- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 18, 1877
- Place of Birth
- Macon, Georgia, USA
- Died
- August 30, 1961
Charles Coburn
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 became an actor, making his debut on Broadway in 1901. Coburn formed an acting company with actress Ivah Wills in 1905. They married in 1906. In addition to managing the company, the couple performed frequen…
Filmography
movieBarbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997 · Self (archive footage)
movieIt's Showtime
1976 · Self (archive footage)
moviePepe
1960 · Charles Coburn
tvStartime
1959 · Colonel Sykes
movieJohn Paul Jones
1959 · Benjamin Franklin
movieA Stranger in My Arms
1959 · Vance Beasley
movieThe Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959 · Grampa Pennypacker
movieThe Story of Mankind
1957 · Hippocrates
movieHow to Murder a Rich Uncle
1957 · Uncle George Clitterbern
movieTown on Trial
1957 · Dr. John Fenner
movieAround the World in 80 Days
1956 · Steamship Company Clerk
movieThe Power and the Prize
1956 · Guy Eliot
The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956 · Self
movieHow to Be Very, Very Popular
1955 · Dr. Tweed
tvDecember Bride
1954
The George Gobel Show
1954 · Self
tvStudio 57
1954
movieThe Long Wait
1954 · Gardiner
movieThe Rocket Man
1954 · Mayor Ed Johnson
movieGentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 · Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman
movieTrouble Along the Way
1953 · le Père Matthew William Burke
tvThis Is Your Life
1952 · Self
movieMonkey Business
1952 · Oliver Oxley
movieHas Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952 · Samuel Fulton / John Smith
movieThe Highwayman
1951 · Lord Walters
movieMr. Music
1950 · Alex Conway
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Pa Harrington
tvThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
moviePeggy
1950 · Professor Brookfield
movieLouisa
1950 · Mr. Burnside
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
movieEverybody Does It
1949 · Major Blair
movieThe Doctor and the Girl
1949 · Dr. John Corday
movieYes Sir, That's My Baby
1949 · Jason Hartley
movieThe Gal Who Took the West
1949 · General Michael O'Hara
movieImpact
1949 · Lieutenant Quincy
tvStudio One
1948 · Louis Hurst
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieGreen Grass of Wyoming
1948 · Beaver Greenway
movieB.F.'s Daughter
1948 · Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton
movieThe Paradine Case
1947 · Sir Simon Flaquer
movieLured
1947 · Harley Temple
movieThe Green Years
1946 · Alexander Gow
movieColonel Effingham's Raid
1946 · Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham
movieShady Lady
1945 · Col. John Appleby
movieOver 21
1945 · Robert Drexel Gow
movieRhapsody in Blue
1945 · Max Dreyfus
movieA Royal Scandal
1945 · Nicolai Iiyitch
movieTogether Again
1944 · Jonathan Crandall Sr
movieThe Impatient Years
1944 · William Smith
movieWilson
1944 · Professor Henry Holmes
movieKnickerbocker Holiday
1944 · Peter Stuyvesant
movieMy Kingdom for a Cook
1943 · Rudyard Morley
moviePrincess O'Rourke
1943 · Uncle Holman
movieHeaven Can Wait
1943 · Hugo Van Cleve
movieThe Constant Nymph
1943 · Charles Creighton
movieThe More the Merrier
1943 · Benjamin Dingle
movieBreakdowns of 1942
1942 · Self
movieGeorge Washington Slept Here
1942 · Stanley Menninger
movieIn This Our Life
1942 · William Fitzroy
movieKings Row
1942 · Henry Gordon
movieH.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941 · John Pulham
movieUnexpected Uncle
1941 · Seton Mansley
movieOur Wife
1941 · Professor Drake
movieThe Devil and Miss Jones
1941 · John P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins
movieThe Lady Eve
1941 · 'Colonel' Harrington
movieThree Faces West
1940 · Dr. Karl Braun
movieThe Captain is a Lady
1940 · Captain Abe Peabody
movieFlorian
1940 · Dr. Johannes Hofer
movieEdison, the Man
1940 · General Powell
movieRoad to Singapore
1940 · Joshua Mallon IV
movieIn Name Only
1939 · Richard Walker
movieStanley and Livingstone
1939 · Lord Tyce
movieBachelor Mother
1939 · J. B. Merlin
movieThe Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939 · Gardner Hubbard
movieMade for Each Other
1939 · Joseph Doolittle
movieIdiot's Delight
1939 · Dr. Hugo Waldersee
movieLord Jeff
1938 · Captain Briggs
movieYellow Jack
1938 · Dr. Finlay
movieVivacious Lady
1938 · Mr. Morgan
movieOf Human Hearts
1938 · Dr. Charles Shingle
movieThe People's Enemy
1935 · Judge