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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Robert Coote (4
February 1909, London, England - 26 November 1982, New York City) was an
English actor. He played aristocrats or British military types in many
films, and created the role of Colonel Hugh Pickering in the
long-running original Broadway production of My Fair Lady. Coote was
educated at Hurstpierpoint College in Sussex. He began his stage career
at the age of 16, performing in England, South Africa and Australia
before arriving in Hollywood in the late 1930s. He played a succession
of pompous British types in supporting roles, including a brief but
memorable turn as Sgt. Bertie Higginbotham in Gunga Din (1939). His
acting career was interrupted by his service as a squadron leader in the
Canadian Air Force during World War II.
