Charles Coburn
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Pepe
1960
as Charles Coburn
John Paul Jones
1959
as Benjamin Franklin
A Stranger in My Arms
1959
as Vance Beasley
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959
as Grampa Pennypacker
The Story of Mankind
1957
as Hippocrates
Town on Trial
1957
as Dr. John Fenner
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
1957
as Uncle George Clitterbern
The Power and the Prize
1956
as Guy Eliot
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Steamship Company Clerk
The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956
as Self
How to Be Very, Very Popular
1955
as Dr. Tweed
The Long Wait
1954
as Gardiner
The Rocket Man
1954
as Mayor Ed Johnson
December Bride
1954
Studio 57
1954
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
as Sir Francis Beekman
Trouble Along the Way
1953
as le Père Matthew William Burke
Monkey Business
1952
as Oliver Oxley
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952
as Samuel Fulton / John Smith
This Is Your Life
1952
as Self
The Highwayman
1951
as Lord Walters
Mr. Music
1950
as Alex Conway
Peggy
1950
as Professor Brookfield
Louisa
1950
as Mr. Burnside
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Pa Harrington
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
Impact
1949
as Lieutenant Quincy
The Gal Who Took the West
1949
as General Michael O'Hara
The Doctor and the Girl
1949
as Dr. John Corday
Everybody Does It
1949
as Major Blair
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
1949
as Professor Jason Hartley
Green Grass of Wyoming
1948
as Beaver Greenway
B.F.'s Daughter
1948
as Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton
Studio One
1948
as Louis Hurst
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Lured
1947
as Harley Temple
The Paradine Case
1947
as Sir Simon Flaquer
The Green Years
1946
as Alexander Gow
Colonel Effingham's Raid
1946
as Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham
Rhapsody in Blue
1945
as Max Dreyfus
A Royal Scandal
1945
as Nicolai Iiyitch
Over 21
1945
as Robert Drexel Gow
Shady Lady
1945
as Col. John Appleby
Together Again
1944
as Jonathan Crandall Sr
Wilson
1944
as Professor Henry Holmes
The Impatient Years
1944
as William Smith
Knickerbocker Holiday
1944
as Peter Stuyvesant
Princess O'Rourke
1943
as Uncle Holman
Heaven Can Wait
1943
as Hugo Van Cleve
The More the Merrier
1943
as Benjamin Dingle
The Constant Nymph
1943
as Charles Creighton
My Kingdom for a Cook
1943
as Rudyard Morley
George Washington Slept Here
1942
as Stanley Menninger
In This Our Life
1942
as William Fitzroy
Kings Row
1942
as Henry Gordon
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
as Self
The Lady Eve
1941
as 'Colonel' Harrington
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941
as John P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins
Our Wife
1941
as Professor Drake
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
as John Pulham
Unexpected Uncle
1941
as Seton Mansley
Three Faces West
1940
as Dr. Karl Braun
Edison, the Man
1940
as General Powell
Florian
1940
as Dr. Johannes Hofer
Road to Singapore
1940
as Joshua Mallon IV
The Captain is a Lady
1940
as Captain Abe Peabody
In Name Only
1939
as Richard Walker
Bachelor Mother
1939
as J. B. Merlin
Idiot's Delight
1939
as Dr. Hugo Waldersee
Made for Each Other
1939
as Judge Joseph M. Doolittle
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Gardner Hubbard
Stanley and Livingstone
1939
as Lord Tyce
Vivacious Lady
1938
as Mr. Morgan
Lord Jeff
1938
as Captain Briggs
Of Human Hearts
1938
as Dr. Charles Shingle
Yellow Jack
1938
as Dr. Finlay
The People's Enemy
1935
as Judge