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person_profile-Charles Coburn

Charles Coburn Died at age: 84

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Jun 18, 1877

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Aug 30, 1961

Biography of

Charles Coburn

    Charles Douville Coburn (June 19, 1877 – August 30, 1961) was an American film and theatre actor. Best known for his work in comedies, Coburn received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for 1943's The More the Merrier.

    Coburn was born in Macon, Georgia, the son of Scotch-Irish Americans Emma Louise Sprigman (May 11, 1838 Springfield, Ohio – November 12, 1896 Savannah, Georgia) and Moses Douville Coburn (April 27, 1834 Savannah, Georgia – December 27, 1902 Savannah, Georgia). Growing up in Savannah, he started out at age 14 doing odd jobs at the local Savannah Theater, handing out programs, ushering, or being the doorman. By age 17 or 18, he was the theater manager. He later became an actor, making his debut on Broadway in 1901. Coburn formed an acting company with actress Ivah Wills in 1905. They married in 1906. In addition to managing the company, the couple performed frequently on Broadway.

    After his wife's death in 1937, Coburn relocated to Los Angeles, California and began film work. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a retired millionaire playing Cupid in The More the Merrier in 1943. He was also nominated for The Devil and Miss Jones in 1941 and The Green Years in 1946. Other notable film credits include Of Human Hearts (1938), The Lady Eve (1941), Kings Row (1942), The Constant Nymph (1943), Heaven Can Wait (1943), Wilson (1944), Impact (1949), The Paradine Case (1947), Everybody Does It (1950), Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952), Monkey Business (1952), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), and John Paul Jones (1959). He usually played comedic parts, but Kings Row and Wilson were dramatic parts, showing his versatility.

    For his contributions to motion pictures, in 1960, Coburn was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6268 Hollywood Boulevard.

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Filmography of

Charles Coburn

Found 73 Movies in total

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1997

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1986

It's Showtime

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1976

Marilyn

Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1963

Pepe

Charles Coburn ( Actor )

... 1960

John Paul Jones

Benjamin Franklin ( Actor )

... 1959

A Stranger in My Arms

Vance Beasley ( Actor )

... 1959

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

Grampa Pennypacker ( Actor )

... 1959

The Story of Mankind

Hippocrates ( Actor )

... 1957

How to Murder a Rich Uncle

Uncle George Clitterbern ( Actor )

... 1957

Town on Trial

Dr. John Fenner ( Actor )

... 1957

Around the World in Eighty Days

Steamship Company Clerk ( Actor )

... 1956

The Power and the Prize

Guy Eliot ( Actor )

... 1956

How To Be Very, Very Popular

Dr. Tweed ( Actor )

... 1955

The Long Wait

Gardiner ( Actor )

... 1954

The Rocket Man

Mayor Ed Johnson ( Actor )

... 1954

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Sir Francis Beekman ( Actor )

... 1953

Trouble Along the Way

le Père Matthew William Burke ( Actor )

... 1953

Monkey Business

Oliver Oxley ( Actor )

... 1952

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

Samuel Fulton / John Smith ( Actor )

... 1952

The Highwayman

Lord Walters ( Actor )

... 1951

Mr. Music

Alex Conway ( Actor )

... 1950

Peggy

Professor Brookfield ( Actor )

... 1950

Louisa

Mr. Burnside ( Actor )

... 1950

Everybody Does It

Major Blair ( Actor )

... 1949

The Doctor and the Girl

Dr. John Corday ( Actor )

... 1949

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Professor Jason Hartley ( Actor )

... 1949

The Gal Who Took the West

General Michael O'Hara ( Actor )

... 1949

Impact

Lieutenant Quincy ( Actor )

... 1949

Green Grass of Wyoming

Beaver Greenway ( Actor )

... 1948

B.F.'s Daughter

Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton ( Actor )

... 1948

The Paradine Case

Sir Simon Flaquer ( Actor )

... 1947

Lured

Inspector Harley Temple ( Actor )

... 1947

The Green Years

Alexander Gow ( Actor )

... 1946

Colonel Effingham's Raid

Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham ( Actor )

... 1946

Shady Lady

Col. John Appleby ( Actor )

... 1945

Over 21

Robert Drexel Gow ( Actor )

... 1945

Rhapsody in Blue

Max Dreyfus ( Actor )

... 1945

A Royal Scandal

Nicolai Iiyitch ( Actor )

... 1945

Together Again

Jonathan Crandall Sr ( Actor )

... 1944

The Impatient Years

William Smith ( Actor )

... 1944

Wilson

Professor Henry Holmes ( Actor )

... 1944

Knickerbocker Holiday

Peter Stuyvesant ( Actor )

... 1944

My Kingdom for a Cook

Rudyard Morley ( Actor )

... 1943

Princess O'Rourke

Uncle Holman ( Actor )

... 1943

Heaven Can Wait

Hugo Van Cleve ( Actor )

... 1943

The Constant Nymph

Charles Creighton ( Actor )

... 1943

The More the Merrier

Benjamin Dingle ( Actor )

... 1943

George Washington Slept Here

Stanley Menninger ( Actor )

... 1942

In This Our Life

William Fitzroy ( Actor )

... 1942

Kings Row

Henry Gordon ( Actor )

... 1942

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

John Pulham ( Actor )

... 1941

Unexpected Uncle

Seton Mansley ( Actor )

... 1941

Our Wife

Professor Drake ( Actor )

... 1941

The Devil and Miss Jones

John P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins ( Actor )

... 1941

The Lady Eve

'Colonel' Harrington ( Actor )

... 1941

Three Faces West

Dr. Karl Braun ( Actor )

... 1940

The Captain Is a Lady

Captain Abe Peabody ( Actor )

... 1940

Florian

Dr. Johannes Hofer ( Actor )

... 1940

Edison, the Man

General Powell ( Actor )

... 1940

Road to Singapore

Joshua Mallon IV ( Actor )

... 1940

In Name Only

Richard Walker ( Actor )

... 1939

Stanley and Livingstone

Lord Tyce ( Actor )

... 1939

Bachelor Mother

J. B. Merlin ( Actor )

... 1939

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Gardner Hubbard ( Actor )

... 1939

Made for Each Other

Judge Joseph M. Doolittle ( Actor )

... 1939

Idiot's Delight

Dr. Hugo Waldersee ( Actor )

... 1939

Lord Jeff

Captain Briggs ( Actor )

... 1938

Yellow Jack

Dr. Finlay ( Actor )

... 1938

Vivacious Lady

Peter Morgan Sr. ( Actor )

... 1938

Of Human Hearts

Dr. Charles Shingle ( Actor )

... 1938

The People's Enemy

Judge ( Actor )

... 1935