Personal Info
Birth date
1909-08-13 (115 Years)
Day of death
1990-03-26
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Mammoth, Utah, USA
Also known as
Tristram Coffin
Tristram C. Coffin
Tristam Coffin
Tristrom Coffin
Tristram Chockley Coffin
Tris Coffin
Biography
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Filmography
West Point
5
Overview:
The West Point Story is a dramatic anthology television series shown in the United States by Columbia Broadcasting System during the 1956-57 season and by ABC during the 1957-58 season. The West Point Story, produced with the full cooperation of the United States Department of Defense and the United States Military Academy, was said to be based on actual files documenting many of the real-life dramatic occurrences at West Point over the years. Names and dates were altered in order to protect the privacy of the real people portrayed, however. The program was at first hosted by a fictional cadet, Charles C. Thompson, but this device was discontinued prior to the end of 1956. During its second season on ABC, The West Point Story was in competition with NBC's The Californians, set in San Francisco during the gold rush of the 1850s, and with The $64,000 Question quiz series on CBS. The West Point Story was replaced on the summer schedule in 1958 by Jack Wyatt's Confession, which continued to air during the first half of the 1958-1959 season in the 10 p.m. Tuesday evening time slot. At the time that The West Point Story was broadcast, four other military dramas aired either through syndication or on the major networks: Harbor Command, Navy Log, The Silent Service, and Men of Annapolis.The Lone Ranger
6.656
Overview:
The Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring Clayton Moore with Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The live-action series initially featured Gerald Mohr as the episode narrator. Fred Foy served as both narrator and announcer of the radio series from 1948 to its finish and became announcer of the television version when story narration was dropped there. This was by far the highest-rated television program on the ABC network in the early 1950s and its first true "hit".Lassie
6.1
Overview:
Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
6.75
Overview:
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.Wagon Train
6.3
Overview:
The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail starring John Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon train's scout in the earlier film.Navy Log
4.5
Overview:
Navy Log is an American drama anthology series that initially aired for one season on CBS. It relates the greatest survival war stories in the history of the United States Navy. This series premiered on September 20, 1955, but the following year, it was moved to ABC, where it aired until September 25, 1958. The program aired for a total of three seasons and 102 episodes.The Name of the Game
6.8
Overview:
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.77 Sunset Strip
6.7
Overview:
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.Maverick
6.803
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The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.Hawaiian Eye
5.2
Overview:
Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they work both hotel security and are hired by others to look into various matters. They're helped by their trusty right-hand man Kazuo Kim who runs a taxi company and is always eager to help them.The Cisco Kid
5.875
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The Cisco Kid is a half-hour American Western television series starring Duncan Renaldo in the title role, The Cisco Kid, and Leo Carrillo as the jovial sidekick, Pancho. Cisco and Pancho were technically desperados, wanted for unspecified crimes, but instead viewed by the poor as Robin Hood figures who assisted the downtrodden when law enforcement officers proved corrupt or unwilling to help. It was also the first television series to be filmed in color, although few viewers saw it in color until the 1960s.The Legend of Jesse James
4.8
Overview:
The Legend of Jesse James is an American western series starring Christopher Jones in the tile role of notorious outlaw Jesse James. The series aired on ABC from September 13, 1965, to May 9, 1966. Allen Case joined Jones as Jesse's brother, Frank James.Broken Arrow
5
Overview:
Broken Arrow is a Western series which ran on ABC-TV in prime time from 1956 through 1958 on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. Eastern time. Repeat episodes were shown by ABC on Sunday afternoons during the 1959–60 season. Selected repeats were then shown once again in prime time during the summer of 1960.Judge Roy Bean
5
Overview:
Judge Roy Bean is a syndicated American Western series starring Edgar Buchanan as the legendary Kentucky-born Judge Roy Bean, a justice of the peace known as "The Law West of the Pecos".The Adventures of Kit Carson
5.3
Overview:
The Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western series that aired in syndication from August 1951 to November 1955, originally sponsored by Coca-Cola. It stars Bill Williams in the title role as frontier scout Christopher "Kit" Carson. Don Diamond co-starred as "El Toro", Carson's Mexican companion.Hey, Jeannie!
