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Frederick Coffin
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Frederick Coffin

1943 – 2003 · Detroit, Michigan, USA · Active 1971–2018

Frederick Coffin, born in 1943, carved a niche in cult cinema with his roles in King of the Gypsies (1978) and Mother's Day (1980). In The Bedroom Window (1987), he further demonstrated his range, playing characters that often navigated the fringes of society. Coffin's performances resonate within the gritty landscapes of exploitation and thriller genres, making him a notable figure in the SassyFlix catalog. His contributions reflect the raw energy and unique storytelling that define cult films.

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Mother's Day

Mother's Day

1980 ★ 5.6
as Ike

During a Growth Opportunity graduation, (a parody of Erhard Seminars Training), a couple named Terry and Charlie are offered a ride from an old woman and are driven into the woods. After the old woman's car stalls, two inbred killers appear and attack; Charlie is decapitated with a machete in the backseat while Terry is brutally assaulted before being garroted by the old lady. It is revealed that the dual killers named Ike and Addley are the woman's sons. Meanwhile, three women who have been friends since college—Trina, Abbey, and Jackie—prepare for an annual "mystery weekend" trip, where one of them arranges a getaway in a location unknown to the other two. Jackie, who lives in New York City, has planned a camping trip for them in the Deep Barons, a forested area in rural New Jersey. Trina, a glamorous model living in Los Angeles, and Abbey, who returned to Chicago after college to care for her ailing mother, travel to New Jersey, where Jackie picks them up. After stopping at a nearby store for supplies, they arrive at their destination and begin to camp. While in the woods, they begin to explore, sitting around the campfire telling stories and having fun by swimming and fishing. Unbeknownst to them, they are being stalked by Ike and Addley. In the middle of the night, Ike and Addley attack the women, binding and gagging them. The three are taken by Ike and Addley to a ramshackle home in the woods where they live with their unhinged mother, whom they impress by torturing people. The brothers tie the women to exercise equipment inside the home, but Jackie is swiftly selected by Mother to be the brothers' first victim and is taken outside. Addley rapes Jackie while Ike photographs it, and Mother looks on encouragingly. Abbey and Trina awaken the following day and plan to escape while Mother and her boys exercise outside. During their exercise routine, Mother is alarmed when she spots her deformed sister Queenie—who lives in the woods and subsists on vermin—roaming in the distance. Inside the house, Abbey and Trina discover Terry and Charlie's bodies, and find a brutalized Jackie hidden inside a drawer. The three women manage to escape and flee into the woods. While Ike searches for the women, Addley remains at home with Mother where he questions Queenie's existence and if Mother's claims are just a ploy to keep the boys at home with her. As Jackie is unable to move quickly because of her injuries, Trina and Abbey become separated. Trina finds the car destroyed and is chased by Ike, while Jackie peacefully dies of her wounds. Ike eventually loses track of Trina, and she reunites with Abbey for revenge against Mother and the brothers. The next morning, Abbey and Trina arm themselves with weapons and begin to invade the cabin to avenge Jackie. Trina castrates Addley with a clawhammer before Abbey suffocates him. When the women drag Addley's body outside, Ike leaps from a second-story window and attacks them. Enraged over his brother's death, Ike tries to strangle Trina before Abbey pours Drano down his throat. He chases the women into the house, where Abbey slams a television set on his head before Trina stabs him to death with an electric knife. With the brothers dead, the girls confront Mother in the basement where she is watching television, and sadistically suffocate her with a pair of inflatable breasts. With their vengeance complete, the two girls make a burial for Jackie and prepare to leave the woods before they are suddenly attacked by Queenie who leaps at them from behind the bushes.

