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Charles Coburn
Biography:
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line as Self (archive footage) | 1997-05-12 |
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend as Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage) | 1986-04-19 |
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1985-03-03 |
It's Showtime as Self (archive footage) | 1976-03-31 |
Marilyn as Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1963-04-18 |
Pepe as Charles Coburn | 1960-12-21 |
John Paul Jones as Benjamin Franklin | 1959-06-16 |
A Stranger in My Arms as Vance Beasley | 1959-03-03 |
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker as Grampa Pennypacker | 1959-02-20 |
The Story of Mankind as Hippocrates | 1957-11-08 |
How to Murder a Rich Uncle as Uncle George Clitterbern | 1957-06-01 |
Town on Trial as Dr. John Fenner | 1957-01-24 |
Around the World in Eighty Days as Steamship Company Clerk | 1956-10-17 |
The Power and the Prize as Guy Eliot | 1956-09-26 |
How To Be Very, Very Popular as Dr. Tweed | 1955-07-22 |
The Long Wait as Gardiner | 1954-05-26 |
The Rocket Man as Mayor Ed Johnson | 1954-04-01 |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as Sir Francis Beekman | 1953-07-14 |
Trouble Along the Way as le Père Matthew William Burke | 1953-04-04 |
Monkey Business as Oliver Oxley | 1952-09-03 |
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? as Samuel Fulton / John Smith | 1952-06-25 |
The Highwayman as Lord Walters | 1951-08-11 |
Mr. Music as Alex Conway | 1950-12-08 |
Peggy as Professor Brookfield | 1950-07-01 |
Louisa as Mr. Burnside | 1950-05-31 |
Everybody Does It as Major Blair | 1949-10-24 |
The Doctor and the Girl as Dr. John Corday | 1949-09-29 |
Yes Sir, That's My Baby as Professor Jason Hartley | 1949-09-14 |
The Gal Who Took the West as General Michael O'Hara | 1949-09-01 |
Impact as Lieutenant Quincy | 1949-03-20 |
Green Grass of Wyoming as Beaver Greenway | 1948-06-03 |
B.F.'s Daughter as Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton | 1948-03-24 |
The Paradine Case as Sir Simon Flaquer | 1947-12-31 |
Lured as Harley Temple | 1947-08-28 |
The Green Years as Alexander Gow | 1946-07-04 |
Colonel Effingham's Raid as Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham | 1946-01-24 |
Shady Lady as Col. John Appleby | 1945-09-07 |
Over 21 as Robert Drexel Gow | 1945-08-08 |
Rhapsody in Blue as Max Dreyfus | 1945-06-27 |
A Royal Scandal as Nicolai Iiyitch | 1945-03-26 |
Together Again as Jonathan Crandall Sr | 1944-12-23 |
The Impatient Years as William Smith | 1944-09-10 |
Wilson as Professor Henry Holmes | 1944-08-01 |
Knickerbocker Holiday as Peter Stuyvesant | 1944-03-17 |
My Kingdom for a Cook as Rudyard Morley | 1943-10-27 |
Princess O'Rourke as Uncle Holman | 1943-10-23 |
Heaven Can Wait as Hugo Van Cleve | 1943-08-05 |
The Constant Nymph as Charles Creighton | 1943-06-23 |
The More the Merrier as Benjamin Dingle | 1943-05-13 |
Breakdowns of 1942 as Self | 1942-12-31 |
George Washington Slept Here as Stanley Menninger | 1942-10-30 |
In This Our Life as William Fitzroy | 1942-05-08 |
Kings Row as Henry Gordon | 1942-02-02 |
H.M. Pulham, Esq. as John Pulham | 1941-12-04 |
Unexpected Uncle as Seton Mansley | 1941-11-07 |
Our Wife as Professor Drake | 1941-08-20 |
The Devil and Miss Jones as John P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins | 1941-04-11 |
The Lady Eve as 'Colonel' Harrington | 1941-02-25 |
Three Faces West as Dr. Karl Braun | 1940-07-03 |
The Captain Is a Lady as Captain Abe Peabody | 1940-06-21 |
Florian as Dr. Johannes Hofer | 1940-06-05 |
Edison, the Man as General Powell | 1940-05-10 |
Road to Singapore as Joshua Mallon IV | 1940-03-22 |
Stanley and Livingstone as Lord Tyce | 1939-08-18 |
In Name Only as Richard Walker | 1939-08-18 |
Bachelor Mother as J. B. Merlin | 1939-06-30 |
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell as Gardner Hubbard | 1939-04-04 |
Made for Each Other as Judge Joseph M. Doolittle | 1939-02-10 |
Idiot's Delight as Dr. Hugo Waldersee | 1939-01-27 |
Lord Jeff as Captain Briggs | 1938-06-17 |
Yellow Jack as Dr. Finlay | 1938-05-19 |
Vivacious Lady as Mr. Morgan | 1938-05-13 |
Of Human Hearts as Dr. Charles Shingle | 1938-02-11 |
The People's Enemy as Judge | 1935-04-29 |