5.5
Overview:
Hey, Jeannie! is an American situation comedy starring Jeannie Carson as a young Scottish woman living in New York City. Twenty-six episodes aired on CBS from September 8, 1956 to May 4, 1957 in the Saturday slot following The Gale Storm Show and preceding the western series Gunsmoke. Six additional episodes aired in 1958 in syndication. Reruns of Hey, Jeannie! aired during the summer of 1960 under the title The Jeannie Carson Show.Bat Masterson
6.1
Overview:
Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson. The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half-hour black-and-white shows ran on NBC from 1958 to 1961. The series was produced by Ziv Television Productions, the company responsible for such hit series as Sea Hunt and Highway Patrol.Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
7.047
Overview:
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot was aired as the finale of the fourth season of The Andy Griffith Show on May 18, 1964. The show ran for five seasons and a total of 150 episodes. In 2006, CBS Home Entertainment began releasing the series on DVD. The final season was released in November 2008. The series was created by Aaron Ruben, who also produced the show with Sheldon Leonard and Ronald Jacobs. Filmed and set in California, it stars Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle, a naive but good-natured gas-station attendant from the town of Mayberry, North Carolina, who enlists in the United States Marine Corps. Frank Sutton plays Gomer's high-octane, short-fused Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter, and Ronnie Schell plays Gomer's friend Gilbert "Duke" Slater. Allan Melvin played in the recurring role of Gunnery Sergeant Carter's rival, Sergeant Charley Hacker. The series never discussed nor addressed the then-current Vietnam War, instead focusing on the relationship between Gomer and Sergeant Carter. The show retained high ratings throughout its run.The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
4.5
Overview:
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.City Detective
7
Overview:
Crime drama starring Rod Cameron as 43-year-old Bart Grant, a tough 1950s New York City police lieutenant.Screen Director's Playhouse
6.5
Overview:
Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The stories ranged from musicals to comedies and dramas.Bronco
5.2
Overview:
Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne, a former Confederate officer who wandered the Old West, meeting such well-known individuals as Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Theodore Roosevelt, Belle Starr, Cole Younger, and John Wesley Hardin.The Time Tunnel
7.586
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The Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series, written around a theme of time travel adventure. The show was creator-producer Irwin Allen's third science fiction television series, released by 20th Century Fox and broadcast on ABC. The show ran for one season of 30 episodes. Reruns are viewable on cable and by internet streaming. A pilot for a new series was produced in 2002, although it was not picked up.Mr. & Mrs. North
4.333
Overview:
Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1952 to May 25, 1954. The series centers on Jerry North, a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective, and his wife, Pamela, as they solve crimes in New York City.The Alaskans
5.5
Overview:
The Alaskans is a 1959-1960 ABC/Warner Brothers western television series set during the late 1890s in the port of Skagway, Alaska. The show features Roger Moore as "Silky Harris" and Jeff York as "Reno McKee", a pair of adventurers intent on swindling travelers bound for the Yukon Territories during the height of the Klondike Gold Rush. Their plans are inevitably complicated by the presence of singer "Rocky Shaw", "an entertainer with a taste for the finer things in life". The show was the first regular work on American television for the British actor Roger Moore.Climax!
3.273
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Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.Batman
7.291
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Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Penguin.Bourbon Street Beat
5
