Charles Coburn
Age: 84 | From: Macon, Georgia, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1877-06-19 14:19:24
Death: 1961-08-30 14:19:24
Aliases: Charles Douville Coburn
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Macon, Georgia, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 33
TV Involvements: 5
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 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), Monkey Business (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, in 1960, Coburn was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6268 Hollywood Boulevard. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Coburn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
Lux Video Theatre
(1950) Pa Harrington
Studio One
(1948) Louis Hurst
This Is Your Life
(1952) Self
The Paradine Case
(1947) Sir Simon Flaquer
Lured
(1947) Inspector Harley Temple
Impact
(1949) Lieutenant Quincy
Kings Row
(1942) Henry GordonActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage) | |
| 1985 | N/A | |
| 1976 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1963 | N/A | |
| 1960 | Charles Coburn | |
| 1959 | Benjamin Franklin | |
| Vance Beasley | ||
| Grampa Pennypacker | ||
| 1957 | Hippocrates | |
| Dr. John Fenner | ||
| Uncle George Clitterbern | ||
| 1956 | Steamship Company Clerk | |
| Guy Eliot | ||
| Self | ||
| 1955 | Dr. Tweed | |
| 1954 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Gardiner | ||
| Mayor Ed Johnson | ||
| 1953 | Sir Francis Beekman | |
| le Père Matthew William Burke | ||
| 1952 | Self | |
| Oliver Oxley | ||
| Samuel Fulton / John Smith | ||
| 1951 | Lord Walters | |
| 1950 | Alex Conway | |
| Pa Harrington | ||
| Self | ||
| Professor Brookfield | ||
| Mr. Burnside | ||
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| 1949 | Major Blair | |
| Dr. John Corday | ||
| Professor Jason Hartley | ||
| General Michael O'Hara | ||
| Lieutenant Quincy | ||
| 1948 | Louis Hurst | |
| Self | ||
| Beaver Greenway | ||
| Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton | ||
| 1947 | Sir Simon Flaquer | |
| Inspector Harley Temple | ||
| 1946 | Alexander Gow | |
| Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham | ||
| 1945 | Col. John Appleby | |
| Robert Drexel Gow | ||
| Max Dreyfus | ||
| Nicolai Iiyitch | ||
| 1944 | Jonathan Crandall Sr | |
| William Smith | ||
| Professor Henry Holmes | ||
| Peter Stuyvesant | ||
| 1943 | Rudyard Morley | |
| Uncle Holman | ||
| Hugo Van Cleve | ||
| Charles Creighton | ||
| Benjamin Dingle | ||
| 1942 | Stanley Menninger | |
| William Fitzroy | ||
| Henry Gordon | ||
| Self | ||
| 1941 | John Pulham | |
| Seton Mansley | ||
| Professor Drake | ||
| John P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins | ||
| 'Colonel' Harrington | ||
| 1940 | Dr. Karl Braun | |
| Captain Abe Peabody | ||
| Dr. Johannes Hofer | ||
| General Powell | ||
| Joshua Mallon IV | ||
| 1939 | Lord Tyce | |
| Richard Walker | ||
| J. B. Merlin | ||
| Gardner Hubbard | ||
| Judge Joseph M. Doolittle | ||
| Dr. Hugo Waldersee | ||
| 1938 | Captain Briggs | |
| Dr. Finlay | ||
| Peter Morgan Sr. | ||
| Dr. Charles Shingle | ||
| 1935 | Judge | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
