John Randolph

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Biography

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.

Known For

You've Got Mail

Schulyer Fox

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Clark Griswold Sr.

Seinfeld

Frank Costanza

Serpico

Sidney Green

All the President's Men

John Mitchell (voice) (uncredited)

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Committee Chairman

Married... with Children

Colonel Van Pelt

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

Commission Chairman

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2002	The Dogwalker MOVIE	Ike
2000	Ed TV	Shack Owner
2000	Madigan Men TV	Self
2000	Sunset Strip MOVIE	Mr. Niederhaus
1998	You've Got Mail MOVIE	Schulyer Fox
1998	A Price Above Rubies MOVIE	Rebbe Moshe
1994	Touched by an Angel TV	Horace Widdenberg
1994	ER TV	Mr. Franks
1993	A Foreign Field MOVIE	Waldo
1993	The American Clock MOVIE	Older Lee Baumler
1992	Lady Boss TV	Abe Panther
1991	Iron Maze MOVIE	Mayor Peluso
1990	Sibling Rivalry MOVIE	Charles Turner, Sr.
1990	Grand TV	Harris Weldon
1989	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation MOVIE	Clark Griswold Sr.
1989	Screen One TV	Waldo
1989	Seinfeld TV	Frank Costanza
1988	Annie McGuire TV	Self
1988	Roseanne TV	Self
1988	The Wizard of Loneliness MOVIE	Doc
1988	Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel MOVIE	Morton Simon, Dry Cleaner
1987	Married... with Children TV	Colonel Van Pelt
1987	Means and Ends MOVIE	Bill Henderson
1986	As Summers Die MOVIE	Augustus Tompkins
1986	Joshua and the Battle of Jericho MOVIE	(voice)
1986	Matlock TV	Sam Gerard
1986	Vital Signs MOVIE	Self
1986	The Right of the People MOVIE	Hollander
1985	The Equalizer TV	Jack Rattigan
1985	Prizzi's Honor MOVIE	Angelo 'Pop' Partanna
1985	The Execution MOVIE	Judge
1984	Who's the Boss? TV	Self
1984	Eulogy MOVIE	Ben
1983	A Rose for Emily MOVIE	Mr. Grierson
1983	Shooting Stars MOVIE	Producer
1983	Kentucky Woman MOVIE	Self
1982	Frances MOVIE	Kindly Judge
1982	Voyagers! TV	Self
1982	Family Ties TV	Jake Keaton
1982	The Adventures of Pollyanna MOVIE	Mr. Muller
1981	Nero Wolfe TV	Self
1981	Bret Maverick TV	Self
1981	Killing at Hell's Gate MOVIE	Attorney General
1981	The New Deal for Artists MOVIE	Self
1981	Lovely But Deadly MOVIE	Franklin Van Dyke
1981	The Adventures of Nellie Bly MOVIE	Joseph Pulitzer
1981	Dynasty TV	Self
1980	Hagen TV	Self
1979	Nero Wolfe MOVIE	Lon Cohen
1979	Trapper John, M.D. TV	Self
1979	The Facts of Life TV	Self
1979	Blind Ambition TV	John Mitchell
1979	Angie TV	Self
1979	Backstairs at the White House TV	Mr. Johnson
1978	The Winds of Kitty Hawk MOVIE	Alexander Graham Bell
1978	Vega$ TV	Self
1978	Kaz TV	Self
1978	Heaven Can Wait MOVIE	Former Owner
1978	Doctors' Private Lives MOVIE	Irv
1978	Richie Brockelman, Private Eye TV	Mr. Brockelman
1978	Nowhere to Run MOVIE	Marian's Father
1977	The Gathering MOVIE	Dr. Hodges
1977	Kill Me If You Can MOVIE	Judge Lewis Goodman
1977	Lou Grant TV	Self
1977	Lucan TV	Don Hoagland
1977	Lucan MOVIE	Dr. Don Hoagland
1977	Secrets MOVIE	Ed Warner
1977	Tail Gunner Joe MOVIE	Gen. Lampkin
1976	Sirota's Court TV	Self
1976	Quincy, M.E. TV	Self
1976	Spencer's Pilots TV	Self
1976	Everybody Rides the Carousel MOVIE	Stage 7 (voice)
1976	King Kong MOVIE	Captain Ross
1976	Independence MOVIE	Samuel Adams
1976	All the President's Men MOVIE	John Mitchell (voice) (uncredited)
1976	Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur MOVIE	Charlie Ross
1975	F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood MOVIE	Rupert Wahler
1975	The New Original Wonder Woman MOVIE	Phil Blankenship
1975	Wonder Woman TV	General Phil Blankenship
1975	Doctors' Hospital TV	Self
1975	Beyond the Horizon MOVIE	James Mayo
1975	The Runaways MOVIE	George Collingwood
1975	Adventures of the Queen MOVIE	John Howe
1974	Earthquake MOVIE	Los Angeles Mayor
1974	Lucas Tanner TV	John Hamilton
1974	Lincoln TV	Simon Cameron
1974	Nourish the Beast MOVIE	Mario
1974	Tell Me Where It Hurts MOVIE	Lou
1973	Serpico MOVIE	Sidney Green
1973	Kojak TV	Judge Philip Templeton Mackie, Sr.
1973	Pueblo MOVIE	Lt. Gen. S.J. McKee
1973	Partners in Crime MOVIE	Judge Charles Leland
1973	Police Story TV	Self
1972	The Judge and Jake Wyler MOVIE	James Rockmore
1972	MAS*H TV	Self
1972	The Bob Newhart Show TV	Self
1972	The Family Rico MOVIE	Mike Lamont
1972	The Rookies TV	Self
1972	Conquest of the Planet of the Apes MOVIE	Commission Chairman
1971	A Death of Innocence MOVIE	Charles Camaron
1971	Crosscurrent MOVIE	Frederick Cooper
1971	Columbo TV	Colonel Mayehoff
1971	Escape from the Planet of the Apes MOVIE	Committee Chairman
1971	A Step Out of Line MOVIE	Detective Riddle
1971	Little Murders MOVIE	Mr. Chamberlain
1971	Great Performances TV	James Mayo
1971	All in the Family TV	Joe Peterson
1970	Night Gallery TV	H.E. Pritkin (segment "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar")
1970	There Was a Crooked Man... MOVIE	Cyrus McNutt
1969	Gaily, Gaily MOVIE	Father
1969	Medical Center TV	Self
1969	Number One MOVIE	Coach James Southerd
1969	Smith! MOVIE	Mr. Edwards
1968	Hawaii Five-O TV	Marty Sloane
1968	Pretty Poison MOVIE	Morton Azenauer
1968	Of Mice and Men MOVIE	Self
1967	Mannix TV	Clint Houston
1967	Judd for the Defense TV	Self
1967	The Borgia Stick MOVIE	Smith
1967	Sweet Love, Bitter MOVIE	Self
1967	The Invaders TV	Police Sgt. Ernie Goldhaver
1966	Seconds MOVIE	Arthur Hamilton
1966	Mission: Impossible TV	Alex Morley
1965	Inherit the Wind MOVIE	Rev. Brown
1964	Hamlet MOVIE	Gravedigger
1963	The Patty Duke Show TV	Self
1959	Bonanza TV	Donavan
1959	Bonanza TV	Doctor Belden
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame TV	Reverend Brown
1951	Fourteen Hours MOVIE	Fireman (uncredited)
1948	The Philco Television Playhouse TV	Hotstuff
1948	The Philco Television Playhouse TV	Neil Dalton
1948	The Naked City MOVIE	Ed Garzah (uncredited)

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