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name: "Stephen Coit"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-coit"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 October 1920"
died: "21 January 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:14:17.362312+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."
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# Stephen Coit

Actor. Born 27 October 1920 in Dunbar, West Virginia, USA. Died 21 January 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 October 1920, Dunbar, West Virginia, USA
- **Died:** 21 January 2005
- **Also known as:** Steve Coit

## Biography

Stephen Coit was an American actor. Born on 27 October 1920 in Dunbar, West Virginia, he appeared in films and on television from the early 1950s until the early 1980s, often in supporting roles and credited at times as Steve Coit.

His film credits include *Fear and Desire* (1952), in which he played Fletcher and the Captain, *The Left Handed Gun* (1958), *Countdown* (1967) and *The Long Goodbye* (1973), in which he played Detective Farmer. On television he appeared in series such as *Ben Casey*, *Barnaby Jones*, *The Rockford Files* and *Little House on the Prairie*, and in the miniseries *Captains and the Kings* (1976).

Coit died on 21 January 2005 in Garden Grove, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, metacritic.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Long Goodbye* (1973), Fi1m 86, as Detective Farmer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-goodbye.md)

## Also known for

- *Fear and Desire* (1953), Fletcher / The Captain
- *The Left Handed Gun* (1958), Alexander Ganz (uncredited)
- *Brian's Song* (1971), Mr. Eberle
- *Green Acres* (1965), Woody Shankel
- *S.W.A.T.* (1975)
- *The Arrangement* (1969), Santa Claus (uncredited)
- *Countdown* (1967), Ehrman
- *The Monkees* (1966), Timid Man

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