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"Bourbon Street Beat" is a private detective series produced by Warner Brothers Television which aired on the ABC network from October 5, 1959, to July 4, 1960. It featured Richard Long as Rex Randolph, Andrew Duggan as Cal Calhoun, Van Williams as Kenny Madison, and Arlene Howell as Melody Lee Mercer, the secretary at the New Orleans detective agency in which they worked. The show is set in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA and revolves around the lives of Rex Randolph (Long) and Cal Calhoun (Duggan), who run a detective agency called Randolph and Calhoun — Special Services. The agency is based in the Absinthe House, a French Quarter nightclub on Bourbon Street.Four Star Playhouse
6.333
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Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.Acting
TBABecause I Love Him as Unknown
1977Mission to Glory: A True Story as Father Francesco Saeta (as Tris Coffin)
1972Night Call Nurses as Miles Bailey
1971The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler as Dr. Keating
1968The Name of the Game (1 Episode) as General
1966The Time Tunnel (1 Episode) as Jess Crawford
1966Batman (2, 1 Episode) as Ambassador, Ambassador (uncredited)
1965The Legend of Jesse James (1 Episode) as Whicher
1964Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1 Episode) as Unknown
1964Good Neighbor Sam as Sonny Blatchford
1964Iron Angel as Captain
1963The Crawling Hand as Security Chief Meidel
1962The Beverly Hillbillies (2 Episodes) as Psychiatrist
1960Stagecoach West (1 Episode) as Major Donovan
1960Ma Barker's Killer Brood as Arthur Dunlop
1959Hawaiian Eye (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Dan Woodruff
1959Bourbon Street Beat (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959The Alaskans (1 Episode) as Unknown
195877 Sunset Strip (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Terry Wilson, Dr. Alford, Marcus Raymond
1958Bat Masterson (1 Episode) as Marshal Roy Dunning
1958Bronco (1 Episode) as Unknown
195726 Men (78 Episodes) as Unknown
1957Maverick (1 Episode) as Dr. Pittman
1957Wagon Train (1 Episode) as Whittaker
1957Sugarfoot (1 Episode) as Fenell
1957Escape from San Quentin as Detective Lieutenant at Headquarters
1957Last Stagecoach West as Gibson
1957The Night the World Exploded as Dr. Ellis Morton
1956West Point (1 Episode) as Unknown
1956Broken Arrow (1 Episode) as Deputy Commissioner
1956Hey, Jeannie! (1, 1 Episode) as Michael Randolph, Gen. Webb
1956The Maverick Queen as Card Player (uncredited)
1956The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit as Byron
1955The 20th Century Fox Hour (1 Episode) as Scoutmaster
1955Screen Director's Playhouse (1 Episode) as General Cummings (uncredited)
1955The Adventures of Champion (1, 1 Episode) as Tom Bennett, Wally Brighton
1955Navy Log (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1, 1 Episode) as Col. Grayson, Foster, Gambler (uncredited)
1955Judge Roy Bean (39 Episodes) as Unknown
1955The Scarlet Coat as Col. Varick
1955Creature with the Atom Brain as Dist. Atty. MacGraw
1954Marshals in Disguise as Unknown
1954Climax! (1, 1 Episode) as The Body, Unknown
1954Lassie (1 Episode) as Unknown
1954Fireman Save My Child as Tucker
1954Meet Corliss Archer (39 Episodes) as Unknown
1953Secret of Outlaw Flats as Mr. Otis, Lawyer
1953Combat Squad as Capt. Johnson
1953Letter to Loretta (1, 1 Episode) as Mr. Lee, Mr. Thompson
1953City Detective (1 Episode) as Unknown
1953Hannah Lee: An American Primitive as Paulson, Bartender
1953Revlon Mirror Theatre (1 Episode) as Unknown
1953Law and Order as Parker (uncredited)
1952The Abbott and Costello Show (1 Episode) as Foster
1952Terry and the Pirates (1 Episode) as Unknown
1952Mr. & Mrs. North (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1952Death Valley Days (1, 1, 1 Episode) as George Bennett (as Tris Coffin), Mayor, Major Henry (as Tris Coffin)
1952Four Star Playhouse (1, 1 Episode) as Frank Simms, George
1952Adventures of Superman (4 Episodes) as Mr. Stoddard
1952Cowboy G-Men (39 Episodes) as Unknown
1952The Kid from Broken Gun as Martin Donohugh
1952Smoky Canyon as Carl Buckley
1952The Legend Of The Lone Ranger as Reid (uncredited)
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame (1, 1 Episode) as Peyton Randolph, Dr. Parsons
1951Northwest Territory as Kincaid
1951I'll See You in My Dreams as Nightclub Maitre D' (uncredited)
1951Flight to Mars as Commentator (uncredited)
1951I Love Lucy (1, 1 Episode) as Harry Munson (uncredited), Harry Munson
1951Painting The Clouds With Sunshine as Manager (uncredited)
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1 Episode) as Gambler
1951The Lady Pays Off as Carl
1951The Adventures of Boston Blackie (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Mike
