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Frederick Coffin
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Frederick D. Coffin (January 16, 1943 - July 31, 2003) was an American film actor. Coffin was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1943 to actress Winifred Deforest Coffin, and was one of five children. He was educated at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, where he was both a student and athlete. He began to study theater at WRA and graduated in 1961, with a BA in theater. He enrolled the University of Michigan in 1962, where he had hoped to play football, but instead decided to focus on acting. He graduated the University of Michigan with a masters in theater. Coffin began acting in theater. He made his screen debut in 1973 when he appeared in the television film Much Ado About Nothing, an adaptation of the play, in which he also starred. He appeared in his first feature film in 1976 in the drama Dragonfly, with Beau Bridges and Susan Sarandon. His second feature was the Golden Globe nominated King of the Gypsies, with Shelley Winters. In 1980, Coffin had a leading role in the cult horror classic Mother's Day, his role as the sadistic "Ike" is one he is best known for. Coffin credited himself as Holden McGuire for Mother's Day.
Acted in
- A Town Without Pity (2002)
- The Base (1999)
- Andersonville (1996)
- There Goes My Baby (1994)
- Dragstrip Girl (1994)
- Wayne's World (1992)
- V.I. Warshawski (1991)
- If Looks Could Kill - Teen Agent (1991)
- Hard to Kill (1990)
- Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 (1990)
- Out Cold (1989)
- Shoot to Kill (1988)
- The Bedroom Window (1987)
- An Invasion of Privacy (1983)
- The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980)
- Mother's Day (1980)
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