Personal Info
Known Credits
74
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1877-06-18 (148 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Macon, Georgia, USA
Also Known For
Charles Douville Coburn
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
Acting
1997 --
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
| Self (archive footage)
1986 --
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
| Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage)
1985 --
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976 --
It's Showtime
| Self (archive footage)
1963 --
Marilyn
| Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman (archive footage) (uncredited)
1960 --
Pepe
| Charles Coburn
1959 --
John Paul Jones
| Benjamin Franklin
1959 --
A Stranger in My Arms
| Vance Beasley
1959 --
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
| Grampa Pennypacker
1957 --
The Story of Mankind
| Hippocrates
1957 --
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
| Uncle George Clitterbern
1957 --
Town on Trial
| Dr. John Fenner
1956 --
Around the World in Eighty Days
| Steamship Company Clerk
1956 --
The Power and the Prize
| Guy Eliot
1955 --
How To Be Very, Very Popular
| Dr. Tweed
1954 --
The Long Wait
| Gardiner
1954 --
The Rocket Man
| Mayor Ed Johnson
1953 --
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
| Sir Francis Beekman
1953 --
Trouble Along the Way
| le Père Matthew William Burke
1952 --
Monkey Business
| Oliver Oxley
1952 --
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
| Samuel Fulton / John Smith
1951 --
The Highwayman
| Lord Walters
1950 --
Mr. Music
| Alex Conway
1950 --
Peggy
| Professor Brookfield
1950 --
Louisa
| Mr. Burnside
1949 --
Everybody Does It
| Major Blair
1949 --
The Doctor and the Girl
| Dr. John Corday
1949 --
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
| Professor Jason Hartley
1949 --
The Gal Who Took the West
| General Michael O'Hara
1949 --
Impact
| Lieutenant Quincy
1948 --
Green Grass of Wyoming
| Beaver Greenway
1948 --
B.F.'s Daughter
| Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton
1947 --
The Paradine Case
| Sir Simon Flaquer
1947 --
Lured
| Harley Temple
1946 --
The Green Years
| Alexander Gow
1946 --
Colonel Effingham's Raid
| Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham
1945 --
Shady Lady
| Col. John Appleby
1945 --
Over 21
| Robert Drexel Gow
1945 --
Rhapsody in Blue
| Max Dreyfus
1945 --
A Royal Scandal
| Nicolai Iiyitch
1944 --
Together Again
| Jonathan Crandall Sr
1944 --
The Impatient Years
| William Smith
1944 --
Wilson
| Professor Henry Holmes
1944 --
Knickerbocker Holiday
| Peter Stuyvesant
1943 --
My Kingdom for a Cook
| Rudyard Morley
1943 --
Princess O'Rourke
| Uncle Holman
1943 --
Heaven Can Wait
| Hugo Van Cleve
1943 --
The Constant Nymph
| Charles Creighton
1943 --
The More the Merrier
| Benjamin Dingle
1942 --
Breakdowns of 1942
| Self
1942 --
George Washington Slept Here
| Stanley Menninger
1942 --
In This Our Life
| William Fitzroy
1942 --
Kings Row
| Henry Gordon
1941 --
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
| John Pulham
1941 --
Unexpected Uncle
| Seton Mansley
1941 --
Our Wife
| Professor Drake
1941 --
The Devil and Miss Jones
| John P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins
1941 --
The Lady Eve
| 'Colonel' Harrington
1940 --
Three Faces West
| Dr. Karl Braun
1940 --
The Captain Is a Lady
| Captain Abe Peabody
1940 --
Florian
| Dr. Johannes Hofer
1940 --
Edison, the Man
| General Powell
1940 --
Road to Singapore
| Joshua Mallon IV
1939 --
Stanley and Livingstone
| Lord Tyce
1939 --
In Name Only
| Richard Walker
1939 --
Bachelor Mother
| J. B. Merlin
1939 --
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
| Gardner Hubbard
1939 --
Made for Each Other
| Judge Joseph M. Doolittle
1939 --
Idiot's Delight
| Dr. Hugo Waldersee
1938 --
Lord Jeff
| Captain Briggs
1938 --
Yellow Jack
| Dr. Finlay
1938 --
Vivacious Lady
| Mr. Morgan
1938 --
Of Human Hearts
| Dr. Charles Shingle
1935 --
The People's Enemy
| Judge