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Filmography

87 credits
2010s 1 credit
2018
Howard as Eliot Rosewater (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.8
2000s 8 credits
2003
Identity as Detective Varole
Movie ★ 7.2
2003
View from the Top as Mr. Stewart
Movie ★ 5.6
2002
Movie ★ 8.0
2002
For the People as Mr. Cole
TV ★ 10.0
2000
Rocket's Red Glare as Mitch Greer
Movie ★ 5.0
2000
The Invisible Man as Charlie Fogerty
TV ★ 7.1
2000
TV ★ 6.8
2000
Jackie Chan Adventures as Mr. MacDonald (voice)
TV ★ 8.2
1990s 27 credits
1999
Movie ★ 6.1
1999
Memorial Day as Senator Jerald Lancaster
Movie ★ 5.4
1999
The Base as Brig. Gen. Albert Becker
Movie ★ 4.7
1999
Providence as Steven Zeller
TV ★ 6.7
1999
Family Law as Doug Perliss
TV ★ 8.1
1997
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Sheriff Driscol (segment "The FBI Story")
TV ★ 7.2
1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge as FBI Special Agent Doug Wilks
Movie ★ 5.4
1996
Andersonville as Collins
Movie ★ 6.5
1996
Andersonville as Collins
TV ★ 6.0
1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge as FBI Special Agent Doug Wilks
TV
1995
Movie ★ 7.2
1995
Murder One as Wayne Cormier
TV ★ 7.7
1994
Dragstrip Girl as Mr. Bickford
Movie ★ 4.2
1994
Movie ★ 3.5
1994
Movie ★ 6.2
1993
TV ★ 7.1
1993
TV ★ 7.0
1993
The X-Files as Chief Joseph McGrath
TV ★ 8.4
1993
TV ★ 7.6
1992
Wayne's World as Officer Koharski
Movie ★ 6.7
1992
Renegade as Kavanaugh
TV ★ 6.7
1991
If Looks Could Kill as Lt. Col. Larabee
Movie ★ 6.1
1991
Movie ★ 4.8
1991
TV ★ 7.1
1990
Hard to Kill as Lt. Kevin O'Malley
Movie ★ 6.0
1990
Movie ★ 6.5
1990
Glory Days as Mr. Lovejoy
TV ★ 8.5
1980s 40 credits
1989
Out Cold as Sgt. Haroldson
Movie ★ 5.9
1989
TV ★ 6.4
1989
Lonesome Dove as Big Zwey
TV ★ 7.9
1988
Movie ★ 6.6
1988
Movie ★ 5.4
1988
TV ★ 7.8
1987
Movie ★ 6.3
1987
TV ★ 6.2
1987
TV ★ 7.0
1986
Movie ★ 6.4
1986
Under Siege as Dan Murphy
Movie ★ 7.5
1986
Movie ★ 5.5
1986
The Deliberate Stranger as Jerry Thompson
Movie ★ 6.4
1986
A Fine Mess as Traffic Cop
Movie ★ 4.6
1986
L.A. Law as Bill Novicky
TV ★ 7.1
1986
L.A. Law as John Shale
TV ★ 7.1
1986
The Deliberate Stranger as Jerry Thompson
TV
1985
Amos as Roland
Movie ★ 7.2
1985
Movie ★ 5.8
1985
The Twilight Zone as (segment "The Misfortune Cookie")
TV ★ 7.7
1985
TV ★ 7.5
1985
MacGyver as Karl Meredith
TV ★ 7.7
1985
Amazing Stories as Al Lewise
TV ★ 7.5
1985
Moonlighting as Pawnbroker
TV ★ 7.5
1985
The Comedy Factory as Lucas Hanlon
TV
1984
Nothing Lasts Forever as Lunar Shopping Observer
Movie ★ 6.3
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Tim Mulligan
TV ★ 7.5
1984
Hunter as Lloyd Fredericks
TV ★ 7.1
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Roy Flint
TV ★ 7.5
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Sanford Lomax
TV ★ 7.5
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Tony Sable
TV ★ 7.5
1983
Movie ★ 5.5
1983
Without a Trace as Officer Coffin
Movie ★ 5.3
1982
Muggable Mary: Street Cop as Used Car Salesman
Movie ★ 8.5
1982
Hit and Run as Captain Jardine
Movie ★ 4.5
1982
Alone in the Dark as Jim Gable
Movie ★ 5.9
1982
Remington Steele as Joe Gullickson
TV ★ 7.1
1981
TV ★ 7.6
1980
Movie ★ 8.0
1980
Movie ★ 4.0
1970s 11 credits
1978
King of the Gypsies as Basketball Coach
Movie ★ 5.9
1978
Movie ★ 7.0
1978
The Dain Curse as Harve Widden
TV ★ 6.5
1977
Secret Service as Lt. Maxwell
Movie ★ 9.0
1974
King Lear as Oswald
Movie ★ 9.0
1973
Movie ★ 6.0
1973
Kojak as Lt. Bill Lee
TV ★ 7.1
1973
Kojak as Lt. Lee
TV ★ 7.1
1971
TV ★ 6.1
1971
Great Performances as Second Guard
TV ★ 6.1
1971
Great Performances as Lt. Maxwell
TV ★ 6.1