 In 1893, he joined the company of George Edwardes and starred in a series of extraordinarily successful musical comedies, including "A Gaiety Girl" (1893), "An Artist's Model" (1895), "The Geisha" (1896), "A Greek Slave" (1898), "San Toy" (1899), "A Country Girl" (1903), "Veronique" (1904), "The Girl Behind the Counter" (1906), "Tom Jones" (1907) and "The Quaker Girl" (1910).In his later years, Coffin found success in Shakespearean roles such as Feste in "Twelfth Night" (1912), and in musicals, a few films and other works, such as the classic comedy "The School for Scandal" (1929).Coffin was born in Manchester.