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Charles Coburn

Charles Coburn

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

18/06/1877

Day of Death

30/08/1961
(84) years old

Place of Birth

Macon, Georgia, USA

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 Em... Read More

Known For

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

It's Showtime

It's Showtime

Marilyn

Marilyn

Pepe

Pepe

John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones

A Stranger in My Arms

A Stranger in My Arms

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

The Story of Mankind

The Story of Mankind

Filmography

Cast

1997

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

as Self (archive footage)

1986

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

as Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [195...

1985

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1976

It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

1963

Marilyn

as Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman (archive foo...

1960

Pepe

as Charles Coburn

1959

John Paul Jones

as Benjamin Franklin

1959

A Stranger in My Arms

as Vance Beasley

1959

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

as Grampa Pennypacker

1957

The Story of Mankind

as Hippocrates

1957

How to Murder a Rich Uncle

as Uncle George Clitterbern

1957

Town on Trial

as Dr. John Fenner

1956

Around the World in Eighty Days

as Steamship Company Clerk

1956

The Power and the Prize

as Guy Eliot

1955

How To Be Very, Very Popular

as Dr. Tweed

1954

The Long Wait

as Gardiner

1954

The Rocket Man

as Mayor Ed Johnson

1953

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

as Sir Francis Beekman

1953

Trouble Along the Way

as le Père Matthew William Burke

1952

Monkey Business

as Oliver Oxley

1952

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

as Samuel Fulton / John Smith

1951

The Highwayman

as Lord Walters

1950

Mr. Music

as Alex Conway

1950

Peggy

as Professor Brookfield

1950

Louisa

as Mr. Burnside

1949

Everybody Does It

as Major Blair

1949

The Doctor and the Girl

as Dr. John Corday

1949

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

as Professor Jason Hartley

1949

The Gal Who Took the West

as General Michael O'Hara

1949

Impact

as Lieutenant Quincy

1948

Green Grass of Wyoming

as Beaver Greenway

1948

B.F.'s Daughter

as Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton

1947

The Paradine Case

as Sir Simon Flaquer

1947

Lured

as Harley Temple

1946

The Green Years

as Alexander Gow

1946

Colonel Effingham's Raid

as Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham

1945

Shady Lady

as Col. John Appleby

1945

Over 21

as Robert Drexel Gow

1945

Rhapsody in Blue

as Max Dreyfus

1945

A Royal Scandal

as Nicolai Iiyitch

1944

Together Again

as Jonathan Crandall Sr

1944

The Impatient Years

as William Smith

1944

Wilson

as Professor Henry Holmes

1944

Knickerbocker Holiday

as Peter Stuyvesant

1943

My Kingdom for a Cook

as Rudyard Morley

1943

Princess O'Rourke

as Uncle Holman

1943

Heaven Can Wait

as Hugo Van Cleve

1943

The Constant Nymph

as Charles Creighton

1943

The More the Merrier

as Benjamin Dingle

1942

Breakdowns of 1942

as Self

1942

George Washington Slept Here

as Stanley Menninger

1942

In This Our Life

as William Fitzroy

1942

Kings Row

as Henry Gordon

1941

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

as John Pulham

1941

Unexpected Uncle

as Seton Mansley

1941

Our Wife

as Professor Drake

1941

The Devil and Miss Jones

as John P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins

1941

The Lady Eve

as 'Colonel' Harrington

1940

Three Faces West

as Dr. Karl Braun

1940

The Captain Is a Lady

as Captain Abe Peabody

1940

Florian

as Dr. Johannes Hofer

1940

Edison, the Man

as General Powell

1940

Road to Singapore

as Joshua Mallon IV

1939

In Name Only

as Richard Walker

1939

Stanley and Livingstone

as Lord Tyce

1939

Bachelor Mother

as J. B. Merlin

1939

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

as Gardner Hubbard

1939

Made for Each Other

as Judge Joseph M. Doolittle

1939

Idiot's Delight

as Dr. Hugo Waldersee

1938

Lord Jeff

as Captain Briggs

1938

Yellow Jack

as Dr. Finlay

1938

Vivacious Lady

as Mr. Morgan

1938

Of Human Hearts

as Dr. Charles Shingle

1935

The People's Enemy

as Judge