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John Randolph

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John Randolph

Born June 1, 1915 in New York City, New York, USADied February 24, 200473 films

Emanuel Hirsch Cohen (June 1, 1915 – February 24, 2004), better known by the stage name John Randolph, was an American film, television and stage actor.

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All the President's Men posterFirst watchAll the President's Men19767.7as John Mitchell (voice) (uncredited)During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.View film

Essential films

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Serpico poster7.5Serpico1973National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation poster7.2National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation1989You've Got Mail poster6.7You've Got Mail1998Escape from the Planet of the Apes poster6.4Escape from the Planet of the Apes1971Seconds poster7.4Seconds1966Conquest of the Planet of the Apes poster6.2Conquest of the Planet of the Apes1972King Kong poster6.3King Kong1976Heaven Can Wait poster6.7Heaven Can Wait1978

Filmography

73 films as actor
  1. 2002The DogwalkerIke
  2. 2000Sunset StripMr. Niederhaus
  3. 1998You've Got MailSchulyer Fox
  4. 1998A Price Above RubiesRebbe Moshe
  5. 1993A Foreign FieldWaldo
  6. 1993The American ClockOlder Lee Baumler
  7. 1991Iron MazeMayor Peluso
  8. 1990Sibling RivalryCharles Turner Sr.
  9. 1989National Lampoon's Christmas VacationClark Griswold Sr.
  10. 1988The Wizard of LonelinessDoc
  11. 1987Means and EndsBill Henderson
  12. 1986As Summers DieAugustus Tompkins
  13. 1986Joshua and the Battle of Jericho(voice)
  14. 1986Vital Signs
  15. 1986The Right of the PeopleHollander
  16. 1985Prizzi's HonorAngelo 'Pop' Partanna
  17. 1985The ExecutionJudge
  18. 1984EulogyBen
  19. 1983A Rose for EmilyMr. Grierson
  20. 1983Shooting StarsProducer
  21. 1983Kentucky Woman
  22. 1982FrancesKindly Judge
  23. 1982The Adventures of PollyannaMr. Muller
  24. 1981Killing at Hell's GateAttorney General
  25. 1981Lovely But DeadlyFranklin Van Dyke
  26. 1981The Adventures of Nellie BlyJoseph Pulitzer
  27. 1979Nero WolfeLon Cohen
  28. 1978The Winds of Kitty HawkAlexander Graham Bell
  29. 1978Heaven Can WaitFormer Owner
  30. 1978Doctors' Private LivesIrv
  31. 1978Nowhere to RunMarian's Father
  32. 1977The GatheringDr. Hodges
  33. 1977Kill Me If You CanJudge Lewis Goodman
  34. 1977LucanDr. Don Hoagland
  35. 1977SecretsEd Warner
  36. 1977Tail Gunner JoeGen. Lampkin
  37. 1976King KongCaptain Ross
  38. 1976Everybody Rides the CarouselStage 7 (voice)
  39. 1976IndependenceSamuel Adams
  40. 1976All the President's MenJohn Mitchell (voice) (uncredited)
  41. 1976Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthurCharlie Ross
  42. 1975F. Scott Fitzgerald in HollywoodRupert Wahler
  43. 1975The New Original Wonder WomanPhil Blankenship
  44. 1975Beyond the HorizonJames Mayo
  45. 1975The RunawaysGeorge Collingwood
  46. 1975Adventures of the QueenJohn Howe
  47. 1974EarthquakeLos Angeles Mayor
  48. 1974Nourish the BeastMario
  49. 1974Tell Me Where It HurtsLou
  50. 1973SerpicoSidney Green
  51. 1973PuebloLt. Gen. S.J. McKee
  52. 1973Partners in CrimeJudge Charles Leland
  53. 1972The Judge and Jake WylerJames Rockmore
  54. 1972The Family RicoMike Lamont
  55. 1972Conquest of the Planet of the ApesCommission Chairman
  56. 1971A Death of InnocenceCharles Camaron
  57. 1971CrosscurrentFrederick Cooper
  58. 1971Escape from the Planet of the ApesCommittee Chairman
  59. 1971A Step Out of LineDetective Riddle
  60. 1971Little MurdersMr. Chamberlain
  61. 1970There Was a Crooked Man...Cyrus McNutt
  62. 1969Gaily, GailyFather
  63. 1969Number OneCoach James Southerd
  64. 1969Smith!Mr. Edwards
  65. 1968Pretty PoisonMorton Azenauer
  66. 1968Of Mice and Men
  67. 1967The Borgia StickSmith
  68. 1967Sweet Love, Bitter
  69. 1966SecondsArthur Hamilton
  70. 1965Inherit the WindRev. Brown
  71. 1964HamletGravedigger
  72. 1951Fourteen HoursFireman (uncredited)
  73. 1948The Naked CityEd Garzah (uncredited)