01 Franklin Pangborn features in this darkly comic bicycle-safety short that shows children the gruesome consequences of careless riding.
Directed by William Dale Jennings · 0h 15m
6 Best Franklin Pangborn Movies
By Vlad Zakh · September 11, 2026
Franklin Pangborn was one of Hollywood’s best-loved fussy comic character actors, appearing as flustered clerks and managers in nearly two hundred films through the 1920s, 30s and 40s. College Swing needs a ditzy woman to graduate to claim an inheritance, The Flame of New Orleans juggles an adventuress’s suitors, Always Goodbye follows a mother who gives up her son, and One Got Fat is a darkly comic bicycle-safety film. Wild Poses and Exit Smiling round out the list.
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02 Franklin Pangborn is in this Dietrich comedy about a beautiful adventuress in old New Orleans who juggles the competing attentions of a wealthy banker and a dashing sea captain.
Directed by René Clair · 1h 19m
Where to watch
Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
03 Franklin Pangborn is in this musical comedy about a ditzy woman who must find a way to graduate from college in order to claim a hefty inheritance.
Directed by Raoul Walsh · 1h 26m · Rated NR
Where to watch
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04 Franklin Pangborn features in this melodrama about a pregnant, unmarried woman who gives up her newborn son for adoption, insisting she'll never see him again.
Directed by Sidney Lanfield · 1h 15m · Rated NR
05 Franklin Pangborn appears in this Our Gang short where Spanky's reluctant visit to get his portrait taken turns into a chaotic showdown with a prissy photographer.
Directed by Robert F. McGowan · 0h 18m
06 Franklin Pangborn features in this silent comedy about a wardrobe lady for a struggling travelling theatre company who dreams of finally stepping into the spotlight.
Directed by Sam Taylor · 1h 17m
Where to watch
Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube
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