Charles Coburn
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday18 June 1877
Died30 August 1961 (age 84)
Place of birthMacon, Georgia, USA
Known credits82
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 pro…
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997 · Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
1976 · Self (archive footage)
Pepe
1960 · Charles Coburn
Startime
1959 · Colonel Sykes
John Paul Jones
1959 · Benjamin Franklin
A Stranger in My Arms
1959 · Vance Beasley
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959 · Grampa Pennypacker
The Story of Mankind
1957 · Hippocrates
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
1957 · Uncle George Clitterbern
Town on Trial
1957 · Dr. John Fenner
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · Steamship Company Clerk
The Power and the Prize
1956 · Guy Eliot
The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956 · Self
How to Be Very, Very Popular
1955 · Dr. Tweed
December Bride
1954
The George Gobel Show
1954 · Self
Studio 57
1954
The Long Wait
1954 · Gardiner
The Rocket Man
1954 · Mayor Ed Johnson
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 · Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman
Trouble Along the Way
1953 · le Père Matthew William Burke
This Is Your Life
1952 · Self
Monkey Business
1952 · Oliver Oxley
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952 · Samuel Fulton / John Smith
The Highwayman
1951 · Lord Walters
Mr. Music
1950 · Alex Conway
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Pa Harrington
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
Peggy
1950 · Professor Brookfield
Louisa
1950 · Mr. Burnside
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
Everybody Does It
1949 · Major Blair
The Doctor and the Girl
1949 · Dr. John Corday
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
1949 · Jason Hartley
The Gal Who Took the West
1949 · General Michael O'Hara
Impact
1949 · Lieutenant Quincy
Studio One
1948 · Louis Hurst
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
Green Grass of Wyoming
1948 · Beaver Greenway
B.F.'s Daughter
1948 · Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton
The Paradine Case
1947 · Sir Simon Flaquer
Lured
1947 · Harley Temple
The Green Years
1946 · Alexander Gow
Colonel Effingham's Raid
1946 · Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham
Shady Lady
1945 · Col. John Appleby
Over 21
1945 · Robert Drexel Gow
Rhapsody in Blue
1945 · Max Dreyfus
A Royal Scandal
1945 · Nicolai Iiyitch
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