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Charles Coburn is a Actor American born on 18 june 1877 at Savannah (USA)

Charles Coburn

Charles Coburn
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Birth name Charles Douville Coburn
Nationality USA
Birth 18 june 1877 at Savannah (USA)
Death 30 august 1961 (at 84 years) at New York City (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

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.

Biography

Coburn was born in Macon, Georgia, the son of Scots-Irish Americans Emma Louise Sprigman and Moses Douville Coburn. 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 frequently on Broadway.

After his wife's death in 1937, Coburn relocated to Los Angeles, California and began film work. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a retired millionaire playing Cupid in The More the Merrier in 1943. He was also nominated for The Devil and Miss Jones in 1941 and The Green Years in 1946. Other notable film credits include Of Human Hearts (1938), The Lady Eve (1941), Kings Row (1942), The Constant Nymph (1943), Heaven Can Wait (1943), Wilson (1944), Impact (1949), The Paradine Case (1947), Everybody Does It (1950), Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and John Paul Jones (1959). He usually played comedic parts, but Kings Row and Wilson were dramatic parts, showing his versatility.

For his contributions to motion pictures, Coburn has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6240 Hollywood Boulevard.

Best films

Wilson (1944)
(Actor)
B.F.'s Daughter (1948)
(Actor)
The More the Merrier (1943)
(Actor)
Princess O'Rourke (1943)
(Actor)

Usually with

Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers
(12 films)
Emory Parnell
Emory Parnell
(6 films)
Thomas Little
Thomas Little
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Charles Coburn (67 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
1963MarilynActorSir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman (archive footage) (uncredited)
1960PepeActorCharles Coburn
1959John Paul JonesActorBenjamin Franklin
1959The Remarkable Mr. PennypackerActorGrampa Pennypacker
1959A Stranger in My ArmsActorVance Beasley
1957How to Murder a Rich UncleActorUncle George Clitterbern
1957The Story of MankindActorHippocrates
1957Town on TrialActorDr. John Fenner
1956Around the World in Eighty DaysActorSteamship Company Clerk
1956The Power and the PrizeActorGuy Eliot
1955How To Be Very, Very PopularActorDr. Tweed
1954The Long WaitActorGardiner
1954The Rocket ManActorMayor Ed Johnson
1953Gentlemen Prefer BlondesActorSir Francis Beekman
1953Trouble Along the WayActorLe Père Matthew William Burke
1952Monkey BusinessActorOliver Oxley
1952Has Anybody Seen My Gal?ActorSamuel Fulton / John Smith
1951The HighwaymanActorLord Walters
1950LouisaActorMr. Burnside
1950Mr. MusicActorAlex Conway
1950PeggyActorProfessor Brookfield
1949The Doctor and the GirlActorDr. John Corday
1949The Gal Who Took the WestActorGeneral Michael O'Hara
1949ImpactActorLieutenant Quincy
1949Yes Sir, That's My BabyActorProfessor Jason Hartley
1949Everybody Does ItActorMajor Blair
1948B.F.'s DaughterActorBurton F. 'B.F.' Fulton
1948Green Grass of WyomingActorBeaver Greenway
1947LuredActorInspector Harley Temple
1947The Paradine CaseActorSir Simon Flaquer
1946The Green YearsActorAlexander Gow
1946Colonel Effingham's RaidActorColonel Will Seaborn Effingham
1945A Royal ScandalActorNicolai Iiyitch
1945Over 21ActorRobert Drexel Gow
1945Rhapsody in BlueActorMax Dreyfus
1945Shady LadyActorCol. John Appleby
1944Together AgainActorJonathan Crandall Sr
1944The Impatient YearsActorWilliam Smith
1944WilsonActorProfessor Henry Holmes
1944Knickerbocker HolidayActorPeter Stuyvesant
1943Heaven Can WaitActorHugo Van Cleve
1943Princess O'RourkeActorUncle Holman
1943The More the MerrierActorBenjamin Dingle
1943The Constant NymphActorCharles Creighton
1942George Washington Slept HereActorStanley Menninger
1942In This Our LifeActorWilliam Fitzroy
1942Kings RowActorHenry Gordon
1941H.M. Pulham, Esq.ActorJohn Pulham
1941The Lady EveActor'Colonel' Harrington
1941The Devil and Miss JonesActorJohn P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins
1941Unexpected UncleActorSeton Mansley
1940Road to SingaporeActorJoshua Mallon IV
1940Edison, the ManActorGeneral Powell
1940FlorianActorDr. Johannes Hofer
1940Three Faces WestActorDr. Karl Braun
1940The Captain Is a LadyActorCaptain Abe Peabody
1939Bachelor MotherActorJ. B. Merlin
1939Idiot's DelightActorDr. Hugo Waldersee
1939Stanley and LivingstoneActorLord Tyce
1939In Name OnlyActorRichard Walker
1939Made for Each OtherActorJudge Joseph M. Doolittle
1939The Story of Alexander Graham BellActorGardner Hubbard
1938Lord JeffActorCaptain Briggs
1938Of Human HeartsActorDr. Charles Shingle
1938Vivacious LadyActorPeter Morgan Sr.
1938Yellow JackActorDr. Finlay
1935The People's EnemyActorJudge