Ernest Cossart
Ernest Cossart (born Emil Gottfried von Holst, 24 September 1876 – 21 January 1951) was an English-American actor. After a stage career in England, he moved to the US, appearing on Broadway and all around the country. In the 1930s and 1940s, he appeared in films, specializing in playing butlers, valets, and similar roles, but playing a range of other parts.
Acted in
John Loves Mary
1949
as Oscar Dugan
Love from a Stranger
1947
as Billings
The Jolson Story
1946
as Father McGee
It's Your America
1946
as English Pub Proprietor (uncredited)
Cluny Brown
1946
as Syrette
Love Letters
1945
as Bishop
The Girl of the Limberlost
1945
as Roger Henley
Tonight and Every Night
1945
as Sam Royce
Knickerbocker Holiday
1944
as Tienhoven
Kings Row
1942
as Pa Monaghan
Skylark
1941
as Theodore
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as John E. Morris
Charley's Aunt
1941
as Brassett
Kitty Foyle
1940
as Pop
Tom Brown's School Days
1940
as Squire Brown
A Bill of Divorcement
1940
as Rev. Dr. Pumphrey
The Light That Failed
1939
as Beeton
Tower of London
1939
as Tom Clink
Lady of the Tropics
1939
as Father Antoine
The Magnificent Fraud
1939
as Duval
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
1939
as Binns
Never Say Die
1939
as Jeepers
Zaza
1938
as Marchand
Letter of Introduction
1938
as Andrews, the Butler
Angel
1937
as Christopher 'Chris' Wilton
Carnival Queen
1937
as Spaulding
The Lady Fights Back
1937
as Commissioner Allan
As Good as Married
1937
as Quinn
Top of the Town
1937
as Augustus Borden
Champagne Waltz
1937
as Waiter
Three Smart Girls
1936
as Binns
Murder with Pictures
1936
as Stanley Redfield
My American Wife
1936
as Adolphe
Palm Springs
1936
as Starkey
Desire
1936
as Aristide Duvalle
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
as Sidney
Two for Tonight
1935
as Homps
Accent on Youth
1935
as Flogdell
The Scoundrel
1935
as Jimmy Clay