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name: "John Randolph"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-randolph"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 June 1915"
died: "24 February 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T20:14:33.553109+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# John Randolph

Actor. Born 1 June 1915 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 24 February 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 June 1915, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 24 February 2004
- **Active:** 1966–1988
- **Also known as:** Emanuel Hirsch Cohen Randolph, جان رندولف
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 82 (1), 1970s 80 (1), 1980s 83 (2)
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Crime 3, Comedy 2, Drama 2, Action & Adventure 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $27m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q532715, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0709907/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18649

## Biography

John Randolph was an American actor known for his work in film, television and on stage. Born Emanuel Hirsch Cohen in New York City on 1 June 1915, he began his career in the Federal Theatre Project and made his Broadway debut in the late 1930s. He was blacklisted in the 1950s but returned to prominence with a leading role in the 1966 film *Seconds*.

Randolph appeared in films including *Serpico* (1973), *Prizzi's Honor* (1985) as Angelo 'Pop' Partanna, *National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation* (1989) and *You've Got Mail* (1998). On television he had recurring roles in series such as *Seinfeld* and *Roseanne*. He won a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for his performance in the 1987 Broadway production of *Broadway Bound*. He was married to actress Sarah Cunningham until her death in 1986 and died in Hollywood, California, on 24 February 2004.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Roseanne* (1988), Fi1m 84, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/roseanne.md)
- *Prizzi's Honor* (1985), Fi1m 82, as Angelo 'Pop' Partanna — [page](https://film.one/film/prizzis-honor.md)
- *Kojak* (1973), Fi1m 80, as Judge Philip Templeton Mackie, Sr. — [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, as Alex Morley — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)

## Also known for

- *You've Got Mail* (1998), Schulyer Fox
- *National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation* (1989), Clark Griswold Sr.
- *Serpico* (1973), Sidney Green
- *Escape from the Planet of the Apes* (1971), Committee Chairman
- *Married... with Children* (1987), Colonel Van Pelt
- *Conquest of the Planet of the Apes* (1972), Commission Chairman
- *King Kong* (1976), Captain Ross
- *Bonanza* (1959), Donavan, Doctor Belden

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