1951Rhubarb as Dr. Henry J. Stillman (uncredited)
1951The Adventures of Kit Carson (7 Episodes) as Unknown
1951Lost Planet Airmen as Prof. Jeff King
1951Rodeo King and the Senorita as Jack Foster
1951Queen for a Day as Doctor
1951Sirocco as Guard (uncredited)
1951According to Mrs. Hoyle as Pat Dennison
1951Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas as Jim Tulane
1951The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (4, 1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Otis, Mark Foster
1950Short Grass as John Devore
1950Pygmy Island as Novak
1950Undercover Girl as Robbie
1950Pirates of the High Seas as Walter Castell
1950Lux Video Theatre (1 Episode) as Unknown
1950Outrage as Judge McKenzie
1950The Cisco Kid (1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Banker Tom Barton, George Challis, Joe Butler, Outlaw Leader, Nick Ward
1950The Old Frontier as John Wagner
1950The Damned Don't Cry as George - Maitre d'Hotel at Grady's (uncredited)
1950The Baron of Arizona as McCleary
1950Radar Secret Service as Michael
1949Lawless Code as Judge Harmon Steele
1949Radar Patrol vs. Spy King as Franklyn Lord
1949Riders of the Dusk as J.J. Hall
1949The Lone Ranger (1 Episode) as Ranger Captain Reid
1949Range Justice as Ed Dutton
1949The Fountainhead as Toohey's Secretary (uncredited)
1949King of the Rocket Men as Jeff King
1949Flamingo Road as Unknown
1949Desert Vigilante as Thomas Hadley
1949Homicide as Telephone Company Representative
1949Bruce Gentry as Krendon
1949Crashing Thru as Cliff Devin
1948Desperadoes of Dodge City as Ace Durant
1948The Shanghai Chest as Edward Seward
1948Romance on the High Seas as Headwaiter on Ship (uncredited)
1948The Hunted as Detective
1948California Firebrand as Jim Requa aka Jud Babbit
1947Where the North Begins as Arnold
1947Louisiana as Tomlins
1947Valley of Fear as Henry Stevens
1947Jesse James Rides Again as James Clark
1947Blackmail as Pinky
1947The Unfaithful as Party Guest
1947Swing the Western Way as Martin
1947Land of the Lawless as Cameo Carson
1947Trail to San Antone as Cal Young
1946Dangerous Money as Scott Pearson
1946The Brute Man as Police Lieutenant / voice of radio announcer (uncredited)
1946Rio Grande Raiders as Marc Redmond
1946The Mysterious Mr. Valentine as John Armstrong
1946Under Nevada Skies as Dan Adams
1946The Invisible Informer as David Baylor
1946G.I. War Brides as Officer (uncredited)
1946Under Arizona Skies as Blackie Evans
1946The Gay Cavalier as Lawton
1944Wyoming Hurricane as Steve Kirby (uncredited)
1943The Vigilantes Ride as Unknown
1943Destroyer as Doctor #1 (uncredited)
1943Idaho as Blackie (uncredited)
1943Silver Skates as Stage Manager
1943Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher as Jake Pelotti
1942Dawn on the Great Divide as Matt Rand (as Tris Coffin)
1942A Tornado in the Saddle as Hutch Dalton
1942Bells of Capistrano as Jed Johnson
1942Prairie Gunsmoke as Jim Kelton
1942Perils of Nyoka as Benito Torrini
1942Not a Ladies' Man as Attorney (uncredited)
1942The Devil's Trail as Henchman Ed Scott
1942The Corpse Vanishes as Dr. Foster (as Tris Coffin)
1942So's Your Aunt Emma! as Flower Henderson
1942Spy Smasher as Drake
1942A Tragedy at Midnight as Landeck's Secretary (uncredited)
1942Cowboy Serenade as Dixie Trambeau
1941Forbidden Trails as Ed Nelson
1941Holt of the Secret Service as Ed Valdin [Chs. 1-10]
1941Appointment for Love as Jennifer's Friend (uncredited)
1941Roaring Frontiers as Bert (Flint Adams in credits)
1941Tonto Basin Outlaws as Jeff Miller
1941Sailors on Leave as Officer (uncredited)
1941Let's Go Collegiate as Slugger Wilson
1941No Greater Sin as Maj. Raleigh
1941Arizona Bound as Steve Taggert (as Tris Coffin)
1941They Met in Bombay as Captain in Car (uncredited)
1941A Man Betrayed as Night Club Patron with Blonde (uncredited)
1941You're Out of Luck as Roger C. Whitman / Dick Whitney
1940Mysterious Doctor Satan as Wells - Governor's Secretary
1940West of Pinto Basin as Harvey
1940Meet the Wildcat as Sleepy Policeman at Headquarters
1940Up in the Air as Bob Farrell
1940The Cowboy from Sundown as Ben Varco
1940Queen of the Yukon as Carson
1940Arizona Frontier as Lt. James
1940Doomed to Die as Mr. Baldwin - Adjuster (uncredited)
1940On the Spot as Robert Ames
1940Son of the Navy as Service Station Attendant
1940Rhythm of the Rio Grande as Jim Banister
1940Chasing Trouble as Phillips
1940The Fatal Hour as Hotel Desk Clerk
1939Overland Mail as Joe Polini
1939Dick Tracy's G-Men as Emissary Zobar (uncredited)
1939Oklahoma Terror as Mason
1939Irish Luck as Mr. Mace
1939The Saint Strikes Back as Second Newscaster (Uncredited)