in message

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I shared an elevator with him at the UCLA Medical Center a few weeks ago.
He looked pretty healthy.

Ray Arthur

Hyfler/Rosner

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Aug 6, 2003, 12:00:54 AM8/6/03

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Frederick Coffin, longtime movie, stage and TV actor, died July 31 of
> lung
> > > cancer at his home in Los Angeles. He was 60.
> >
> >
> > http://www.tvtome.com/images/people/16/3/88-500.gif
>
> I shared an elevator with him at the UCLA Medical Center a few weeks ago.
> He looked pretty healthy.
>
> Ray Arthur

Well, he fooled you.

Tregembo

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Aug 6, 2003, 12:13:43 AM8/6/03

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"Hyfler/Rosner" <rel...@rcn.com> wrote in message

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Yeah, you would have thought he'd be coughin'.

Ray Arthur

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Aug 6, 2003, 12:21:39 AM8/6/03

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>> I shared an elevator with him at the UCLA Medical Center a few weeks ago.
>> He looked pretty healthy.
>>
>> Ray Arthur
>
>
>Well, he fooled you.

ACTING!

Erich

"I will play the lute with my foot, as I juggle these knives and hit a slap
shot 60 feet, while handcuffed to a live alligator...AND...I will act...like a
BABY!" - Fritz the Evil Butler

Joe Pucillo

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Aug 6, 2003, 12:59:45 AM8/6/03

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Wasn't it Tregembo who said...

> I shared an elevator with him at the UCLA Medical Center a few weeks ago.
> He looked pretty healthy.

I know hospitals are getting kind of wise-ass, but putting a Coffin
on the elevator with you... ?

JP

The Kentucky Wizard

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Aug 6, 2003, 1:56:00 AM8/6/03

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Upon receiving news that Hyfler/Rosner had made the remarks below, and after
consultations with my Joint Chiefs of Staff, being briefed by members of my
Cabinet and telephone conversations with various world leaders, I have come
to the following conclusions:

> Frederick Coffin, longtime movie, stage and TV actor, died July 31 of lung
> cancer at his home in Los Angeles. He was 60.

Let's see, a Coffin in a coffin, Coffin in a casket, Coffin in an urn.
There's got to be a joke there somewhere, but fot the life of me, I can't
come up with one right now. Oh well, back in the box.

--
© The Wiz ®
«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»

matador

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Aug 6, 2003, 10:43:19 AM8/6/03

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Not to mention the stiff penalty ...

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Fauxorb

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Aug 6, 2003, 10:48:15 AM8/6/03

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>Let's see, a Coffin in a coffin, Coffin in a casket, Coffin in an urn.
>There's got to be a joke there somewhere, but fot the life of me, I can't
>come up with one right now. Oh well, back in the box.
>
>
>--
>© The Wiz ®
>«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»
>

T'wasn't the cough that carried him off, t'was the coffin they carried him off
in!

Brian

Hoodude

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Aug 6, 2003, 2:23:23 PM8/6/03

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On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 22:45:54 -0400, "Hyfler/Rosner" <rel...@rcn.com>
wrote:

>Contributions in Coffin's memory may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Did he smoke cigarettes, aka, 'coffin nails'?

Shirley

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Aug 6, 2003, 3:35:28 PM8/6/03

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The Kentucky Wizard wrote:

Mr. Coffin was often heard saying "I Y'urn" for the good old days"

Mr.Coffin's cough'n led to his being in a coffin that came to be known as
"Cough'n Coffin's Coffin".....

The grandkids used to put on little song and dance routines for the
family....they called themselves the "Coffinette's"

I have to rest now...bye-bye...