
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…
Known For
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Sir Francis Beekman
The Lady Eve
'Colonel' Harrington
Around the World in 80 Days
Steamship Company Clerk
Monkey Business
Oliver Oxley
Heaven Can Wait
Hugo Van Cleve
The Paradine Case
Sir Simon Flaquer
The Devil and Miss Jones
John P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins
The More the Merrier
Benjamin Dingle
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Filmography
Acting (82)
Movies (72)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997as Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
1976as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn
1963as Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pepe
1960as Charles Coburn
John Paul Jones
1959as Benjamin Franklin
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959as Grampa Pennypacker
A Stranger in My Arms
1959as Vance Beasley
Town on Trial
1957as Dr. John Fenner
The Story of Mankind
1957as Hippocrates
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
1957as Uncle George Clitterbern
Around the World in 80 Days
1956as Steamship Company Clerk
The Power and the Prize
1956as Guy Eliot
How to Be Very, Very Popular
1955as Dr. Tweed
The Rocket Man
1954as Mayor Ed Johnson
The Long Wait
1954as Gardiner
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953as Sir Francis Beekman
Trouble Along the Way
1953as le Père Matthew William Burke
Monkey Business
1952as Oliver Oxley
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952as Samuel Fulton / John Smith
The Highwayman
1951as Lord Walters
Peggy
1950as Professor Brookfield
Mr. Music
1950as Alex Conway
Louisa
1950as Mr. Burnside
Impact
1949as Lieutenant Quincy
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
1949as Professor Jason Hartley
The Gal Who Took the West
1949as General Michael O'Hara
The Doctor and the Girl
1949as Dr. John Corday
Everybody Does It
1949as Major Blair
Green Grass of Wyoming
1948as Beaver Greenway
B.F.'s Daughter
1948as Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton
The Paradine Case
1947as Sir Simon Flaquer
Lured
1947as Harley Temple
The Green Years
1946as Alexander Gow
Colonel Effingham's Raid
1946as Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham
A Royal Scandal
1945as Nicolai Iiyitch
Shady Lady
1945as Col. John Appleby
Rhapsody in Blue
1945as Max Dreyfus
Over 21
1945as Robert Drexel Gow
Wilson
1944as Professor Henry Holmes
Together Again
1944as Jonathan Crandall Sr
The Impatient Years
1944as William Smith
Knickerbocker Holiday
1944as Peter Stuyvesant
My Kingdom for a Cook
1943as Rudyard Morley
Heaven Can Wait
1943as Hugo Van Cleve
The More the Merrier
1943as Benjamin Dingle
Princess O'Rourke
1943as Uncle Holman
The Constant Nymph
1943as Charles Creighton
In This Our Life
1942as William Fitzroy
Kings Row
1942as Henry Gordon
George Washington Slept Here
1942as Stanley Menninger
Breakdowns of 1942
1942as Self
The Lady Eve
1941as 'Colonel' Harrington
Our Wife
1941as Professor Drake
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941as John Pulham
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941as John P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins
Unexpected Uncle
1941as Seton Mansley
Road to Singapore
1940as Joshua Mallon IV
Edison, the Man
1940as General Powell
Florian
1940as Dr. Johannes Hofer
Three Faces West
1940as Dr. Karl Braun
The Captain is a Lady
1940as Captain Abe Peabody
Idiot's Delight
1939as Dr. Hugo Waldersee
Bachelor Mother
1939as J. B. Merlin
Stanley and Livingstone
1939as Lord Tyce
In Name Only
1939as Richard Walker
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939as Gardner Hubbard
Made for Each Other
1939as Judge Joseph M. Doolittle
Of Human Hearts
1938as Dr. Charles Shingle
Yellow Jack
1938as Dr. Finlay
Vivacious Lady
1938as Mr. Morgan
Lord Jeff
1938as Captain Briggs
The People's Enemy
1935as Judge
Television (10)
The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956as Self
Studio 57
1954
December Bride
1954The George Gobel Show
1954as Self
This Is Your Life
1952as Self
What's My Line?
1950as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950as Self
Lux Video Theatre
1950as Pa Harrington
Studio One
1948as Louis Hurst
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948as Self
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